Case Filed: Feb 28,
2013
Case Closed: Aug 02,
2013
Court: Texas
Eastern District Court
Judge: Leonard Davis
Case Summary:
A patent infringement suit was
filed by Fractus, S.A, a manufacture of fractal antennas for mobile phones and wireless
consumers against Samsung alleging violation of four patents. The patents
involved in the suit were:
- U.S. Pat. No. 7,015,868 issued on Mar 21, 2006
- U.S. Pat. No. 7,123,208 issued on Oct 17, 2006
- U.S. Pat. No. 7,397,431 issued on Jul 01, 2008
- U.S. Pat. No. 7,394,432 issued on Jul 08, 2008
All these patents are entitled
‘Multilevel Antennae’ and expire[i] by Sep 20, 2019. Fractus
is the current assignee[ii] of the patents (source:
MaxVal’s Assignment
Database). Plaintiff alleged that Samsung infringed its patents
by manufacturing products, including mobile phones with internal multiband
antennas as covered in the patented technology. Plaintiff sought judgment of
infringement, money damages, permanent enjoinment from using their patents and
attorneys’ fees and other relief, the Court may deem just and proper.
On the 1st of Aug,
parties have requested Court to hold the case until they reach an agreement.
Upon consideration, Judge granted parties’ Motion to Stay and to administratively
close the case. The case will be stayed until Mar 15, 2014 by which time the
parties are required to finalize their agreement.
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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]
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