Case Filed: Mar 27, 2012
Case Closed: Oct 07, 2013
Court: California Northern
District Court
Judge: Jon S. Tigar
Case Summary:
An inventor named Benjamin Grobler
accused Sony for infringing the patent US6799084 entitled ‘data vending systems’
that was issued to him on Sep 28, 2004 and expiring[i]
by Jul 31, 2018. According to the complaint, Grobler is the assignee of the
‘084 patent.
The patent covers data vending
systems that allows users to store and mange digital music, video, software,
etc. on a variety of electronic devices. The complaint alleged that Sony have
directly infringed the patent by offering systems for data vending such as
PlayStation Network and indirectly infringed by inducing infringement by its
customers' use of such systems. The complaint demands "no event less than
a reasonable royalty”, which is quite understandable that money is the primary
goal. Grobler asked the Court for a judgment that Sony has infringed, besides a
claim for damages and expenses.
In June, the Court granted Sony’s
motion to stay due to Sony’s petition for inter partes review of the
patent-in-suit. Later in October, Grobler filed a joint motion, as a result of
which the Court granted and ordered the civil action to be dismissed with
prejudice and parties to bear their own costs and expenses.
See 3:12-cv-01526 for
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[i]
Expected expiration date. Patent
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