Extol International in Patent Infringement Suit

Plaintiff: Melvino and Arrival Star

Defendant: Extol International Inc.

Case Number: 9:13-cv-80054

Date Filed: January 16, 2013

Court: Florida Southern District Court

Patents-in-Suit: US6904359, US7030781, US6952645, US6486801, US6714859 and US7400970

Patent Number Current Assignee[*]	Issued Date	Expiration Date[†]	Title
US6904359 Melvino Technologies	Jun 07, 2005	May 18, 2013	Notification systems and methods with user-definable notifications based upon occurance of events
US7030781 Melvino Technologies	Apr 18, 2006	May 18, 2013	Notification system and method that informs a party of vehicle delay
US6952645 Melvino Technologies	Oct 04, 2005	May 06, 2017	System and method for activation of an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting status of vehicle travel
US6486801 Melvino Technologies	Nov 26, 2002	May 18, 2013	Base station apparatus and method for monitoring travel of a mobile vehicle
US6714859 Melvino Technologies	Mar 30, 2004	May 18, 2013	System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle
US7400970 Melvino Technologies	Jul 15, 2008	May 09, 2026	System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle

Table information sourced from Maxval’s Assignment Database. 

About the Parties:

Melvino Technologies Limited (MTL) holds patents and ArrivalStar is a company that licenses those patents and both the companies have deployed a classic non-operating entity business model. 

Extol International provides business integration software and services. It serves apparel/ textiles, consumer goods, food/ grocery, industrial manufacturing, pharmaceutical/ healthcare, retail, transportation/ logistics, and wholesale/ distribution industries. 

As in Complaint:

Complaint says defendant infringes the above patents through its sale of EXTOL Design Time Automation and other services or products that utilize tracking and messaging technologies that are patented by the plaintiffs. Design-Time Automation refers to the application of automated processing to the creation and repurposing of configured business integration objects in an object model framework. It reduces errors in implementation and maintenance activities, when compared to using model-driven specification or object repurposing.

Other Cases Filed:

Plaintiffs have together filed many cases and the recently filed cases are listed below:

Defendant	Case Number	Date Filed	Status
Tracker Systems	1:13-cv-00210	Jan 11, 2013	Pending
Birds Eye Global Tracking	1:13-cv-00212	Jan 11, 2013	Pending
Infospectrum	1:12-cv-10015	Dec 17, 2012	Pending
Roadside Systems	1:12-cv-10016	Dec 17, 2012	Pending
The Gap Stores	1:12-cv-24420	Dec 17, 2012	Pending

Table information sourced from Maxval’s Litigation Database.

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