A patent dispute between Azure Network
and Samsung has come to an end. Azure, on July, 10, 2012 filed a case against a
few technology companies (including Samsung) in the U.S. District Court of
Texas claiming that their patent was infringed. The patent involved in the suit
was US7756129, entitled ‘Personal area network with automatic attachment and
detachment’. The patent was issued on July 13, 2010 and expires[i]
by Mar 27, 2020. The patent is currently assigned[ii] to Tri-County Excelsior Foundation (source:
MaxVal’s Assignment
Database) and Azure is exclusive licensee, as per the complaint.
The suit
said that Samsung infringed the ‘129 patent by manufacturing devices that
incorporate Bluetooth High Speed (HS) wireless technology such as WiFi
Direct, including Galaxy S III, Galaxy Tab 7.7, Galaxy Tab 2, NC110-A03
Netbook, and All in One PC (Model # DP700A3B).
On May 30, 2013, Judge Michael H.
Schneider signed off the judgment ordering all claims and counterclaims be
dismissed pursuant to the parties’ joint motion. The costs are to be incurred
by the parties themselves and the terms of agreement were not disclosed.
Similarly, other cases filed by
Azure against Lenovo, Acer, Asus Computer International, Pantech Wireless, Intel and HP asserting the same patent were concluded by Judge Michael H.
Schneider.
See 6:12-cv-00745
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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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