Defendant

Raymarine, Inc.

2 cases as defendant.

Cases
2
Active
0
2 closed
Filed
2013
Top venue
ITC
1 case

Company profile

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Raymarine, Inc. is the U.S. operating entity of Raymarine, a marine-electronics brand whose roots trace to 1923, when the Submarine Signal Company (later merged into Raytheon) introduced a commercial echosounder. The Raymarine brand itself was created in 2001 through a management buyout of Raytheon's marine division, backed by private-equity firm Hg; the company listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2004, entered administration in 2010, and was acquired by FLIR Systems for roughly $180 million that May. Since Teledyne Technologies' (NYSE: TDY) 2021 acquisition of FLIR, Raymarine has operated as a brand within Teledyne FLIR's maritime group. The brand's principal offices and R&D are in Fareham/Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK; the U.S. entity has been listed at 9 Townsend West, Nashua, New Hampshire. Third-party data providers (PitchBook, Crustdata) estimate roughly 430–460 employees globally; Kona Equity lists revenue near $62 million. These private-company figures are estimates, not audited disclosures.

Products. Raymarine designs and sells marine electronics for recreational boating and light commercial marine markets: multifunction navigation displays and chartplotters (Axiom, Element), autopilots (Evolution), radar (Pathfinder, solid-state/CHIRP), sonar and fishfinders, AIS and VHF communications, thermal and visible cameras, LightHouse chart cards and navigation software, and augmented-reality/docking-assist systems. Production is largely outsourced; the company focuses on design, marketing, sales, and service, and reports U.S. Coast Guard vessels among its users.

Litigation posture. Raymarine is an operating company, not a patent assertion entity. Across the two tracked matters it appears exclusively as a defendant (0 plaintiff, 0 defendant-as-complainant actions), consistent with a product manufacturer defending its market rather than asserting patents.

Notable cases. Both tracked suits arise from a single September 23, 2013 complaint by Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. and Furuno U.S.A., Inc.: Furuno Electric Co. v. Raymarine UK Limited et al. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, and the parallel ITC Section 337 investigation (Inv. No. 337-TA-900, Certain Navigation Products). Furuno asserted four patents (U.S. 6,084,565; 6,424,292; 7,161,561; 7,768,447) covering navigation, radar, and map-display systems, naming Raymarine alongside Garmin and Navico as respondents. The Oregon venue reflects Furuno's U.S. operations rather than a plaintiff-friendly Texas forum.

Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. et al. v. Garmin Ltd. et al.

settled
Docket:
337-TA-900
Filed:
2013-09-23
Terminated:
2014-09-22
Patents:7161561

ITC investigation concerning certain navigation products, including GPS devices, navigation and display systems, radar systems, navigational aids, mapping systems, and related software. Furuno named Garmin, Navico, and Raymarine respondents and asserted the '561 patent (claims 1–10, 12, 14), among other patents. The investigation was terminated in its entirety on September 22, 2014, based on settlements with each respondent.