Case Filed: Apr 24, 2014
Judge: Rodney Gilstrap
Court: Texas Eastern District
Court
Case Summary:
Texas-based, non-practicing
entity Olivistar has filed a patent infringement complaint against Skype
concerning two of their patents relating to computer software, hardware and communication networks. The
patents at issue are:
- US6839731 entitled ‘System and method for providing data communication in a device network,’ issued on Jan 04, 2005 and expiring* by May 20, 2023
- US8239481 entitled ‘System and method for implementing open-control remote device control,’ issued on Aug 07, 2012 and expiring* by Dec 06, 2021
Vigilos is the current assignee+
of the patents-in-suit (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database.) According to the complaint, Olivistar is the owner by assignment
of the ‘731 and ‘481 patents.
The ‘731 patent describes a method for real-time data communication,
including device condition and state, between networked computing devices while
the ‘481 patent describes a method for controlling networked devices
through a common, remote user interface.
The complaint alleges that
defendant made, had made, used, imported, provided, supplied, distributed,
sold, and/or offered for sale products and/or systems and methods for providing
data communication in a device network and implementing open-control remote device control that infringed the
claims of the ‘731 and ‘481 patents. Particularly, defendant makes, uses,
provides, offers for sale, and/or sells their product/service ‘Skype,’ which
directly and/or indirectly infringes the ‘731 and ‘481 patents.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified
monetary damages, which it wants increased due to willful infringement, and a
permanent injunction barring Skype from using the patents. Plaintiff also
requested a trial by jury.
Nearly 25 individual complaints were
sued asserting the same two patents against several companies such as BlackBerry,
Panasonic, LG, Philips, Toshiba, General Electric, Sharp Electronics, Lowe`s
Companies, Amazon.com and others.
See 2:14-cv-00525
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