Case
Filed: Aug 27, 2013
Case
Closed: Dec 04, 2013
Court:
Texas Eastern District Court
Judge:
Rodney Gilstrap
Case
Summary:
Apple
was charged by Remote Locator Systems for infringing a patent US5548637
entitled ‘Method and apparatus for locating personnel and objects in response
to telephone inquiries,’ which was originally issued to Alan C. Heller, Brian
M. Evins and Robert G. Karp on Aug 20, 1996 and expired[i]
on Sep 09, 2013. Remote Locate Systems was the last assignee[ii]
of the patent (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database).
The
‘637 patent in general relates to a method and apparatus for locating personnel
and objects in response to telephone inquiries. The complaint said, Apple’s iOS
features including Find My Friends and Find My iPhone applications infringe the
claims’ of the ‘637 patent. The features allow a user to easily locate family
and friends and their iOS devices.
The
case is concluded as the parties filed motion for dismissal, in consideration
of which, Court ordered all claims asserted against Apple dismissed with prejudice. Attorneys’ fees and costs will be borne by
the party that incurred them.
See
2:13-cv-00678 for more details. To get alerts on cases
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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]
MaxVal offers Patent Assignment Alert service where
subscribers receive email alerts when assignments relating to target
applications, patents or entities of interest are recorded.
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