Case Filed: Dec 31, 2009
Case Closed: Apr 19, 2013
Court: Delaware District Court
Judge: Leonard P. Stark
Other Defendants: TeleNav, United Parcel Service, Cellco
Partnership, TeleCommunication Systems, Garmin, Networks In Motion
Summary:
The complaint was filed for
infringing the US patent number 5987377 entitled Method and apparatus for determining
expected time of arrival. The patent was issued on Nov 16, 1999 and
expires[i]
by Feb 10, 2015 and currently assigned[ii]
to Vehicle IP (source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database).
The complaint stated that
AT&T Mobility is making use of a navigation service that determines
expected time of arrival including AT&T Navigator as claimed in the ‘377
patent. VZ (Verizon) Navigator, Garmin Mobile, TCS (TeleCommunication Systems)
Navigator, TeleNav GPS Navigator and MobileCast are the other products that
Vehicle IP has identified as infringing.
Defendants including Garmin and
United Parcel Service (UPS) were terminated before the case was closed. The
remaining Defendants then filed a Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement after
which the Court granted a judgment in favor
of the defendants. Further details of the verdict are not disclosed at this
point of time.
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[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.
[ii] MaxVal offers Patent Assignment Alert service where subscribers
receive email alerts when assignments relating to target applications, patents
or entities of interest are recorded.
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