Plaintiff: Display Pack Inc.
Defendant: Speculative Product Design D/B/A Speck
Products
Case Number: 1:13-cv-00066
Court: Michigan Western District Court
Date Filed:
January 21, 2013
Patent-in-Suit: US7931148
The patent US7931148 involved in this suit is currently assigned[1] to Display Pack (source: Maxval’s Assignment Database). The patent entitled Double hinge display package and method
of use was issued on April 26, 2011 and expires[2]
on June 10, 2029.
The patent describes a clamshell package for supporting an
article including a covered manufacturing hinge adapted to divide the clamshell
into first and second parts adapted to form a cavity. The clamshell package
includes a panel adapted to engage the manufacturing hinge and flange to retain
the manufacturing hinge in a folded position, with the panel being spaced from
the operating hinge.
About the Parties:
Display Pack designs
and manufactures consumer packaging products. It offers thermoforming services,
which include clamshell, blisters, cups and containers, tray packaging and
printed packaging. The company serves customers ranging from Fortune 500 to
mid-cap and small companies, including food, health and beauty, hardware,
household, electronics, sporting goods, and automotive industries worldwide.
Display Pack, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
It has a production facility in California.
Speculative Product Design LLC, doing business as Speck Products, develops protective cases
for consumer electronics products. The company offers its products for iPhone,
iPad, iPad mini, iPod, MacBook, HTC, Samsung, Nokia, Blackberry, Kindle, and
Nook. It markets its products under the CandyShell, PixelSkin, Folio, and
FabFit brand names. Speculative Product Design, LLC was founded in 2001 and is
based in Mountain View, California.
As in Complaint:
Plaintiff
alleges that defendant has infringed the above patent through its sale of
protective cases for consumer electronics. Defendant makes clamshell packaging
for its products that infringe the ‘148 patent. This packaging is also used in
iPad minis protective cases known as CandyShell.
Other Case(s) Filed:
Plaintiff has filed a case (1:11-cv-01234) (source: Maxval’s Litigation Database) against Qmadix, a manufacturer of tech gadgets and
accessories on November 21, 2011 which was closed on March 08, 2012. The ‘148
patent was one of the patents involved in this case.
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[1] MaxVal offers Patent Assignment Alert service where subscribers
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[2] 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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