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Two Dallas companies named in patent infringement case

A Chicago company has filed a lawsuit claiming a consortium of homebuilders and home product manufacturers violated antitrust and patent laws and confidentiality agreements when they formed a Web site identical to a site established by the plaintiff.

The federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall names several nationally recognized homebuilders and home product manufacturers, including Dallas-based Centex Corp. and Lewisville-based Overhead Door Corp.

Other defendants include Builder Homesite Inc., a consortium of homebuilders and home product manufacturers; New Home Technologies; Beazer Homes USA Inc.; Capital Pacific Holdings Inc.; Capital Pacific Homes; Centex Real Estate Corp; Weekley Homes; KB Home; Lennar Corp.; Pulte Homes Inc.; Standard Pacific Corp.; Toll Brothers Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Hearth & Home Technologies Inc.; Honeywell Inc.; Kohler Co.; Masco Corp.; Owens Corning; Progress Lighting Inc.; Square D Co.; Therma-Tru Corp.; Weyerhaeuser Co.; Whirlpool Corp.; and New York International Corp.

The suit filed by Chicago-based OLA Inc. alleges that its subsidiary, HomeBuilderShowroom.com, built a Web site called Builder’s On-Line Assistant back in 1999 to offer the home building and product manufacturing communities a place to showcase home upgrades and standard products online. It also was created, so homebuyers could make selections for their homes while participating in a virtual home tour online.

An attorney for OLA says the company applied for a patent in January 2000, but because of the length of the process, OLA did not receive official patents until 2006 and 2007.
OLA says early in the process, the company engaged interested homebuilders and home product manufacturers, who were part of a consortium that agreed to sign confidentiality agreements so they could try out and learn more about OLA’s Builder’s On-Line Assistant Web site.

OLA says despite some of the consortium’s main members signing confidentiality agreements, companies in the consortium later decided to build a comparable Web site called “Envision.” All of the manufacturers and homebuilders involved in the joint venture ended up associated with the business entity, Builder Homesite Inc., which also operates through subsidiary New Home Technologies Inc. Builder Homesite announced its formation in March 2000.

In a statement, OLA’s attorney Scott Clearman says, “The defendants obviously saw the benefit in OLA’s idea, but they apparently didn’t think they needed the company’s permission to use its patents or to honor their confidentiality agreements.”

Dallas-based Centex Homes and Lewisville-based Overhead Door Corp. said, as a matter of policy, the companies do not comment on pending litigation.

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Today's Texas Real Estate

Todays Texas Real Estate will have it's first airing on channel 21 in the DFW metroplex featuring homes available for sale. The focus is to show the actual home instead of focusing on model homes as Hot On Homes, Channel 8, shows neighborhoods and homes that are examples.

Tune in and see if the hype is all of what it is meant to be. Hotonhomes.com has had a stronghold in the Television market here in DFW, but we will see if TTRE can make an impact which they just might be able to.

Today's Texas Real Estate gives you an exclusive look at the hottest available homes in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area. With the roller coaster trends of the housing market happening all over the country, it can be overwhelming to find the home of your dreams. Today's Texas Real Estate makes it fun and easy to shop for your new home on TV and the web.

Visit www.todaystexasrealestate.com for more details and a replay of the shows.

Also visit www.bimsdfw.com for a list of up to date inventory that builders are attempting to sell quickly in DFW.

Hello to the world. Realtors and builders check out the newest website for new homes in dallas at http://www.homeferret.com/. It will be launching early next year. Also, a new site has been created for my brokerage at http://www.blitzproperties.com/. I hope that you come back and check out new items I will be posting to this blog.