December 29, 2006

In a decision handed down last week, Judge John Shabaz of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin granted summary judgment to Google, Inc. in a patent infringement suit initiated by HyperPhrase Technologies, LLC and HyperPhrase, Inc. (collectively "HyperPhrase"). In the suit, HyperPhrase claimed that Google's AutoLink and AdSense products infringed four patents held by HyperPhrase, namely U.S. Patent Nos. 5,903,889 (claims 1 and 7), 6,434,567 (claims 35, 46, 48, 53, 56, and 63), 6,516,321 (claims 1, 24, 27, 86, 91, 182, and 190), and 7,013,298 (claims 1 and 26), all related to the storage and retrieval of electronic medical records. After a discussion of the steps of a patent infringement analysis and a discussion of the doctrine of equivalents, Judge Shabaz discusses the specific reference in the plaintiff’s patents to a singular record and that the AutoLink uses multiple records, pointing out that the plaintiff’s patents refer to “said record” and “the record.” Judge Shabaz then concludes his analysis relating to AutoLink, stating that “AutoLink performs a completely different function in a different way to achieve a different result,” and that “there is no basis to suggest that these elements [as discussed] are present by equivalence.” The discussion regarding AdSense is fairly brief, noting specifically that the claimed “referenced record” and “referencing record” that “refer” to one another is not applicable to a web page and an advertisement (the two “records” used in AdSense) as they are prepared separately and do not “refer” to one another. Judge Shabaz then concludes by granting Google’s motion for summary judgment on non-infringement, rendering the separate motion for summary judgment on invalidity moot.

Judge Shabaz’s Opinion: LINK
Chicago Tribune Article: LINK
New York Times Article: LINK
U.S. Patent No. 5,903,889: LINK
U.S. Patent No. 6,434,567: LINK
U.S. Patent No. 6,516,321: LINK
U.S. Patent No. 7,013,298: LINK

0 comments:

Post a Comment

WIPO Press Releases

WIPO General News

Patent References

Click HERE to search issued U.S. Patents

Click HERE to search published U.S. Patent Applications

Click HERE to browse the MPEP (E8r6 in HTML and PDF, and E8r7 in PDF)

Click HERE to search patent assignments recorded with the USPTO

Click HERE to search Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (rev. 7/1/08)

Click HERE to browse Title 35 of the U.S. Code

Click HERE to view current USPTO fees

Disclaimer

Copyright 2006-2010, Mark Reichel. The Daily Dose of IP is my personal website, and I am not providing any legal advice or financial analysis. Any views expressed herein should not be viewed as being the views of my employer, Ice Miller LLP. Any comments submitted to this blog will not be held in confidence and will not be considered as establishing an attorney-client relationship. Information submitted to this blog should be considered as being public information, and the submitter takes full responsibility for any consequences of any information submitted. No claims, promises, or guarantees are made or available regarding the completeness or accuracy of the information contained in this blog or otherwise available by searching from or linking away from this blog.

EPO Updates

Trademark References

Click HERE to search issued and pending U.S. Trademarks

Click HERE to search TTAB proceedings (via TTABVUE)

Click HERE to search trademark assignments recorded with the USPTO

The DDIP Author





Mark Reichel
Reichel IP LLC

I am a patent attorney with Reichel IP LLC, where I concentrate my practice on patent drafting and prosecution, trademarks, and general intellectual property matters. I currently focus on the preparation and prosecution of medical device and other life sciences patent applications, and being actively involved in a number of local not-for-profit organizations.

Click HERE to view my full professional bio at Reichel IP LLC.


Subscribe/Feedback

Click HERE to join the e-mail list for my blog

Click HERE to provide feedback on the DDIP blog

Fellow Blogs/Bloggers

AwakenIP (Kuester)
Counterfeit Chic (Scafidi)
I/P Updates (Heinze)
Internet Cases (Brown)
Likelihood of Confusion (Coleman)
Patent Baristas (Albainy-Jenei)
Patent Docs (Zuhn et al.)
Patently-O (Crouch)
The 271 Patent Blog (Zura)
The Ice Loop (Ice Miller LLP)
The Indiana Law Blog (Oddi)
The Invent Blog (Nipper)
The Patent Prospector (Odom)
The TTABlog (Welch)