Case Filed: Jun
26, 2014
Origin Case:
5:12-cv-05965
Case Summary:
Sunnyvale,
California-based Syntest Technologies filed a complaint against San Jose based
Cisco, a manufacturer of computer networking products and services alleging
that three of their U.S. patents were infringed. The complaint was filed in Nov
2012 in California Northern District Court. According to the court documents,
the suit concerned Cisco, a former
customer of Syntest for developing and using application specific
integrated circuits (ASICs)
covered by the patents-in-suit without a valid license.
Patents-in-Suit:
The
patents involved in the suit were:
·
US7007213
entitled ‘Multiple-capture DFT system for detecting or locating crossing clock-domain
faults during self-test or scan-test,’ issued on Feb 28, 2006
·
US7434126
entitled ‘Computer-aided design (CAD) multiple-capture DFT system for detecting
or locating crossing clock-domain faults,’ issued on Oct 07, 2008
·
US7779323
entitled ‘Multiple-capture DFT system for detecting or locating crossing
clock-domain faults during self-test or scan-test,’ issued on Aug 17, 2010
All
the patents expire[i]
by Feb 07, 2022 and as per the complaint, Syntest is the owner of these
patents.
The
‘213, ‘126 and ‘323 patents relate to the detection or location of logic faults
within each clock domain and logic faults crossing any two clock domains,
during self-test or scan-test, in an integrated circuit or circuit assembly.
As
in Complaint:
Syntest
alleged that Cisco has infringed Syntest patents through the manufacture, use,
sale and/or offer for sale of devices employing BIST technology including
products and services associated with Cisco switch, router and network products.
The products cited are: Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Routers, Cisco Security
Products and Cisco Access Servers that were designed and sold from 2006.
District
Court Proceedings:
In
Jun 09, the parties submitted ten claim construction disputes from the asserted
patents following which the court opinionated that the claims were not
infringed by Cisco. A week later, the judgment was rendered in favor of Cisco
against Syntest.
Appeal
Court:
The
case is currently with the appeal court as Syntest filed a notice of appeal
concerning district court’s judgment.
See 2014-1569
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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.
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