Litigation

Fundamental Innovation Systems International LLC v. Apple, Inc.

dismissed

2:19-cv-00048; 3:19-cv-03144

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Court: E.D. Tex.; transferred to N.D. Cal.
Filed: 2019-02-11
Terminated: 2019-10-31

Patents at issue (5)

Plaintiffs (1)

π Fundamental Innovation Systems International LLC

Defendants (1)

Δ Apple, Inc.

Summary

FISI sued Apple, asserting the '550 plus the '936, '111, '586, and '766 patents. The case was filed in E.D. Tex. and transferred to N.D. Cal.; it was dismissed with prejudice by stipulation on 10/31/2019.

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Record id: 8624550-2-19-cv-00048-3-19-cv-03144 · edit in Admin

Further reading

How to read a patent claim chart
The claim chart is where the plaintiff's case actually lives. The complaint is a pitch deck; the chart is the homework — and most patent troll homework doesn't survive a careful read.
KSR International v. Teleflex (2007)
Pre-KSR, an obviousness rejection required explicit teaching, suggestion, or motivation in the prior art. Post-KSR, common sense, design needs, and predictable variations all do the work — and most patents don't survive.
Most-litigated US patents: 12 patents that defined the patent troll era
If a demand letter lands on your desk citing one of these, you are not the first. The campaign playbook is on file. The defenses other defendants used are public record.
Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. (1996)
Claim construction is exclusively the court's job. The Markman hearing is the most consequential single ruling in nearly every patent case — and a defendant's best chance to end the litigation before trial.
What is a patent troll?
Patent trolls are companies whose business is suing other companies. They make nothing, sell nothing, and add nothing — they collect old patents and use them to extract settlements from companies that actually do things.

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