By Megan Leonhardt

Law360, New York (February 07, 2012, 12:23 PM ET) -- Eyewear giant Oakley Inc. filed suit against Uvex Sports Inc. on Friday in California federal court, claiming its rival infringed three patents covering high-performance cycling sunglasses.

Oakley alleges Uvex has produced and sold sunglasses that use Oakley’s patented anti-fogging technology and designs without permission or a license. 

“Defendant manufactures, uses, sells, offers for sale and/or imports into the United States eyewear that infringe Oakley’s intellectual property rights,” the complaint said. 

Oakley claims UVex’s Titan and Paranoid lines of sunglasses — which retail for an average of...