Case Filed: Jun 20, 2008
Case Closed: Mar 05, 2014
Court: Delaware District Court
Judge: Leonard P. Stark
Case Summary:
St. Clair Intellectual Property
Consultants sued BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion Ltd. alleging
that four patents related to digital cameras in mobile telephones were
infringed. The suit also named General
Imaging as the other defendant. The patents involved in the suit were:
- US5138459 entitled ‘Electronic still video camera with direct personal computer (PC) compatible digital format output’ issued on Aug 11, 1992
- US6094219 entitled ‘Electronic still video camera with direct personal computer (PC) compatible digital format output’ issued on Jul 25, 2000
- US6233010 entitled ‘Electronic still video camera with direct personal computer (PC) compatible digital format output’ issued on May 15, 2001
- US6323899 entitled ‘Process for use in electronic camera’ issued on Nov 27, 2001
All the patents expired± by Nov 20, 2010 and were last assigned*
to St. Clair Intellectual Property (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database). The complaint stated that the defendants manufacturing digital
cameras directly infringed one or more claims of the patents-in-suit, thereby
injuring the plaintiff and wanted Court to enjoin them from infringing.
Sony, Canon, Casio, Nikon, Kodak,
and others have entered into an agreement with St. Clair Intellectual Property
to license the patents-in-suit, the complaint said.
The suit is now concluded, as the
parties filed a joint motion to dismiss the case. Having considered the motion,
the Court ordered all claims asserted and counterclaims by both parties be dismissed
with prejudice pursuant to the parties' confidential Agreement. Each party will
bear their own fees and expenses.
See 1:08-cv-00371
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