Case Filed: Oct 21, 2009
Case Closed: May 10, 2013
Judge: Thomas W. Thrash, Jr.
Court: Georgia Northern District
Court
Case Summary:
Selex Communications accused
Google of infringing a patent for devices and methods of making a mobile
telephone call. Selex Communications provides audio ancillaries to military,
police, emergency services, and border patrol worldwide. The patent involved in
this suit is US6308070 entitled Method
and apparatus of minimizing incurred charges by the remote origination of
telephone calls, issued on Oct 23, 2001 and expires[i]
by Feb 04, 2019. The patent is currently assigned[ii]
to Selex (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database).
The
complaint stated that Google provides telecommunication services that include
features such as Click2Call, which is claimed in the ‘070 patent.
The
Court has rendered its final verdict in the case favoring Google. The Judge declared
the claims asserted by Selex are invalid and not infringed by Google’s accused
products/services.
See 1:09-cv-02927
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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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