Mosaid goes after IBM over DRAM
DowJones reported:
MOSAID Technologies Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit [on 13 July 09] against International Business Machines Corp. , after claiming it was unable to reach a settlement with the tech giant after many years of negotiation.
The Canadian patent licensing and intellectual property development company said IBM had infringed on six of its U.S. patents for making and selling microprocessor and Application Specific Integrate Circuit products which practice MOSAID's patents.
The patents were granted on fundamental Dynamic Random Access Memory, or DRAM, circuit inventions.
"We believe that IBM requires a license to our patents for its microprocessor and ASIC products that contain embedded DRAM," said MOSAID President and Chief Executive John Lindgren. He added MOSAID had licensed "virtually 100%" of the global commodity DRAM industry.
An IBM spokesman wasn't immediately available for comment.
MOSAID, which is represented by Howrey LLP, a U.S. law firm specializing in trademark and patent infringement, filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Delaware.
The Canadian Press included the quote:
"We are taking this action to protect our intellectual property because we have been unable to reach a reasonable settlement with IBM, despite many years of negotiation," John Lindgren, President and CEO of Mosaid said in a release after stock markets closed.
IPBiz notes that this is not a case where a law suit was filed on the day of patent issuance, as was the case with the University of Rochester (on COX-2 against Searle) or with Ariad.
The Ottawa Business Journal gave more specifics:
However, observers have commented that IBM is highly influential in the U.S. patent reform process and that it's well-known for its patent battles. A 2006 report by the San Diego Union-Tribune said IBM generated more than $1 billion per year from royalty agreements at the time, and an Industry Week article from 2003 said the company received a record 22,357 patent awards between 1993 and 2002, topping the next closest company by nearly 7,000 patents.
MOSAID is claiming IBM's infringement of the U.S. patents numbered 6,603,703; 6,580,654; 6,980,448; 7,038,937; 7,486,580; and 7,535,749. The company is being represented by U.S. trademark and patent litigation firm Howrey LLP.
One recalls Q. Todd Dickinson was once at Howrey:
Howrey Simon Arnold and White, LLP, today announced that Q. Todd Dickinson, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the Clinton Administration, will join the firm as a partner and lead the firm's Intellectual Property Group's licensing, counseling, prosecution and patent portfolio management practice. from BNET
MOSAID Technologies Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit [on 13 July 09] against International Business Machines Corp. , after claiming it was unable to reach a settlement with the tech giant after many years of negotiation.
The Canadian patent licensing and intellectual property development company said IBM had infringed on six of its U.S. patents for making and selling microprocessor and Application Specific Integrate Circuit products which practice MOSAID's patents.
The patents were granted on fundamental Dynamic Random Access Memory, or DRAM, circuit inventions.
"We believe that IBM requires a license to our patents for its microprocessor and ASIC products that contain embedded DRAM," said MOSAID President and Chief Executive John Lindgren. He added MOSAID had licensed "virtually 100%" of the global commodity DRAM industry.
An IBM spokesman wasn't immediately available for comment.
MOSAID, which is represented by Howrey LLP, a U.S. law firm specializing in trademark and patent infringement, filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Delaware.
The Canadian Press included the quote:
"We are taking this action to protect our intellectual property because we have been unable to reach a reasonable settlement with IBM, despite many years of negotiation," John Lindgren, President and CEO of Mosaid said in a release after stock markets closed.
IPBiz notes that this is not a case where a law suit was filed on the day of patent issuance, as was the case with the University of Rochester (on COX-2 against Searle) or with Ariad.
The Ottawa Business Journal gave more specifics:
However, observers have commented that IBM is highly influential in the U.S. patent reform process and that it's well-known for its patent battles. A 2006 report by the San Diego Union-Tribune said IBM generated more than $1 billion per year from royalty agreements at the time, and an Industry Week article from 2003 said the company received a record 22,357 patent awards between 1993 and 2002, topping the next closest company by nearly 7,000 patents.
MOSAID is claiming IBM's infringement of the U.S. patents numbered 6,603,703; 6,580,654; 6,980,448; 7,038,937; 7,486,580; and 7,535,749. The company is being represented by U.S. trademark and patent litigation firm Howrey LLP.
One recalls Q. Todd Dickinson was once at Howrey:
Howrey Simon Arnold and White, LLP, today announced that Q. Todd Dickinson, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the Clinton Administration, will join the firm as a partner and lead the firm's Intellectual Property Group's licensing, counseling, prosecution and patent portfolio management practice. from BNET
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