Case Filed: Dec 09, 2010
Case Closed: Sep 17, 2013
Court: California Northern
District Court
Judge: Ronald M. Whyte
Case Summary:
Nazomi Communications filed suit
against Samsung for infringing their Java programming patents. HTC, LG and
Kyocera are other defendants named in this suit. Nazomi was founded in 1998 and
offers multimedia application processor solutions to mobile phone and
semiconductor makers. The company provides Java acceleration solutions for
information appliances. It has also filed lawsuits against Amazon, Microsoft,
Nokia, Garmin, Sling, and others for patent infringement.
The patents involved in this suit
are:
- US7080362 entitled ‘Java virtual machine hardware for RISC and CISC processors’, legally issued on Jul 18, 2006
- US7225436 entitled ‘Java hardware accelerator using microcode engine’ legally issued on May 29, 2007
- US6338160 entitled ‘Constant pool reference resolution method’ legally issued on Jan 08, 2002
All the patents expire[*]
by Dec 08, 2018 and are currently assigned[†]
to Nazomi Communications (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database).
The complaint said that Samsung,
LG, Kyocera and HTC manufacture consumer electronic devices containing
processor cores capable of Java hardware acceleration that use a virtual
machine. The accused products (mobile phones) include Instinct s30 (SPH-M810),
Captivate (SGH-1897), Droid Incredible, LX370, Ally (VS740), PRO-700 and Zio
(M6000) respectively. The complaint also stated that “the infringement by
defendants of the patents has injured and will cause irreparable injury and
damage in the future unless defendants are enjoined from infringing the
patents.”
In Aug, the Judge ruled that defendants did
not infringe the claims asserted in the suit and granted the defendants’ motion
for a summary judgment of non-infringement. On Sep 12, the Court rendered its
final verdict and entered judgment in favor of defendants and against plaintiff
Nazomi Communications.
See 5:10-cv-05545
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[*]
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.
[†]
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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