Case Filed: Nov 13, 2009
Case Closed: Jun 05, 2013
Judge: Roslyn O Silver
Court: Arizona District Court
Other Plaintiff: Igo Inc.
Case Summary:
A patent infringement suit was
filed against Logitech by Hotwire Development claiming that their patent was
infringed. The patent involved in this suit is US6527241 entitled Apparatus
for cooling a laptop computer, issued on Mar 04, 2003 and expiring[1]
by Nov 20, 2021. The patent is currently assigned[2] to Igo (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database) and as per the complaint Hotwire
Development is the exclusive licensee of the patent. The complaint alleged that
Logitech infringes the ‘241 patent by manufacturing and marketing Cooling Pad
N100.
The case was initially stayed and
later in May the parties filed a stipulated motion of dismissal. Pursuant to the
dismissal filed, the Court ordered the case to be dismissed without prejudice. It
was also ordered that if the claims of the ’241 patent are reissued, the
plaintiffs can re-file the case only after six-years. The 6 year term will be
calculated from November 13, 2009, the case filed date.
See 2:09-cv-02383
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[1] 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.
[2] 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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