Case Filed: Feb 01, 2013
Case Closed: Jun 04,
2013
Judge: Rodney
Gilstrap
Court: Texas
Eastern District Court
Case Summary:
A patent infringement suit was
filed by NovelPoint Security against Dell asserting their patents were
infringed. The patent involved in the suit was US5434562, entitled Method
for limiting computer access to peripheral devices, which issued on Jul 18,
1995 and expired[1] on Jul 18, 2012. The patent is currently assigned[2]
to NovelPoint (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database).
The complaint stated that the defendant
infringed the ‘562 patent by manufacturing a computer security system/method
including encrypted storage drives such as Seagate Momentus FDE hard drive.
The parties have reached a
settlement which ends the case. Stipulated motion for dismissal was filed and the
Court upon consideration, ordered that the claims and counterclaims be
dismissed with prejudice. No further information is available on the terms of
settlement.
Another case filed by NovelPoint against
Dell over the patent US6442485, which was also concluded on the same day.
See 2:13-cv-00080
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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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