LITIGATION - 16 Data Networking Companies (Details Narrative) (Patent Litigation Against 16 Data Networking Companies)
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0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | |||
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Jul. 12, 2012
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Jun. 27, 2012
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May 14, 2012
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Mar. 31, 2012
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Patent Litigation Against 16 Data Networking Companies
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Domicile of Litigation | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division | ||||
Description of allegations | Infringement of Remote Power Patent | ||||
Name of Defendants | Axis Communications AB and Axis Communications Inc | Excluding related parties, were Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., Allied Telesis, Inc., Avaya Inc., AXIS Communications Inc., Dell, Inc., GarrettCom, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Huawei Technologies USA, Juniper Networks, Inc., Motorola Solutions, Inc., NEC Corporation, Polycom Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., ShoreTel, Inc., Sony Electronics, Inc., and Transition Networks, Inc. | |||
Number of Defendants | 16 | ||||
Description damages sought | Seeks monetary damages based upon reasonable royalties | ||||
Actions Taken By Court | The Court granted in part and denied in part defendant Samsung's motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action (several other defendants joined in the motion), and granted the Company leave to file an amended complaint which has been filed. | ||||
Actions taken by Defendant | A motion to dismiss, or alternatively to sever, on the grounds of misjoinder | ||||
Actions taken by Plaintiff | The Company has filed its opposition to the motion and a decision on the motion is pending. | ||||
Settlement agreement counterpartys name | Motorola Solutions, Inc. ("Motorola") and Transition Networks, Inc. ("Transition Networks") | ||||
Settlement agreement, Terms | As part of the settlements, Motorola and Transition Networks each entered into a non-exclusive license agreement for the Company's Remote Power Patent pursuant to which each such defendant agreed to license the Remote Power Patent for its full term (which expires in March 2020) and pay a license initiation fee and quarterly royalties based on their sales of PoE products |
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