Case Filed: Mar 09, 2012
Case Closed: Sep 19, 2013
Court: Texas Eastern District
Court
Judge: Rodney Gilstrap
Case Summary:
NovelPoint Security filed a
complaint accusing Toshiba of infringing two of its security patents. One of
the patents US5434562 entitled ‘Method for limiting computer access to
peripheral devices’ was legally issued on Jul 1995 and expired*
on Jul 18, 2012. The other patent US6212635 entitled ‘Network security system
allowing access and modification to a security subsystem after initial
installation when a master token is in place’ was issued on Apr 03, 2001 and
expires*
by Jul 14, 2018.
Both the patents are currently
assigned+
to NovelPoint Security (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database). The patents in general cover a method for computer security and to prevent unauthorized
reading or altering of computer data by individuals or programs operating on a
computer or a computer network.
The complaint said defendant has
infringed and continues to infringe claims of the patents by making and selling
computers that include a security system/method and cites models Portege
R830-S8332 and Portege Z830 as infringing products. Plaintiff sought judgment
in favor, permanent injunction, damages, costs and expenses incurred.
In 2012, a case filed by
NovelPoint Security against Samsung asserting the same patents, a substantially
similar case, was consolidated with this case. Considering the Stipulated
Motion for Dismissal filed by the parties, the Court granted and ordered all
claims and counterclaims asserted between Plaintiff NovelPoint and Defendant
Toshiba dismissed with prejudice, thereby closing the case.
See 2:12-cv-00101 for more details. To get
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*
Expected expiration date. Patent
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