Dealer Named in Meade Instruments Lawsuit Agrees to Cease False Claims of the RCX400 and LX200R Meade Telescopes as Having Advanced "Ritchey-Chretien" Design.Star Instruments and RC Optical Systems Reach Settlement Agreement with Washington-Based Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird, Inc. in Exchange for Dismissing Them as a Defendant in the Suit NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Star Instruments, a leading manufacturer of quality optical systems based in Newnan, Georgia Newnan is a city in Coweta County, Georgia, 39 miles (63 km) southwest of Atlanta. In 1900: 3,654 people lived in Newnan, Georgia; in 1910: 5,548, and in 1940: 7,182. The population was 16,242 at the 2000 Census. , announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird, Inc., a Meade Instruments Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MEAD) dealer located in Anacortes, Washington. No monetary damages were involved in the agreement in exchange for dismissing Anacortes from the lawsuit. Russell K. Statman, attorney for the Plaintiffs (which also includes RC Optical Systems and an individual who purchased one of the controversial telescopes) stated, "Anacortes' willingness to cease the objectionable advertising made this settlement easy and inexpensive. That was all the Plaintiffs needed to dismiss them from the lawsuit." He added that the same settlement agreement was presented to the other dealer defendants and, surprisingly, was rejected within 12 hours by Meade's counsel, who also represents the other 13 defendants. "It is inexplicable. If the dealers agreed to correct the false advertising, Plaintiffs would agree to dismiss them from the lawsuit as well, with no payment of financial compensation." Filed on September 28, 2006 in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and then later amended on November 1, 2006, the suit names Meade Instruments Corporation and 14 Meade Distributors as being in repeated violation of the Lanham Act The Lanham Act of 1946, also known as the Trademark Act (15 U.S.C.A. § 1051 et seq., ch. 540, 60 Stat. 427 [1988 & Supp. V 1993]), is a federal statute that regulates the use of Trademarks in commercial activity. and 18 U.S. Code A multivolume publication of the text of statutes enacted by Congress. Until 1926, the positive law for federal legislation was published in one volume of the Revised Statutes of 1875, and then in each sub-sequent volume of the statutes at large. Title u 1962(c). In addition to Star Instruments, the lawsuit also names RC Optical Systems and an individual who purchased one of the controversial telescopes as co-plaintiffs. The lawsuit alleges that Meade Instruments Corp. and 14 of its distributors knowingly engaged in unlawful conduct by which they falsely described inexpensive telescopes produced by Meade as having the same advanced design as the Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the first large optical orbiting observatory. Built from 1978 to 1990 at a cost of $1.5 billion, the HST (named for astronomer E. P. Hubble) was expected to provide the clearest view yet obtained of the universe. . The lawsuit seeks an injunction preventing Meade and the distributors from advertising the inexpensive Meade telescopes as having an advanced "Ritchey-Chretien" design. Copies of the amended complaint amended complaint n. what results when the party suing (plaintiff or petitioner) changes the complaint he/she has filed. It must be in writing, and can be done before the complaint is served on any defendant, by agreement between the parties (usually their lawyers), are available online at http://ecf.nysd.uscourts.gov. The case is Azari et al. v. B&HPhoto-Video.com Corp., No. 06 CIV JUS AQUAEDUCTUS, CIV. law. The name of a servitude which Lives to the owner of land the right to bring down water through or from the land of another, either from its source or from any other place. 2. 7825. The Plaintiffs' attorney is Russell K. Statman, Esq., (212) 528-8629, email: rks@country-lawyer.net. ABOUT STAR INSTRUMENTS Established in 1976, Star Instruments is a leading manufacturer and supplier of professional-quality custom optics. Specializing in Ritchey-Chretien optical systems for manufacturers of quality tube assemblies and complete telescopes, universities and government agencies including NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , the company designs, fabricates and performs testing of custom optical systems including Classical Cassegrain, ultraviolet, visual and infrared applications as well as mirrors and lens systems at its headquarters in Newnan, Georgia. Visit http://www.star-instruments.com for more information. |
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