Plaintiff: Patent Harbor
Defendant: Fujitsu America
Case Number:
6:13-cv-00026
Date Filed:
January 04, 2013
Court: Texas Eastern District Court
Patent-in-Suit: US5684514
The patent US5684514 involved in the suit is currently assigned[i] to Patent Harbor (source: Maxval’s Assignment Database). The patent entitled Apparatus and method for assembling content
addressable video was issued on November 4, 1997 and expires[ii]
by November 4, 2014.
About the Parties:
Patent Harbor LLC in Tyler, TX is a private company
categorized under Legal Services established in 2010.
Fujitsu America
is an information and communication technology-based
business solutions provider for organizations in the United States, Canada and
the Caribbean. It offers tablet and slate PCs, notebooks, accessories, servers,
storage solutions, desktop personal computers and workstations, software
products, scanners and OEM/ODM products. The company offers its products
through retail stores, catalog retailers, and its online store. It was founded
in 2008, formerly known as Fujitsu North America Holdings, Inc. and operates as
a subsidiary of Fujitsu Ltd.
As in Complaint:
Plaintiff alleges that defendant manufactures and distributes
computers including the LifeBook T902
Tablet PC that is bundled with the CyberLink PowerDirector DVD/BD Authoring
software that infringes the above patent. DVD/BD Authoring Software allows a
user to take a pre-recorded video and create a title or chapter list (similar
to the scene selection menu provided on a commercial DVD/BD disc), where the
title or chapter menu has a description (pictorial or written) of the video
that will be accessed, if the user selects a particular title or chapter from
the scene selection menu.
Other Cases Filed:
Plaintiff
has filed other cases against the companies below:
Defendant
|
Case Number
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Date Filed
|
Status
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Asus Computer International
|
01/04/2013
|
Pending
|
|
Lenovo (United States)
|
01/04/2013
|
Pending
|
|
P&F USA
|
01/03/2013
|
Pending
|
|
On-Demand Publishing
|
10/13/2011
|
Closed
|
|
Disney Enterprises
|
10/13/2011
|
Closed
|
|
The Criterion Collection
|
10/13/2011
|
Closed
|
|
Shout! Factory
|
10/13/2011
|
Closed
|
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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
|
10/13/2011
|
Closed
|
|
DreamWorks Animation
|
05/09/2011
|
Closed
|
|
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
|
11/16/2010
|
Closed
|
|
LG Electronics
|
08/20/2010
|
Closed
|
|
Audiovox
|
07/21/2010
|
Pending
|
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[i] MaxVal offers Patent Assignment Alert service where subscribers
receive email alerts when assignments relating to target applications, patents
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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