Accessories Marketing Inc. and Sealant Systems International Inc., which produce and sell Slime and Fix-A-Flat tire repair/sealant products, claim they have prevailed in their patent infringement action against TEK Corp.

A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California found that TEK’s tire repair kits infringed AMI’s existing U.S. patent, and awarded damages to AMI for all of TEK’s sales of its TEK 400 and TEK 500 kits dating back to 2007. There also are ongoing royalties for any future sales of such kits that are not enjoined by the court.
 
According to SSI, the same court had earlier invalidated TEK’s claimed U.S. patent relating to tire repair kits, which TEK had asserted against SSI.

AMI/SSI General Manager Chris Auerbach said he is “very pleased that the jury recognized the value of our intellectual property and acknowledged that TEK’s actions infringed the patent and adversely affected our business.”