Audio MPEG Compression Campaign Targets Dell, in Addition to HP, in 2015
Audio MPEG, Inc., the US subsidiary of international patent licensing company Sisvel International S.A., has filed yet another lawsuit in its long-running MPEG audio compression campaign. The case (1:15-cv-1674), filed against Dell, is the second that Audio MPEG has initiated this year. The first case (2:15-cv-00073), filed against HP, has been stayed pending resolution of three petitions for inter partes review (IPR) of the three patents at issue in both suits (5,323,396; 5,777,992; 5,539,829). The NPE did not serve its February 2015 complaint against HP until June; HP filed its petitions for IPR within a week of service (IPR2015-01505, IPR2015-01506, IPR2015-01507). An institution decision is due by statute at the end of January.