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Patriot Scientific sued Technology Properties Ltd., Daniel Leckrone, and Charles Moore over ownership of the Moore Microprocessor Portfolio patents expressly including US 5,440,749 and others. The dispute was resolved/settled in June 2005, with TPL granted responsibility for commercialization and licensing.
Intel filed a declaratory judgment action against Patriot in the Northern District of California in February 2004. It was resolved through the 2005 MMP portfolio licenses to Intel and AMD. The '703 connection is portfolio-level.
Technology Properties Ltd. filed an infringement action in the Eastern District of Texas around October/November 2005 against Japanese electronics vendors (all but Sony). Patriot characterized it as a vehicle to obtain a faster infringement determination. The '703 connection is portfolio-level.
A group of about 20 Japanese electronics manufacturers filed five declaratory-judgment suits in December 2005 in the Northern District of California against Patriot, TPL, and Moore, seeking non-infringement and invalidity of three jointly owned MMP patents. The actions were consolidated/litigated through 2008-2010 before Judge Fogel. The '703 connection is portfolio-level and not identified as one of the three litigated patents.
Alliacense/TPL brought a 2012 MMP portfolio enforcement campaign, including Section 337 investigation 337-TA-853 and parallel district court actions filed July 24, 2012. Multiple defendants were involved, and licensing/enforcement continued into 2013-2014. The '703 connection is portfolio-level.
Acer and others filed a declaratory-judgment action in 2008 in the Northern District of California against TPL/Alliacense, part of the N.D. Cal. DJ group concerning the '336, '749, '148, and '890 patents. No '703 connection was identified by number.