Case Filed: Sep 11, 2013
Case Closed: Jan 13, 2014
Court: California Central
District Court
Judge: S. James Otero
Case Summary:
Eclipse IP, a patent holding
company sued United Airlines claiming unauthorized use of their intellectual
property. The patents in question were: US7119716, US7504966 and US7482952, all
entitled ‘Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying
future notifications’ issued on Oct 10, 2006, Mar 17, 2009 and Jan 27, 2009,
respectively. The patents expire[i]
by Nov 12, 2023 and are currently assigned[ii]
to Eclipse IP (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database).
The patents in general describe data
communications, information and messaging systems, and more particularly relate
to methods for notifying a party of travel status.
In its Court filings, Eclipse
alleged that United Airlines infringed the patents-in-suit by making, using, offering for sale, and/or
selling a method for communications in connection with a computer-based
notification system to, for example: store contact data in computer memory;
provide electronic notification communications to a personal communications
device based on the contact data; receive changes to the contact data; and modify
if and/or how future notification communications will be sent.
It appears that the parties
agreed for settlement and filed a motion to stay the case, which the Court
granted in December with an order to file a joint status report by Jan 13, 2014.
Later, Eclipse filed a notice to dismiss the action against United Airlines
with prejudice, with each party bearing their own costs and fees. The notice
also said that this case may be dismissed without an order of the Court as
defendant had not answered or moved for summary judgment, thereby closing the
case.
See 2:13-cv-06653 for
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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]
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applications, patents or entities of interest are recorded.
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