Leak Surveys Hits Flir Systems With Patent Infringement Lawsuit

On July 25, 2013, Leak Surveys filed a patent infringement lawsuit (complaint available  here) against Flir Systems in the Northern District of Texas. Leak Surveys claims Flir Systems infringes U.S. Patent No. 8,193,496, which claims methods for performing inspection and detecting chemical leaks using an infrared camera system, and U.S. Patent No. 8,426,813, which claims a chemical leak inspection system, through the sale of its FLIR Therma CAMs, among other products.