History revisited:
SAN FRANCISCO — Patriot Scientific Corp. has dropped a patent infringement lawsuit against electronics
heavyweights Fujitsu Computer Systems Inc., Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, NEC Solutions (America)
Inc., Sony Electronics Inc. and Toshiba America Inc., the company said Tuesday (Oct. 25). Patriot said it would
rely on its joint development partner, the TPL Group, to manage patent infringement litigation on its behalf.
In connection with Patriot's decision, the TPL Group announced it has
filed a broad-based intellectual property
claim
in the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Texas against a group of major Japanese electronics
manufacturers. The broad-based claim cites Fujitsu, Matsushita, NEC Toshiba and their affiliates for direct
infringement, contributory infringement, and inducing the infringement of at least three of10 patents jointly owned
with Patriot.
David Pohl, Patriot chairman, president and CEO, announced that the company has dismissed the action, which
had been pending in U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif. Patriot had been seeking damages in excess of several
hundred million dollars for claimed infringements involving patented microprocessor design technology held within
its intellectual property portfolio.
In June, Patriot
agreed to unify its interests
in certain patents with those of TPL Group, a global intellectual
property management company. The agreement settled litigation pending between the two companies.
"Having seen the effectiveness of the TPL Group in operation, it is Patriot Scientific's opinion that infringement
lawsuits regarding the patent portfolio will be very capably managed by the TPL Group," Pohl said.
According to Patriot, the infringements cited by TPL pertain to a wide variety of end-user products including
personal computers, servers, workstations, home theater systems, digital TVs, video games, DVD
recorders/players, mobile handsets and automotive electronics.
http://www.alliacense.com/news/EET%20report%20-%20PTSC%20re%20TX%20Filing.pdf
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