Case
Filed: Sep 17, 2014
Case
Closed: Oct 17, 2014
Court:
District of New York
Judge: Sandra J. Feuerstein
Case
Summary:
Secure Web Conference Corporation (Secure Web), a
New York based Delaware Corporation filed a case against Apple Inc., a California
based Corporation, accusing them of infringing
upon one of Secure Web’s U.S patents.
Patent
in Suit:
US6856687 entitled ‘Portable telecommunication security
device,’ issued on Feb 02, 2005 and
expires[i]
by Jun 21, 2019.
The
‘687 patent is currently assigned to Secure Web Conference
Corporation, (Source: MaxVal’s Assignment
Database[ii]) and according to the complaint, Secure
Web is the owner of the patent.
The
‘687 patent relates to telecommunications security devices, i.e.
a security device adapted for use with voice and data transmissions.
As
in Complaint:
Secure Web alleged
that Apple has directly or indirectly infringed the ‘233 patent without
permission or authority from it. The complaint also
stated that
Apple is involved in various business activities such as making, using,
selling, offering to sell its Macintosh computers embodying the technology claimed in the ‘233 patent. The infringing
aspects were indicated as Macintosh’s i5 and i7 processors, Mac OS X v 10.6.6
and all iPad models of Apple that includes an A7 or A8 processor
Secure Web adds
that it has been damaged by the foregoing acts of infringement of its patents
by the defendant and will continue to be damaged by such infringement unless
enjoined by this Court.
District
Court Judgment:
On Oct
03, 2014 Stipulation of dismissal was filed by Secure Web and accordingly
court ordered claims to be dismissed without prejudice with each party bearing
its own costs and expenses, thereby ending the litigation.
See 2:14-CV-05465 for more
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[i]
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[ii]
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