Delta Air Lines Inc., the world’s second-biggest carrier, asked a U.K. judge to rule that flat-bed seats in its premium cabins don’t violate a patent held by Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.
Delta doesn’t infringe the patent and needs certainty on the issue before the disputed Solar Eclipse seating system can be added to a planned 30-million pound ($47.8 million) retrofit of 32 aircraft in 2013, Mark Vanhegan, the carrier’s lawyer with the firm 11 South Square, said today at the High Court in London.
Delta doesn’t infringe the patent and needs certainty on the issue before the disputed Solar Eclipse seating system can be added to a planned 30-million pound ($47.8 million) retrofit of 32 aircraft in 2013, Mark Vanhegan, the carrier’s lawyer with the firm 11 South Square, said today at the High Court in London.
