Case Filed: May 04, 2013
Case Closed: Jun 30, 2014
Judge: Leonard P. Stark
Court: Delaware District Court
Case Summary:
Florida-based non-practicing entity, Technology
Innovations Associates launched a complaint against Samsung Electronics and
Telecommunications accusing them of infringing two of their U.S. patents that
support computer control software system for the management of data objects.
Patents-in-Suit:
The patents at issued were: US7840619 and US8280932
both entitled ‘Computer system for automatic organization, indexing and viewing
of information from multiple sources,’ issued on Nov 23, 2010 and Oct 02, 2012,
respectively. The patents expire[i]
by Jul 16, 2023 and Technology Innovations Associates are the current assignee[ii]
of the patents (source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database).
The ‘619 and ‘932 patents relate to computer data
processing systems that include CPUs configured with software-based information
management system such as: file system browsers; database storage,
organization, accessing and retrieval systems, digital asset management systems,
internet- or intranet-based search engines and similar information services and
systems.
As in Complaint:
Technology Innovations alleged that Samsung infringed
(either directly or through their subsidiaries) by manufacturing products
running the Android and Windows Phone operating systems that come with
pre-installed applications including Gmail, Contacts and Calendar that utilize
a hierarchical data viewing system enabling the user to easily remain oriented
to the level of a list they are viewing while scrolling through the items in
that list.
Some of the accused products (smart phones and
tablets) listed in the complaint were: Galaxy Note II, Rugby Pro, Appeal, Nexus S, Galaxy
Prevail, Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, Galaxy Note 10.1, ATIV Odyssey, Focus 2, Focus S and
Focus Flash.
Samsung’s infringement has caused monetarily damaged
and Technology Innovations requested for adequate compensation of no less than
a reasonable royalty, the complaint said.
District Court Proceedings:
The parties
settled the case and a stipulation was filed by Technology Innovations
requesting the court to dismiss the case. The court granted the stipulation
ordering all claims be dismissed with prejudice. Each party will bear
its own costs and fees. Further details of the agreement were not disclosed.
See 1:13-cv-00356
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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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where subscribers receive email alerts when assignments relating to target
applications, patents or entities of interest are recorded.
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