ST. LOUIS — A biological fertilizer inventor is suing Thompson Coburn LLP, Charlie Romano and Steve Ritchie, legal service providers, citing alleged negligence and legal malpractice.
Terra Biologics LLC filed a complaint on Nov. 29 in the St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit Court against the defendants alleging that they breached the standard of care by including non-essential claim limitations in the patents for Monocot 1 and Dicot 1.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that the defendants were hired to create an intellectual property strategy and obtain patent protection for its technologies. As a result of the defendants's alleged negligence, plaintiff's international patent protection is non-existent and is unable to raise funds needed to complete commercialization of the new products.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment against the defendants for actual damages in excess of $25,000, costs of this suit, and such other and further relief as the court sees fit. It is represented by Jeffrey J. Lowe of Carey Danis & Lowe in St. Louis.
St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit Court case number 1722-CC11831