Case Filed: Jan 31, 2014
Case Closed: May 13, 2014
Court: Indiana Southern District
Court
Judge: Richard L. Young
Case Summary:
Anderson, Indiana-based company
One Number Corporation (1Num), a provider of edge hosted voice and messaging
solutions filed a case alleging that Google infringed a patent relating to communication
systems.
Patent-in-suit:
At issue was the patent US8611511
entitled ‘Contact number encapsulation system,’ issued on Dec 17, 2013 and expiring[i]
by Jan 10, 2028. 1Num is the current assignee[ii]
of the patent (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database.)
The invention describes a method
and system for allowing telephone users to cause multiple phone lines to ring
when a calling party dials a single primary contact number, thereby eliminating
the need for providing multiple contact numbers to third parties.
1Num Claims:
The complaint stated that Google
has willfully infringed the ‘511 patent by making, selling and using contact
number encapsulation system that embodies the patented invention. The accused
product is the Google Voice service
that allows giving everyone one phone number and forwarding it to multiple
phones, which means the phone number stays the same for those trying to reach
the recipients.
Case Conclusion:
The court granted joint motion to
stay all pending deadlines as the parties have agreed to settle the case.
Parties requested additional time to formalize and draft settlement
documents. In May, 1Num filed
stipulation of dismissal, pursuant to which the court granted the stipulation,
ordering all claims raised by plaintiff dismissed with prejudice and counterclaims
raised by defendant dismissed without prejudice. Each party will bear its own
respective costs and attorney’s fees. Further terms of settlement were not
disclosed in the court documents.
Other cases by 1Num:
One other case filed against
Google asserting two other U.S patents citing Google Voice services was closed.
About 1Num:
1Num holds patents for contact
encapsulation allowing subscribers to be reached at all of their communications
services at once. Building upon the patented technology 1Num developed and
brought to market a consumer service (www.1num.com) and a mass communication
system (www.reachandrespond.com). In addition 1Num has several licensees and has
been vigorously defending its patent portfolio.
See 1:14-cv-00142
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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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