Case Filed: Apr 05, 2012
Case Closed: Dec 26, 2013
Judge: Susan Illston
Court: California Northern
District Court
Case Summary:
Mount Hamilton Partners, a
non-practicing entity filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google in
violation of their patent US7904334 entitled "system and method for
reducing excess capacity for restaurants and other industries during off-peak
or other times”. The patent was legally issued on Mar 08, 2011 and expiring[i]
by Dec 15, 2019. The patent is currently assigned[ii]
to Mount Hamilton Partners (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database).
According to the complaint, the
‘334 patent provides an innovative solution that simultaneously addresses
several problems facing restaurants and other service industries.
The complaint alleged that Google
operates a system to help restaurants and other businesses reduce excess
capacity by offering "Google Offers", a service offering discounts
and coupons. Additionally, a portion of the Google Offers website
(www.google.com/offers) includes a feature called "Featured Offers"
that can be used on a given date and/or at a certain time, which may correspond
to off peak periods for the services. These products and services allegedly
infringe one or more claims of the '334 patent, which plaintiff believes to be
an act of willful infringement.
Mount Hamilton Partners and
Google filed a stipulation to dismiss the case. Considering the stipulation
filed by the parties, the Court ordered all claims the plaintiff raised to be
dismissed with prejudice and counterclaims that defendant raised to be dismissed
without prejudice. Each party will bear its own costs and fees.
See 3:12-cv-01698 for
more details. To get alerts on cases filed/closed, subscribe to our Litigation
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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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