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Jury Says iPhones and iPad Don’t Infringe NPE’s Wireless Communication Patent
Apple prevailed at trial in litigation initiated by Golden Bridge Technology. The NPE sued Apple, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Dell, HP, HTC, LG, Lenovo, Motorola Mobility, Pantech, RIM, Samsung, Sierra Wireless, Sony, and ZTE in May 2012 for alleged infringement of a patent related to communication between wireless devices and base stations (6,075,793). The complaint accused defendants’ cell phones, smartphones, laptops, e-readers, and tablets of infringing the ‘793 patent and alleged that defendants infringed the patent each in the same way, using an Intel or Qualcomm baseband processor. Apple, Amazon, Dell, and Motorola disputed Golden Bridge’s attempt to join “unrelated defendants” in a single suit and filed motions to sever as well as transfer the case. The court agreed, and in September 2012 it dismissed all defendants except for Apple and transferred the action against Apple from the Central District to the Northern District of California. A week later, Golden Bridge launched separate suits against the other 14 companies, each asserting the ‘793 patent. Those cases are currently stayed pending resolution of the Apple action.
June 17, 2014
Golden Bridge Technology Inc. v. T-Mobile USA Inc. et al
Golden Bridge Technology [NPE] filed suit against 26 defendants including Acer, Barnes & Noble, Dell, Garmin, HTC, HP, Huawei, LG, Lenovo, Palm, Panasonic, Pantech, RIM, Sharp, Sony, Sony Ericsson, and T-Mobile over two patents related to 3G CDMA technology. Golden Bridge has filed a prior suit against Apple, AT&T, Motorola, Nokia and Lucent. One of the two patents in the current suit was found invalid in a decision related to the prior suit that was later affirmed on appeal. Golden Bridge also filed a previous suit under the Sherman Act alleging that members of the 3GPP standards committee (including Motorola, Ericsson, Qualcomm, and Lucent) conspired to remove its technology from the standard. The suit was dismissed in summary judgment and the decision was affirmed on appeal in 2008. The two patents-in-suit are family members. The older of the two patents has been subject to two reexaminations. Golden Bridge was formed in 1995 and holds 56 issued US patents including some Golden Bridge claim cover CDMA UMTS technology. Golden Bridge’s web site indicates that it has 93 investors. A member of Morgan Stanley Ventures is on Golden Bridge’s board. GBT web site. The patents-in-suit were originally assigned to Siros Technologies. Siros filed for bankruptcy in 2002.
March 15, 2011