Case
Filed: Aug 19, 2014
Court:
District of Delaware
Case
Summary:
Inventor Holdings LLC (Inventor
Holdings), a Stamford based company sued Gameloft Inc. (Gameloft), a New York
based Delaware corporation alleging that the latter has infringed one of their
US patents.
Patent
in suit:
Patent Number
|
Title
|
Issue Date
|
Expiration Date[i]
|
|
Method and apparatus for conducting or
facilitating a promotion
|
July 22, 2014
|
Jun 28, 2020
|
The ‘198 patent relates to a method and apparatus
for distributing promotional materials to potential participants and for
allowing the participants to receive benefits associated with the
promotions.
As
in Complaint:
Inventor
Holdings alleged that Gameloft had directly
and indirectly infringed the ‘198 patent without permission or authority from
it. Inventor Holdings also alleged that Gameloft is involved in various business
activities such as making, using, selling, offering to sell its product Asphalt
8: Airborne embodying the technology claimed in the ‘198 patent. The infringing
aspects were indicated as Asphalt 8: Airborne’s input processor and input mechanism
of the mobile device.
Plaintiff also added
that Gameloft’s foregoing acts of infringement
were willful and deliberate. Hence Inventor
Holdings is entitled to recovery of past damages, at a minimum, and a
reasonable royalty along with interests and costs.
Other
Cases Filed:
Inventor Holdings filed
cases against defendants including Glu Mobile, Inc., Kabam, Inc., King.com, Inc., Ngmoco, LLC, Rovio
Animation Company, Supercell, Inc., asserting the same
patent on the same day in the U.S. District court of Delaware.
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