Case Filed: Nov 23, 2011
Case Closed: Nov 15, 2013
Case Duration: 723 Days
Court: Texas Eastern District
Court
Judge: Leonard Davis
Case Summary:
SFA Systems filed suit against
Drugstore.com, an online retailer of health, beauty, vision and pharmacy
products over sales methods. The patents involved in this suit are:
·
US6067525 entitled ‘Integrated computerized
sales force automation system’ issued on May 23, 2000
·
US7941341 entitled ‘Sales force automation
system and method’ issued on May 10, 2011
Both the patents expire[i]
on Oct 30, 2015 and both the patents are currently assigned[ii]
to SFA (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database). The ‘525 and ‘341 patents are directed to an automated sales
system that facilitates the sale of an item or service by integrating into a
single system tools used by a salesperson in the sales process.
Plaintiff alleged that defendant
infringed the patents by implementing computer sales systems and methods for
facilitating processes relating to the sale and provision of products and
services on its website www.drugstore.com.
The complaint cites “We Recommend” and “Product Spotlight” recommendation
features as infringing products/services.
The parties filed joint motion
for dismissal of all claims and counterclaims asserted in the case. Upon
consideration, the Court ordered all claims against Drugstore.com dismissed
with prejudice in light of the parties’ resolution of the dispute. Defendant’s
counterclaims were dismissed without prejudice subject to the terms signed on
Nov 5, 2013. Furthers details of the terms were not disclosed. Attorneys’ fees
and costs are to be incurred by the parties themselves.
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[i]
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.
[ii]
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applications, patents or entities of interest are recorded.
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