Plaintiff: Media Digital Inc.
Defendant: Amazon.Com Inc.
Case Number: 1:13-cv-00035
Date Filed: January 21, 2013
Court: New Hampshire District Court
Patent-in-Suit: US6101324
The patent US6101324 involved in this suit is currently assigned[i] to Media
Digital (source: Maxval’s Assignment
Database). The
patent entitled Computer touch screen
radio station control system was issued on August 08, 2000 and expires[ii] on
August 08, 2017.
The
patent describes a
computerized audio or video signal control system controlled by an announcer
and having a display of the available signal sources and scheduled events which
can be activated, mixed, faded and cued by the announcer in the scheduled order
or in an order the announcer desires. The control system provides the
correlation between the displayed source or event name, the devices necessary
to air the source or event and the routing necessary to air the event or source
and then activates the proper devices to perform the task. The control system
additionally logs the events actually activated in order.
About the Parties:
Digital
Media Inc. is engaged in manufacturing of phonograph records tapes and disks.
Amazon.com is a global
internet company and directly sells or acts as a platform for the sale of a
broad range of products. These include books, music, videos and consumer
electronics, clothing and household products. Amazon was founded in 1994 and is
headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
As in Complaint:
Plaintiff
alleges that defendant manufactures and markets touch-screen controlled tablets
that include a media player and the ability to update a playlist of music,
including Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD that infringe the claims
in the ‘324 patent.
Other Case(s) Filed:
Plaintiff
has filed other cases as listed below:
Defendant
|
Case
Number
|
Date
Filed
|
Status
|
Acer
America Corporation
|
08/14/2012
|
Pending
|
|
Toshiba
America Information Systems
|
08/14/2012
|
Pending
|
|
Lenovo
(United States)
|
08/14/2012
|
Closed
|
|
LG
Electronics Mobilecomm U.S.A
|
10/31/2008
|
Pending
|
Table information sourced from
Maxval’s Litigation
Database.
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[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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