Future Fibre Technologies Files Patent Inventorship Suit against Optellios

Future Fibre Technologies Pty., Ltd. (FFT), a global leader in the development, manufacturing, and installation of fiber-optic intrusion detection systems, announced that it filed a lawsuit against Optellios, Inc. (Optellios) on July 25, 2008, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
In the lawsuit, FFT claims that it is the rightful owner of United States Patent No. 7,142,736, and that Optellios is guilty of infringing that patent. The '736 patent relates to improvements in the optical fiber-based intrusion detection system pioneered by FFT in the late 1990s.
FFT seeks that the '736 patent be assigned to FFT, and also seeks injunctive relief for Optellios' infringement. In response to FFT's claims, Optellios has denied that FFT is the rightful owner of the '736 patent and has counterclaimed that FFT infringes that patent.
FFT is confident that it will prevail on its claims in the lawsuit, and that the counterclaims made by Optellios in response to the lawsuit will be denied by the court.
"We firmly believe that FFT employees are the rightful inventors of the '736 patent, and that the patent belongs to FFT. FFT intends to vigorously prosecute this case and bring it to a successful conclusion," said Rob Broomfield, CEO of FFT.
Future Fibre Techonologies (FFT) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of fiber-optic sensing technologies. Applications include data communications security, oil and gas pipeline third party interference detection, and fiber-optic perimeter intrusion detection systems for sites such as military bases, airports, petrochemical plants, and refineries. Established in 1994, FFT has offices in the USA, Europe and Australia. SOURCE