Case Filed: Jun 07, 2011
Case Closed: Dec 17, 2013
Court: California Northern
District Court
Judge: Richard Seeborg
Case Summary:
A patent infringement suit was
filed by Mediastream against Microsoft alleging the unauthorized use of two U.S
patents relating to a technology for recording video onto a computer disk. The patents involved in suit were: US7009655
and US7283172 both entitled ‘Method and system for direct recording of video
information onto a disk medium and USPTO granted them in Mar 07, 2006 and Oct 16,
2007, respectively. The patents expire[i]
by Jul 23, 2022 and are currently assigned[ii]
to Mediastream (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database).
The complaint alleged that
Microsoft is engaged in manufacturing variety of electronic products and
software applications covered by the ‘655 and ‘172 patents and claims to be a
willful act of infringement.
It appears that the parties
agreed to settle the case and joint stipulation of dismissal was filed. Upon
consideration, the Judge signed off on the dismissal with prejudice of all
claims brought by MedioStream against Microsoft in the action. Details on
the settlement were not disclosed.
Mediastream also sued Acer,
Apple, Sony, Dell, Gateway, Asus and few others and the cases were consolidated
on the request of Mediastream. All the claims against the consol defendants were
dismissed with prejudice.
See 3:11-cv-02525 for more details. To get alerts on cases filed/closed, subscribe to
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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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