3M and 3M Innovative Properties Co. filed a patent infringement lawsuit in federal district court for the District of Minnesota today against EnvisionWare Inc. seeking injunctive relief and damages for infringement. The suit alleges that EnvisionWare’s sale of library systems, including self-service circulation systems and handheld radio frequency identification (RFID) library systems, constitutes infringement of 3M’s patents.

3M has been the leading innovator in library technology for the past forty years. 3M has invested enormous resources in developing technologies that have fundamentally changed and improved the way libraries work today.

3M is represented by Faegre and Benson.

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