On Tuesday, November 20, 2012, Intelligent Smart Phone
Concept (plaintiff) filed a complaint against Apple (defendant) for patent infringement
in the U.S. District Court of California (case no. (3:12-cv-05951).
Apple designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics,
computer software, and personal computers.
The patent US7373182 involved in suit is currently assigned[*] to Intelligent Smart Phone Concept
(source: Maxval’s Assignment Database). The patent entitled Wireless mobile phone including a headset
was issued on May 13, 2008 and expires[†]
by March 01, 2022.
This patent describes an interface that allows a removable
headset to receive at least telephony audio signals from the phone and to
provide audio signals to the phone. According to the complaint, plaintiff
alleges that defendant has infringed the ‘182 patent by including headphones
with its phone devices.
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or entities of interest are recorded.
[†] Expected expiration date. Patent Term
Estimator is a free web-based tool that automatically calculates patent terms and
expiration dates for U.S. utility patents.
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