Litigation

Raytheon Company v. Sony Kabushiki Kaisha et al.

dismissed

2:15-cv-00342

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Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Filed: 2015-03-06

Patents at issue (1)

Plaintiffs (1)

π Raytheon Company

Defendants (9)

Summary

Raytheon asserted the ’678 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(g) against Sony entities, Apple, and OmniVision. The case was stayed pending the IPRs and ultimately dismissed in the same 2018 joint-dismissal episode as the companion Samsung case.

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Further reading

How to read a patent claim
A patent has a 50-page specification, a fancy abstract, and a row of figures. Lawyers and courts look at none of that. They look at the claims.
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.
Patent term and expiration
Patents don't last forever. They don't even reliably last 20 years. The expiration date that actually matters depends on the earliest filing date, the maintenance schedule, and any USPTO or FDA delays the patent owner can claim back.
The first 30 days after a patent infringement complaint
Most defendants spend the first 30 days reacting. The defendants who do well spend it sequencing — because every move you make in month one shapes the budget, leverage, and exit options for the next two years.

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