On Feb 19th, Ford
Motor Company has been sued (1:13-cv-00273) for patent infringement in the
Delaware District Court, by 911 Notify
LLC as plaintiff. The patent US6775356 (Real-time
incident and response information messaging INA system for the automatic
notification that an emergency call has occurred from a telecommunication
device) is currently assigned[i] to 911 Notify (source: Maxval’s Assignment Database).
The complaint alleges that the defendant sells products and
services that embody the patented invention. Defendant’s Ford SYNC places automatic call to 911 and transmits a message
stating that a Ford vehicle has been in an accident and giving the GPS location.
This GPS location is taken from the on-board GPS module which is standard
equipment of every vehicle having SYNC (example, subscriber’s emergency
contacts), which infringes the ‘356 patent.
There are other cases filed by 911 Notify LLC against automobile manufacturing companies such as
BMW of North America (1:13-cv-00270), Hyundai Motor
America (1:13-cv-00275), OnStar (1:13-cv-00279) and Agero (1:13-cv-00269) ; Medical companies
such as ADT (1:13-cv-00268), Lifewatch (1:13-cv-00277), Lifeline Systems
(1:13-cv-00278); Telecommunications
companies such as GreatCall (1:13-cv-00274), Cassidian
Communications (1:13-cv-00271), Everbridge (1:13-cv-00272), Intrado (1:13-cv-00276) and REACT Systems
(1:13-cv-00280) on the same day asserting the same
patents. If you are interested in knowing more
about the cases filed, please contact us.
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