Case Filed: Apr 11, 2013
Case Closed: Oct 02, 2013
Court: California Southern
District Court
Judge: Dana M. Sabraw
Case Summary:
A patent infringement case was
filed by Wi-LAN, a Canadian based patent licensing company against HTC, a handheld device
manufacturer, for violating two of their wireless patents. The patents involved in suit were:
- US8311040 entitled ‘Packing source data packets into transporting packets with fragmentation’, legally issued on Nov 13, 2012 and expiring* by Jan 15, 2022
- US8315640 entitled ‘Methods and systems for transmission of multiple modulated signals over wireless networks’, legally issued on Nov 20, 2012 and expiring* by May 21, 2019
The patents are currently
assigned+
to Wi-LAN (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database). The ‘040 patent generally relates to packet data communications
systems and reformatting data in systems before transmission. The ‘640 patent
relates to a method and apparatus for efficiently allocating bandwidth between
base stations and customer premises equipment in a broadband wireless
communication system.
The complaint said that,
defendant manufactures wireless communication products with the 3rd Generation
Partnership Project – Long Term Evolution (3GPP-LTE) standard and cites Droid
Incredible 4G and Evo 4G LTE as infringing products, which fall within the
scope of the claims of the ‘040 and ‘640 patents.
“By way of its infringing
activities, defendant has caused and continues to cause Wi-LAN to suffer
damages and Wi-LAN is entitled to recover from defendant damages in an amount…”, the complaint said. Whereof, Wi LAN
requested entry of judgment in its favor, a permanent injunction barring HTC
from infringing the patents-in-suit, compensatory damages, pre- and
post-judgment interest on damages, as well as attorneys' fees and litigation
costs.
The parties have reached an
agreement and signed a binding term sheet (“Term Sheet”) that resolves the
dispute. The parties, HTC and Wi LAN jointly filed a motion to dismiss and
pursuant to the stipulation filed, the Court granted and ordered the following:
- all claims between Wi-LAN and HTC in this action are dismissed with prejudice
- Wi-LAN and HTC each will bear their own costs and attorneys’ fees
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