Case Filed: Dec 12, 2011
Case Closed: May 23, 2013
Judge: Sue L. Robinson
Court: Delaware District Court
Case Summary:
A patent infringement was filed
against Apple by Cequint, which describes itself as a "pioneer in landline
caller ID” and claims that it was first to provide "enhanced mobile caller
ID" by showing the phone number of the caller and also the location from
where the call originates. The patents involved in this suit are
US7200212
- Decoding and processing system for advanced determination and display of city
and state caller information, issued on Apr 03, 2007 and expiring* by Aug 20,
2022, and
US6353664
- Caller ID equipment which displays location of caller, issued on Mar
05, 2002 and expiring* by Dec 01, 2017.
The
patents are currently assigned[i]
to Suntrust Bank (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database) and according to the complaint, Cequint
is the assignee of the above patents. The accused
products were iPhones equipped with the iOS 5.0 that incorporates features
claimed in the ‘212 and ‘664 patents.
The
patents cover the retrieval of "the calling number delivery (CND) message
from a local central office (CO) switch or mobile station switching
center", the storage containing "corresponding geographic information
such as city and state by matching the area code and/or local exchange number
received, as well as a readout device to display the geographic information.
Samsung, HTC, AT&T, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Google, etc. are listed in Cequint’s
customer list, with only Apple missing among the
telecom majors.
The
civil case is now terminated as the parties have filed for dismissal. No
further information is available at this point of time.
See 1:11-cv-01224 for
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