On September 1, 2011, Lhoist North America, Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas (copy of complaint available here). Lhoist claims that Defendants Construction Material Recycling Inc. and Lyndon Jones Construction, Inc. infringe Lhoist’s United States Patent No. 5,544, 971. The ’971 patent claims a method for recycling asphalt pavement.
The case has been assigned to Judge McBryde, but, because it was filed on September 1, 2011, it will be reassigned to either Judge Lynn, Judge Godbey, or Judge Kinkeade in accordance with the Patent Pilot Project.
Lhoist is represented by Richard Schwartz and Thomas Harkins, Jr., both of Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz, PLLC.