On January 31, 2013, David Sutherland, Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas (complaint available here) against Teak Warehouse Inc. Sutherland claims that Teak infringes US Design Patent No. D490,995, entitled “Pool Chair.” Sutherland also claims that Teak has committed trade dress infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition. In essence, Sutherland claims that Teak “sells and offers for sale [T]eak furniture that constitutes inferior copies of Plaintiff Sutherland’s high quality, award-winning, proprietary furniture designs, particularly including Sutherland’s Poolside Collection.”
Sutherland is represented by Paul Storm and Sara Paxson, both of Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP.