Case Filed: Mar 08, 2011
Case Closed: Jun 10, 2013
Judge: Joseph
C. Spero
Court: California Northern District
Plaintiff: Olympic Developments AG
Other Defendants: Nintendo of America, Sony and Valve Corporation
Case Summary:
Olympic Developments AG filed a case against Microsoft, Nintendo of
America, Sony and Valve Corporation claiming their patents relating to
e-commerce and online payments were infringed. The patents involved in this suit
are:
·
US5475585 - Transactional processing system, which was issued on Dec 12, 1995
and expired* by Dec 12, 2012
·
US6246400 - Device for controlling remote interactive receiver, which was
issued on Jun 12, 2001 and expired* by Oct
01, 2010
The patents are currently assigned[i] to Tugaloo
Lavonia GmbH (source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database) and plaintiff is the exclusive licensee of the
‘585 and ‘400 patent. Plaintiff alleged that defendants use a method for
purchasing products/services and processing corresponding financial
transactions in a manner that is claimed in the ‘585 and ‘400 patents. The
plaintiff sought permanent injunction, monetary damages and all other relief to
which the Court may deem the plaintiff entitled.
The
parties having reached a settlement, filed for dismissal. Considering the
request, Court ordered all the claims asserted be dismissed with prejudice.
See 3:11-cv-01080 for more
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*
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.
[i] 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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