SCR Files a Patent Infringement Lawsuit to Protect its Intellectual Property Relating to Rumination Monitoring

NETANYA, Israel, November 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

SCR Engineers Ltd. today announced that it had previously filed a joint lawsuit with VocalTag Ltd. against Agis Automatisering B.V., alleging that Agis' CowManager SensOor product infringes certain patents, including patents covering rumination monitoring, that are owned by SCR and VocalTag.

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SCR and Vocaltag are being represented by New York counsel Morrison Cohen LLP and Sutton Magidoff LLP, and Wisconsin counsel Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c..

In the Complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, SCR and VocalTag claim that Agis' CowManager SensOor is alleged to infringe: Patent number 7,350,481 "Method And System For Monitoring Physiological Conditions Of, And/Or Suitability Of Animal Feed For Ruminant Animals"; and Patent number 7,878,149 "Method And Device For Detecting Estrus".

The rumination monitoring technology covered by these patents has been used in SCR products for several years, as part of well-known SCR systems that monitor millions of cows on thousands of farms worldwide. SCR is committed to vigorously protecting its intellectual property rights.

SCR and VocalTag are seeking an injunction against Agis and compensatory damages for the alleged infringement.

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