Patent Litigation
On February 8, 2008, we, TPL and Alliacense Ltd. were named as defendants in separate lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by HTC Corporation, and Acer, Inc., and affiliated entities of each of them.
The Acer case seeks declaratory relief that its products do not infringe enforceable claims of the '336, ‘749, '148 patents and US 5,530,890 (the “890 patent”). The HTC case similarly seeks declaratory relief that its products do not infringe enforceable claims of those patents. We allege counterclaims for patent infringement of the '336, '749, '148 and '890 patents against Acer and HTC.
A claims construction hearing was conducted on January 27, 2012. The issues are under submission and we do not know when the Court will issue its ruling. Acer has asked the Court to consider a Motion for Summary Judgments, but a briefing schedule likely will not be established until after the Markman ruling.
On December 1, 2008, we, TPL and Alliacense, Ltd. were named as defendants in a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by Barco, N.V. The Barco case seeks declaratory relief that its products do not infringe enforceable claims of the '749 and '890 patents. We allege counterclaims for patent infringement of our '749, '890 and '336 patents.
A claims construction hearing in this matter was conducted on January 27, 2012. The issues are under submission and we do not know when the Court will issue its ruling. Barco has asked the Court to consider a Summary Judgment Motion, but a briefing schedule likely will not be established until after the Markman ruling.
