HP and Others Settle Suit with NovelPoint over Location Services

Case Filed: Nov 12, 2012

Case Closed: Dec 05, 2013

Court: Texas Eastern District Court

Judge: Rodney Gilstrap

Case Summary:

NovelPoint Security filed a complaint accusing HP of infringing its US patent US6442485 entitled ‘Method and apparatus for an automatic vehicle location, collision notification, and synthetic voice’, which was legally issued on Aug 27, 2002 and expiring[i] by Jun 12, 2020. The patent is currently assigned[ii] to NovelPoint Security (source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database). The patent relates to a controller with a memory, a Global Positioning System and means for wireless communication connectively disposed within a vehicle.

The Court documents said, defendant infringed the claims of patent-in-suit by making use of the products and/or methods encompassed by claims of the ‘485 patent and cites Veer 4G smartphone as an example of infringing product/method.

The case initially proceeded with HP and later defendants including Acer, Pantech Wireless, Lenovo, Dell, Huawei Device, Coolpad Technologies and Personal Communications Devices were consolidated to this case.

It seems that all the parties settled the case with NovelPoint and filed a joint motion for dismissal. Upon consideration, the Court ordered all claims be dismissed with prejudice. No information on the terms of settlement is available. Each party will bear their own costs and expenses.

So far, NovelPoint has filed nearly 46 cases asserting the same patent against companies such as Sony, Honda, BMW, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz USA, etc.

See 2:12-cv-00716 for more details. To get alerts on cases filed/closed, subscribe to our Litigation Alerts.

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Toshiba, NovelPoint End Patent Dispute

Case Filed: Dec 08, 2012

Case Closed: Sep 24, 2013

Court: Texas Eastern District Court

Judge: Rodney Gilstrap

Case Summary:

NovelPoint Security filed a complaint accusing Toshiba of infringing its US patent US6442485 entitled ‘Method and apparatus for an automatic vehicle location, collision notification, and synthetic voice’, which was legally issued on Aug 27, 2002 and expires[*] by Jun 12, 2020. The patent is currently assigned[†] to NovelPoint Security (source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database). The invention relates to a controller with a memory, a Global Positioning System and means for wireless communication connectively disposed within a vehicle.

The Court documents said, defendants have infringed the claims of patent-in-suit by making use of the products and/or methods encompassed by those claims and cite Toshiba Thrive as an example of the  infringing product. Plaintiff asked the Court to declare patent-in-suit as infringed, permanent injunction, damages, costs and expenses incurred.

Stipulated motion for dismissal was filed and the Court upon consideration, ordered claims asserted by plaintiff dismissed with prejudice and counterclaims dismissed without prejudice. No information is available on the terms of settlement. Each party will bear their own costs and expenses. In Aug, this case was consolidated to a similar case (2:12-CV-00747) filed by NovelPoint against Samsung, which is ongoing and Toshiba is terminated from that case.

See 2:12-cv-00780 for more details. To get alerts on cases filed/closed, subscribe to our Litigation Alerts.

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[†] MaxVal offers Patent Assignment Alert service where subscribers receive email alerts when assignments relating to target applications, patents or entities of interest are recorded.

Toshiba, NovelPoint Settle Suit over Security Patents

Case Filed: Mar 09, 2012

Case Closed: Sep 19, 2013

Court: Texas Eastern District Court

Judge: Rodney Gilstrap

Case Summary:

NovelPoint Security filed a complaint accusing Toshiba of infringing two of its security patents. One of the patents US5434562 entitled ‘Method for limiting computer access to peripheral devices’ was legally issued on Jul 1995 and expired* on Jul 18, 2012. The other patent US6212635 entitled ‘Network security system allowing access and modification to a security subsystem after initial installation when a master token is in place’ was issued on Apr 03, 2001 and expires* by Jul 14, 2018.

Both the patents are currently assigned+ to NovelPoint Security (source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database). The patents in general cover a method for computer security and to prevent unauthorized reading or altering of computer data by individuals or programs operating on a computer or a computer network. 

The complaint said defendant has infringed and continues to infringe claims of the patents by making and selling computers that include a security system/method and cites models Portege R830-S8332 and Portege Z830 as infringing products. Plaintiff sought judgment in favor, permanent injunction, damages, costs and expenses incurred.

In 2012, a case filed by NovelPoint Security against Samsung asserting the same patents, a substantially similar case, was consolidated with this case. Considering the Stipulated Motion for Dismissal filed by the parties, the Court granted and ordered all claims and counterclaims asserted between Plaintiff NovelPoint and Defendant Toshiba dismissed with prejudice, thereby closing the case.

See 2:12-cv-00101 for more details. To get alerts on cases filed/closed, subscribe to our Litigation Alerts.

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NovelPoint, Dell Settle Patent Suit

Case Filed: Feb 01, 2013

Case Closed: Jun 04, 2013

Judge: Rodney Gilstrap

Court: Texas Eastern District Court

Case Summary:

A patent infringement suit was filed by NovelPoint Security against Dell asserting their patents were infringed. The patent involved in the suit was US5434562, entitled Method for limiting computer access to peripheral devices, which issued on Jul 18, 1995 and expired[1] on Jul 18, 2012. The patent is currently assigned[2] to NovelPoint (source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database). 

The complaint stated that the defendant infringed the ‘562 patent by manufacturing a computer security system/method including encrypted storage drives such as Seagate Momentus FDE hard drive. 

The parties have reached a settlement which ends the case. Stipulated motion for dismissal was filed and the Court upon consideration, ordered that the claims and counterclaims be dismissed with prejudice. No further information is available on the terms of settlement.

Another case filed by NovelPoint against Dell over the patent US6442485, which was also concluded on the same day.

See 2:13-cv-00080 for more details. To get alerts on cases filed/closed, subscribe to our Litigation Alerts.

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[1] 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.

[2] MaxVal offers Patent Assignment Alert service where subscribers receive email alerts when assignments relating to target applications, patents or entities of interest are recorded.

NovelPoint Security and Verbatim Americas Settle Patent Dispute

Case Filed: Feb 01, 2013

Case Closed: May 24, 2013

Judge: Rodney Gilstrap

Court: Texas Eastern District Court

Case Summary:

The case filed by NovelPoint against Verbatim Americas has come to a conclusion as the parties have reached a settlement. 

NovelPoint filed a case against Verbatim for infringing their patent US5434562, which relates to computer security measures that prevent unauthorized reading/modifying computer data. The patent entitled ‘Method for limiting computer access to peripheral devices’ was issued on Jul 18, 1995 and expired[i] on Jul 18, 2012.

The patent is currently assigned[ii] to NovelPoint (source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database). The complaint stated that Verbatim Americas infringed the ‘562 patent by manufacturing devices such as Verbatim Encrypted USB Drives Store ‘n’ Go USB Drive – TAA Comp/FIPS Cert.

Later the parties agreed to settle the case and filed motion for dismissal. The Judge ordered dismissal of the case with prejudice, pursuant to settlement. The terms of agreement were not disclosed. 

See 2:13-cv-00094 for more details. To get alerts on cases filed/closed, subscribe to our Litigation Alerts.

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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] MaxVal offers Patent Assignment Alert service where subscribers receive email alerts when assignments relating to target applications, patents or entities of interest are recorded.