Case Filed: Feb 01, 2013
Case Closed: May 24, 2013
Judge: Rodney Gilstrap
Court: Texas Eastern District Court
Case Summary:
The case filed by NovelPoint against
Verbatim Americas has come to a conclusion as the parties have reached a
settlement.
NovelPoint filed a case against
Verbatim for infringing their patent US5434562, which relates to computer
security measures that prevent unauthorized reading/modifying computer data.
The patent entitled ‘Method for limiting computer access to peripheral devices’
was issued on Jul 18, 1995 and expired[i]
on Jul 18, 2012.
The patent is currently assigned[ii]
to NovelPoint (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database). The complaint stated that Verbatim Americas infringed the ‘562
patent by manufacturing devices such as Verbatim Encrypted USB Drives Store ‘n’
Go USB Drive – TAA Comp/FIPS Cert.
Later the parties agreed to
settle the case and filed motion for dismissal. The Judge ordered dismissal of
the case with prejudice, pursuant to settlement. The terms of agreement were
not disclosed.
See 2:13-cv-00094
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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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