Case Filed: Mar 07,
2011
Case closed: Jul
09, 2013
Judge: Marsha J.
Pechman
Court: Washington
Western District Court
Case Summary:
A patent
infringement case was filed by Olympic Development against several major
technology companies including, Amazon, Microsoft and Valve Corporation, claiming that
their patents were infringed. The patents involved in the case were:
- US5475585 entitled “Transactional Processing System” issued on Dec 12, 1995 and expired* by Dec 12, 2012
- US6246400 entitled “Device for Controlling Remote Interactive Receiver” issued on Jun 12, 2001 and expired* by Oct 01, 2010
The patents were
last assigned± to Tugaloo Lavonia GmBH
(source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database) and
exclusive licensee of the patents is Olympic Development.
The complaint
stated that the defendants infringed the ‘585 and
‘400 patents by making use of services/methods that sell products online in a
manner claimed in the patents-in-suit. The accused products/services were, Amazon Kindle and Kindle Store, Apple's
iTunes and App Stores via an iPad or iPhone, Barnes and Noble Nook and Nook
Store, Directv set top box and Directv Cinema and Directv Pay-per-view
services, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Microsoft Xbox Live Marketplace, Nintendo Wii
and Nintendo Wii Shop, Sony Playstation 3 and Sony Playstation Store, Sony
Reader and Reader Store and Valve website and Valve software. Plaintiff
sought injunctive relief and monetary damages.
Initially the case
was also filed against Apple, Sony, Nintendo of America, Barnes and Noble and
DirecTV, however, the case was transferred / consolidated.
In 2011, Valve Corp
was dismissed, followed by Microsoft in early 2013 and the case proceeded with Amazon as sole defendant. It appears
that the parties have settled the case and filed a stipulated motion,
considering which the Court ordered all the claims to be dismissed with
prejudice and counterclaims to be dismissed without prejudice. Charges were not
imposed on any parties.
See case 2:11-cv-00391 for more details.
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Expected expiration date. Patent Term Estimator is a free web-based tool that
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patents.
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