Case
Filed: Sep 2, 2014
Court:
District Court of Texas
Case
Summary:
PanTaurus, LLC. (PanTaurus), a Texas based company
sued Facebook, Inc., a California based company alleging that the latter has
infringed one of their US patents.
Patent
in suit:
Patent Number
|
Title
|
Issue Date
|
Expiration Date[i]
|
|
Secure computer
system and method of providing secure access to a computer system including a
standalone switch operable to inhibit data corruption on a storage device
|
Aug 07, 2001
|
Feb 16, 2019
|
The ‘533 patent relates to an architecture for and
method of limiting remote access to programs and data.
As
in Complaint:
PanTaurus alleged that Facebook had directly and indirectly infringed the ‘533 patent without permission or authority from it. PanTaurus also alleged that Facebook is involved in various business activities such as
making, using, selling, offering to sell its products, digital computer systems
embodying the technology claimed in the ‘533 patent. The infringing aspects were indicated as one or more
Hadoop-compatible file systems, buses, processors, a data storage device, and a
switch.
PanTaurus also added that Facebook’s foregoing acts of infringement were willful and
deliberate. The complaint mentioned that PanTaurus was irreparably and monetarily harmed and
requested Court to enjoin the infringement activities.
Other
Cases Filed:
Apart
from Facebook, other companies such as Bank of America Corporation, Chevron
Corp, CitiGroup, Inc., Eharmony, Inc., E*TRADE Financial Corporation, Hulu, LLC.,
JPMorgan Chase & Co., LinkedIn Corporation, Morgan Stanley, Spotify USA,
Inc., Spotify USA, Inc. were
sued on the same day asserting the same patents.
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[i]
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