(AP) ST. LOUIS — A member of the St. Louis family that ran McDonnell Douglas is suing Boeing Co., which bought the aerospace company in 1997, alleging Boeing infringed on his patents for an unmanned drone landing system. William “Randy” McDonnell is seeking $160 million in damages from Boeing and Insitu, Boeing’s Washington state subsidiary, over patents related to an unmanned aerial vehicle landing system, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday (http://bit.ly/x8EGjb ). Boeing, based in Chicago, denied the allegations and said it will fight the lawsuit. “We believe our products don’t infringe on the patents in question and believe the court will agree with us,” said company spokesman John Dern. Randy McDonnell is an aeronautical engineer and son of Sanford McDonnell, who was chairman and chief executive of McDonnell Douglas from 1972 to 1988. He is also the cousin of John McDonnell, who was the McDonnell Douglas chairman and CEO who guided the corporation through its merger with Boeing and who still holds a seat on Boeing’s board of directors. The suit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis by Advanced Aerospace Technologies Inc., which is owned by Randy McDonnell, claims Boeing and Insitu knowingly encroached the […]
Insitu and Boeing sued over skyhook system patents
Insitu and Boeing sued over skyhook system patents
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