Plaintiff: Cruise Control Technologies (CCT)
Defendant: Porsche Cars North America
Case Number: 1:12-cv-01760
Date Filed: December 21, 2012
Court: Delaware District Court
Patent-in-Suit: US6324463
The
‘463 patent or Patel patent is currently assigned[i] to Cruise Control Technologies (source:
Maxval’s Assignment Database). The patent entitled Cruise control indicator was issued on November 27, 2001 and
expires[ii]
on May 12, 2019. The patent describes cruise control systems, particularly those
which display preset speed information. The technology in this patent provides
a significant safety and usability improvement.
About the Parties:
CCT
is a limited liability company.
Porsche Cars
North America engages in import, marketing, and
sale of Porsche sports cars, sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and sports sedans in
the U.S. The company also provides pre-owned vehicles and city bicycles. It
offers products through dealers. The company was founded in 1984 and is based
in Atlanta, Georgia with a regional support center in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Porsche Cars North America operates as a subsidiary of Porsche Automobile
Holding SE.
As in Complaint:
Plaintiff
alleges that defendant is using vehicular cruise control products/services
including Porsche Panamara that
infringes the ‘463 patent. The infringing products/services include the
following that are claimed in the above patent.
a speed controller that automatically
maintains the vehicle’s speed at a preset speed;
a switch associated with the speed
control allowing the vehicle operator to enable the system;
a set speed input in communication
with the speed controller for manually setting the speed;
a memory that stores information
indicative of the preset speed;
a
feedback system to communicate the stored preset speed information to the
operator of the vehicle.
Other Cases Filed:
CCT
has filed other cases against the following companies:
Defendant
|
Case Number
|
Date Filed
|
Status
|
Jaguar
Land Rover North America
|
12/21/2012
|
Pending
|
|
Subaru of
America
|
12/21/2012
|
Pending
|
|
Audi of
America
|
12/21/2012
|
Pending
|
|
General
Motors
|
12/21/2012
|
Pending
|
|
Volvo Cars
of North America
|
12/21/2012
|
Pending
|
|
Ford Motor
|
12/21/2012
|
Pending
|
|
BMW of
North America
|
12/21/2012
|
Pending
|
|
Chrysler
Group
|
12/21/2012
|
Pending
|
|
Mercedes-Benz
USA
|
12/21/2012
|
Pending
|
Table information sourced from Maxval's Litigation Database.
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you are interested in knowing more about the cases filed by CCT, please contact us.
[i] MaxVal offers Patent Assignment Alert service where subscribers
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or entities of interest are recorded.
[ii] 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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