Case
Filed: Aug 05, 2011
Case
Closed: Jun 17, 2013
Judge: James S. Moody, Jr.
Court: Florida Middle District Court
Case Summary:
Operating Systems Solutions filed a suit against Apple for
patent infringement which alleged that Apple’s OS X operating system infringes
a patent relating to fast booting operation. The patent involved in this suit was
USRE40092, entitled Method for quickly
booting a computer system, issued on Feb 19, 2008 and expiring[1]
by May 11, 2018.
The ‘092
patent was a reissue of US6434696, which was originally filed in 1999 by LG Electronics.
Afterwards, it changed hands and was reissued is to Protimus Technologies in
2008. It is currently assigned[2] to Operating Systems Solutions (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database). The complaint said that accused products include MacBook Pro and any Apple product utilizing OS X. Plaintiff sought injunctive
relief and any damages as a result of Apple’s alleged infringement.
On Jun 14, plaintiff filed a stipulation of non-infringement,
pursuant to which the Court signed off the final judgment on Jun 17, thereby
closing the case. Plaintiff lost on all claims as the Judge ordered
non-infringement of the patent in favor of Apple. Further details of the
verdict are not disclosed.
See 8:11-cv-01754 for more details. To get alerts on
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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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