Lawsuit against Open Mile over Data Communications and Information Systems

Plaintiffs: ArrivalStar S.A and Melvino Technologies Limited

Defendant: Open Mile, Inc.

Case Type: Patent Infringement 

Date Filed: Mar 13, 2013

Court: Florida Southern District Court

Judge: Kathleen M. Williams

Patents-in-Suit: 

Patent Number Current Assignee[i]	Issue Date	Expiry Date[ii]	Title
US6904359 Melvino Technologies	Jun 07, 2005	May 18, 2013	Notification systems and methods with user-definable notifications based upon occurrence 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 18, 2013	System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle

Source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database.

As in complaint:

Plaintiffs allege that defendant makes use of online shipment tracking, load tenders, shipment status and email alerts functions, application solutions, devices, programs, products, services, methods and/or systems which utilize tracking and messaging technologies that are protected by the ‘359, ‘801, ‘859, ‘645, ‘781 and ‘970 patents.

Other cases filed:

Plaintiffs have filed other suits against the following companies on the same day, asserting the same patents:

Defendant	Case Number
Platts, a Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies	1:13-cv-20901
Tumi	1:13-cv-20902
C & J Clark America	1:13-cv-20903
The Echo Design Group	1:13-cv-20904
IHS Global	1:13-cv-20906
TTS	1:13-cv-20907

Source: MaxVal’s Litigation Databank.

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