Data
Carriers, a non-practicing company that a holds number of technology
patents, had filed lawsuits against Samsung, Barnes & Noble, HTC and
AT&T in Mar, 2013 in the District Court of Delaware, which have now
come to a close. The suits were filed for infringement of US patent
number 5388198 entitled ‘Proactive presentation of automating features to a computer user’. The patent was issued on Feb 07 1995 and expired[i] on Apr 16, 2012. The patent is currently assigned[ii] to Data Carriers and was previously owned by Symantec (Source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database).
The complaint stated that the defendants make use of the autocomplete features (technology claimed ‘198 patent) in their website, smartphones, tablets, notebooks, Chromebooks, media players, and tablet computers.
It appears that the parties have settled the cases and reached an agreement. Upon their requests for dismissal, the Court ordered Dismissal With Prejudice of all claims by Plaintiff Data Carriers and Dismissal Without Prejudice of all counterclaims by Defendants Samsung, Barnes & Noble, HTC and AT&T.
To know more about the cases, please see 1:12-cv-00933, 1:12-cv-00330, 1:12-cv-00346 and 1:12-cv-00335.
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The complaint stated that the defendants make use of the autocomplete features (technology claimed ‘198 patent) in their website, smartphones, tablets, notebooks, Chromebooks, media players, and tablet computers.
It appears that the parties have settled the cases and reached an agreement. Upon their requests for dismissal, the Court ordered Dismissal With Prejudice of all claims by Plaintiff Data Carriers and Dismissal Without Prejudice of all counterclaims by Defendants Samsung, Barnes & Noble, HTC and AT&T.
To know more about the cases, please see 1:12-cv-00933, 1:12-cv-00330, 1:12-cv-00346 and 1:12-cv-00335.
If you are interested in knowing more about the cases filed and closed on the previous day, please contact us. To get alerts on cases filed, subscribe to our Litigation Alerts.
Has this patent been litigated? Use our free tool or download our free Android app on Google Play.
[i] 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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