On March 9, 2012, Iswitch, LLC
(Iswitch) filed a complaint in the United States District Court of Texas
against Cincinnati Bell and RIM. Iswitch alleged that they infringe U.S patent no.
7225334 generally directed to voice over IP technology. The complaint sought
money damages and all other relief to which the Court may deem the plaintiff be
entitled.
The ‘334 patent entitled Secure method for communicating and
providing services on digital networks and implementing architecture was
issued on May 29, 2007 and expires[i]
by Mar 20, 2021. The patent is currently assigned[ii]
to Iswitch (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database).
The complaint stated that the defendant
RIM manufactures phones that, when
paired with a SIM card, are capable of making VoIP calls on Cincinnati Bell’s
network according to the GAN standard, which infringe the method claimed in the
‘334 patent. The accused products are BlackBerry Curve 9300 and BlackBerry
Pearl 9100.
The proceedings were ongoing and
on May 28, the parties filed joint motion to dismiss. Following the dismissal
filed, the Court rendered its final judgment on Jun 03, ordering the claims and
counterclaims asserted in the case be dismissed with prejudice and each party
to bear the costs and expenses incurred.
See 6:12-cv-00118
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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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