Case Filed: Sep
21, 2012
Case Closed: Jan
17, 2014
Court: New York
Southern District Court
Judge: Katherine
Polk Failla
Case Summary:
Delaware-based,
Yama Capital filed a complaint against Canon claiming unauthorized use of their
intellectual property. The patent involved in this suit is US6069982 entitled ‘Estimation
of frequency dependence and grey-level dependence of noise in an image’, issued
on May 30, 2000 and expiring[i]
by Dec 23, 2017. Marood International is the current assignee[ii]
(Source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database) and as per the complaint, Yama is the owner of the patent.
The
'982 patent claims technology to update default data and parameters relating to
spatial noise characteristics in a digital image acquisition system.
According
to the complaint, Canon's website boasts that its digital cameras include noise
reduction that produces clear images particularly when shooting in low light at
high ISO speeds and advertises its infringing noise-reduction technology as a
product differentiator. The accused digital cameras manufactured and sold by
Canon include noise reduction technology that infringe one or more claims of
the ‘932 patent.
In its filing,
Yama stated that Canon had knowledge of the ‘982 patent and was invited to
enter licensing negotiations in Jun 2012 and Canon responded that the patent
has been forwarded to Canon headquarters for further investigation. However,
there was no response from Canon thereafter.
The parties
reported to the Court on Jan 17, 2014 that they have reached a settlement in
this case. Accordingly, the Court ordered the case to be conditionally
discontinued without prejudice and without imposing costs on any parties. It
also ordered that the parties may submit to the Court their Stipulation of
Settlement and Dismissal within 30 days.
See 1:12-cv-07159
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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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