The wave pool arms race has officially moved from the water to the courtroom.

American Wave Machines, Inc., the California-based company behind PerfectSwell®, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Canadian water-attractions giant WhiteWater West Industries, Ltd., targeting its Endless Surf wave-generation system.

The complaint was filed September 28 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and centers on two AWM patents — U.S. Patent Nos. 9,279,263 and 8,434,966 — covering aspects of pneumatic, sequenced wave generation. AWM alleges WhiteWater’s Endless Surf system infringes those patents.

At the center of the dispute is a Surf Park in Fellsmere, Florida, currently under construction near Sebastian Inlet.…