Case Filed: Aug 12, 2013
Case Closed: Nov 04, 2013
Judge: Sam Sparks
Court: Texas Western District
Court
Case Duration: 84 Days
Case Summary:
A
patent infringement case was filed by Online News Link against Dell claiming
that three of their patents that describe a method of inserting links into
online newspapers and other media were infringed. The patents in suit were:
US7508789, US7181758 and US8457545 all entitled ‘Information distribution and
processing system’. The patents were legally issued on Mar 24, 2009, Feb 20,
2007 and Jun 04, 2013, respectively. The ‘789 and ‘545 patents expire*
by Apr 07, 2014 and the ‘758 patent expires* by Jul 25,
2014. Online News Link is the current assignee+ of the
patents-in-suit (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database).
The Court document said Dell
infringed the above patents by making use of the patented technology,
information distribution system(s) that transmit(s) email communications
containing user-selectable links associated with data on a server. Plaintiff sought
the Court for relief including a judgment the
patents-in-suit have been infringed, either literally or under the doctrine of
equivalents, permanent injunction, damages, costs and expenses incurred.
The parties announced to Court
that they have settled the case among themselves, after which stipulation of
dismissal was filed by Dell and Online News Link on Oct 31. Upon consideration,
the Court granted the motion and ordered all claims asserted against Dell be
dismissed with prejudice, thereby closing the case. Each party will bear their
own costs and expenses. Further details of the settlement were not disclosed.
Similarly, plaintiff filed suits
against HP and Amazon asserting the same patents, which was also settled
recently.
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