Case Filed: Jul 19, 2012
Case Closed: Aug 21, 2013
Court: Delaware District Court
Judge: Leonard P. Stark
Case Summary:
Data Carriers, a non-practicing
company that holds numbers of technology patents, filed patent infringement
suit against LinkedIn. It also filed suits against websites and companies
including Netflix, Hulu, Office Depot, Flixster, Apple, Sony, Toshiba, HP,
Lenovo and a few others. The suit revolves around a single patent US5388198
entitled ‘Proactive presentation of automating features to a computer user’ issued
on Feb 07, 1995 and expired[i]
on Apr 16, 2012. The patent was originally issued to Symantec and was last assigned[ii]
to Data Carriers (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database).
The suit alleged that the
defendant infringed the patent by making use of products or services that
automatically intervene in the use of a computer system to suggest or present
features based on information on the use of the system, including in autocomplete
features of the defendant’s website www.linkedin.com.
By using the claimed technology on its
website, Data Carrier alleged it had suffered damages and was therefore
entitled to receive a judgment for "damages, costs, expenses, and prejudgment
and post-judgment interest", as well as attorneys’ fees, as said in the
complaint.
The parties have settled the case
and reached an agreement. Upon their requests for dismissal, the Court ordered
Dismissal with Prejudice of all claims by Plaintiff Data Carriers, subject to
the terms of a Settlement and Release Agreement. Further details of the
settlement were not disclosed. Similarly suits against Netflix, Hulu, Office
Depot, Flixster were closed on the same day.
See 1:12-cv-00939
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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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alerts when assignments relating to target applications, patents or entities of
interest are recorded.
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