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Litigation Update (Absolute vs Stealth)
We are very excited with the latest developments from the US patent office and the appointment of a qualified special master.
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10/21/2004
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Absolute filed infringement lawsuit against Stealth in the western district of Washington at Seattle. |
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12/15/2004
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Stealth filed Infringement counterclaim against Absolute based on the Baran patent. (""Method and Apparatus for Remote Verification of the Operation of Electronic Devices by Standard Transmission Mediums"").
More Info. |
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03/07/2005
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Court granted Stealth motion to change venue to the Southern District of Texas Houston Division.
More Info. |
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03/15/2005
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Absolute disclosed to the US patent office the existence of the Baran patent (Asserted against Absolute in the present litigation). |
08/15/2005
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02/06/2007
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Absolute files a report indicating, for the first time, that it has been sued for infringement but that management decided not to inform the shareholders because did not believe the lawsuit had any merits. This report still fails to identify the name of the party suing Absolute and the trial date.
http://www.absolute.com/PDF/FinancialReleases/ABT_FY2007_Q2.pdf
If the above link becomes unavailable you can get the document here. |
03/06/2007
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The US Patent office issued a final rejection for one of the latest Absolute patent applications based only on the Baran patent (Stealth exclusive licensed patent).
More Info. |
03/12/2007
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Absolute’s president John Livingston sold 300,000 of his shares.
More Info. |
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03/17/2007
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Court has appointed expert on Internet and network protocols as special master for this case. |
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05/01/2007 |
Absolute files a public shareholders report identifying Stealth Signal, Inc as the party suing Absolute for patent infringement and failing to inform that the trial is currently set for June 1/2007. (page 4)
http://www.absolute.com/PDF/FinancialReleases/ABT_FY2007_Q3.pdf
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07/27/2007
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Markman Hearing Transcripts
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02/08/2008
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Special Master's Report and Recommendation on Claim Construction.
Special master agreed with Stealth on claim terms: " Automatically, Providing,
Contacting, Global Network, Location, Surreptitiously of a user, Performance data, Performance feature, Monitor means, Formatting means, Transmission means, Decoding means, Interpretation means, Central site monitoring means" |