Summary of Lawsuits Filed by IV

Common facts about the cases

Plaintiff: Intellectual Ventures I, LLC and Intellectual Ventures II, LLC

Date Filed: Mar 25, 2013

Court: Delaware District Court

Case Type: Patent Infringement 

        i.            Case Number: 1:13-cv-00473

Defendants: Canon, Canon U.S.A. and Canon Solutions America

Patents-in-suit:

Patent Numbers Current Assignee[i]	Issue Date	Expiration Date[ii]	Title
US6977944 IV I	Dec 20, 2005	Nov 15, 2022	Transmission protection for communications networks having stations operating with different modulation formats
US5444728 IV I	Aug 22, 1995	Dec 23, 2013	Laser driver circuit
US6130761 IV I	Oct 10, 2000	Dec 23, 2013	Image scanning method
US6435686 IV II	Aug 20, 2002	Dec 23, 2013	Light conducting plate for a back lighting device and back lighting device
RE43086 IV I	Jan 10, 2012	Dec 23, 2013	Method and user interface for performing a scan operation for a scanner coupled to a computer system
US5712870 IV I	Jan 27, 1998	Dec 23, 2013	Packet header generation and detection circuitry
US6754195 IV I	Jun 22, 2004	Dec 23, 2013	Wireless communication system configured to communicate using a mixed waveform configuration
US6650432 IV I	Nov 18, 2003	Aug 18, 2019	Method and user interface for performing an automatic scan operation for a scanner coupled to a computer system
US7315406 IV I	Jan 01, 2008	Jun 27, 2022	Scanning circuit structure

Table information sourced from MaxVal’s Assignment Database. 

As in complaint: Plaintiff alleges that defendant manufactures printers, multifunction devices, and copiers including, Cannon image RUNNER ADVANCE, Canon image CLASS, Canon PIXMA and Canon CanoScan series that is claimed in the above said patents. 

      ii.            Case Number: 1:13-cv-00474

Defendants: Ricoh Company, Ricoh Americas Corporation and Ricoh Electronics

Patents-in-suit: The case includes all the patents as the above except for US6650432 and US7315406. 

As in complaint: Plaintiff alleges that defendant manufactures printers, multifunction devices, and copiers including, Ricoh Aficio MP171, Ricoh Aficio MP201SPF, Ricoh Aficio MP 5000B, Ricoh Aficio SP 1200SF and Ricoh Aficio SG 3110DNw that is claimed in the above said patents. (This is substantially similar to the above case).

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