Case Filed: Feb 22, 2012
Case Closed: Jan 14, 2014
Court: Delaware District Court
Judge: Gregory M. Sleet
Case Summary:
Smart Audio Technologies filed a patent infringement lawsuit against HTC
concerning violation of their patent describing a method for generating and
modifying a play list of a random access player. The patent involved in the
suit is US6185163 entitled ‘Vehicle audio system having random access player
with play list control’. The patent, originally issued to Delco Electronics on
Feb 06, 2001 and currently assigned[i]
to Smart Audio (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database), expires[ii]
by Oct 16, 2017.
According to the complaint, plaintiff alleged that defendant has
infringed the patent by manufacturing and marketing audio devices for
generating and modifying a play list of a random access player. Plaintiff cites
HTC Wildfire S, as covered by one or more claims of the '163 patent. The
complaint stated that Smart Audio will be greatly and irreparably harmed, if
the alleged products stay on sale and wanted a permanent ban on sales and
unspecified damages.
The case is now concluded as the parties Smart Audio and HTC filed a
stipulated motion for dismissal. Upon consideration the Court granted the
motion, ordering dismissal of claims with prejudice and counterclaims without
prejudice subject to the terms of agreement entitled "Settlement
Agreement" dated Nov 30, 2013. Each party will bear their own costs,
expenses and attorneys' fees. Terms of settlement were not disclosed.
See 1:12-cv-00221
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[i]
MaxVal offers Patent Assignment Alert service
where subscribers receive email alerts when assignments relating to target
applications, patents or entities of interest are recorded.
[ii]
Expected expiration date. Patent Term Estimator
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expiration dates for U.S. utility patents.
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