Plaintiff: Tierra Intelectual Borinquen (TIB)
Defendant: Acer
Case Filed: Jan 22, 2013
Case Closed: Aug 27, 2013
Court: Texas Eastern District
Court
Judge: Rodney Gilstrap
Case Summary:
Acer is one among 10 companies
facing claims that they infringed two patents covering an authentication system
for unlocking mobile device. In Jan, TIB filed cases against companies
including ASUSTeK Computer, Kyocera, Lenovo, LG, Pantech, Samsung, Apple, Sony,
Toshiba, ZTE, HTC at the US District Court demanding a jury trial and
unspecified damages. The patents-in-suit were:
·
US7350078 entitled User selection of computer
login, issued on Mar 25, 2008
·
US7725725 entitled User-selectable signatures,
issued on May 25, 2010
The patents expire[a]
by Mar 04, 2022 and are currently assigned[b]
to TIB (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database). According to the complaint, the ‘078 and ‘725 patents cover a
computer implemented method for creating a signature for subsequent
authentication, including authentication based on user input signals from user
selectable input devices. The patents protect a system allowing users to choose
between a password, face recognition and some other login method, to unlock a
mobile phone. Plaintiff alleged that defendants manufacture mobile devices
including Acer® Iconia Tab A110, (infringing products) that infringe the
methods claimed in the patents. Plaintiff sought permanent injunction and money
damages.
It appears that the parties have
settled the case amongst themselves and filed for voluntary dismissal. Pursuant
to the dismissal filed, Judge ordered all claims against Acer and counterclaims
against TIB to be dismissed with prejudice, with each party to bear their costs
and expenses incurred.
See 2:13-cv-00037
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[a] 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.
[b] 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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