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5日前
Why delay from pursuing the MG patent case by going to the Appeals Court instead of the being distracted by AntiTrust and RICO cases? Has the VPLM Board of Directors lost the shareholder focus?
A Professor from South Korean University, inventor of a wi-fi calling patent, could hire a US law firm in US to win not only the TWO USPTO Reexaminations (tactics typically imposed by the defendants viz. VZ and TMUS-Deutsche Telekom, ATT) but also prevail in the Wi-Fi calling patent infringement cases vs. VZ, T Mobile-Deutsche Telekom, and ATT, in the US Eastern District Court of Texas, getting awarded $847 million infringement damages against Verizon; T Mobile played (playing) their usual games with cases. All defendants (VZ and T Mobile-Deutsche Telekom, and ATT) faced the same patent infringement allegations.
If a Professor from South Korea can hire a US law firm to prove infringement and win $847 million damages, why Voip Pal can not get a better law firm and continue the cases vs. the defendants in the Appeals Court.
The ’728 Patent was invented by Dr. Dong-Ho Cho when he was a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST)
Analyzing the precedents cited by Hudnell - ABS Global and SALAZAR vs. not so bright precedent "In Varma" used by Judge Albright - the Appeals Court Judges did a much better job of analyzing the claims, PTAB's own claim constructions, and infringements thereof, compared to Judge Albright with his choice of a bogus precedent "In Varma".
These Appeals Court judges rejected the claim constructions written by USPTO's PTAB judge panel and remanded the case back to PTAB. That is the status of US Intellectual Property Rights and Protections.
In the last MG patent case, Hudnell made the mistake of letting himself sucked into trash arguments about the precedents like "In Varma", ABS Global, and Salazar. Has Hudnell been side-lined in favor of the Anti-trust and RICO cases?
To refresh the memory, from a previous post - https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=175563616
CASE #3:
Verizon and T-Mobile Sued For Infringing Wi-Fi Calling Patent
https://lawstreetmedia.com/news/tech/verizon-and-t-mobile-sued-for-infringing-wi-fi-calling-patent/
In 2020, KAIFI LLC filed a patent infringement complaint against Verizon and T-Mobile.
The ’728 Patent was invented by Dr. Dong-Ho Cho when he was a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST)…
L&P Secures Positive Reexamination Outcome for Valuable “WiFi Calling” Patent
https://www.lpiplaw.com/news/2022/5/05/lampp-secures-positive-reexamination-outcome-for-valuable-wifi-calling-patent
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has concluded two reexaminations of U.S. Patent No. 6,922,728 owned by KAIFI, LLC. The reexaminations were requested by T-Mobile and Verizon and then merged by the PTO’s Central Reexamination Unit (CRU). The reexamination certificates, issued today, confirmed the patentability of all claims. One dependent claim was amended, and all other claims were confirmed in their original form. T-Mobile and Verizon filed the reexamination requests after KAIFI had sued each company alleging that their WiFi calling feature infringed the ’728 Patent. Both parties (Verizon and T Mobile) have since settled with KAIFI, as did AT&T following an earlier lawsuit.
Plaintiff KAIFI LLC, a self-described “intellectual property consulting company that promotes and manages intellectual property directed to telecommunications technologies,” filed complaints against Verizon, T-Mobile and other related entities for patent infringement on Friday in the Eastern District of Texas over their alleged use of Wi-Fi calling technology.
The patent-in-suit is United States Patent No. 6,922,728 (the '728 patent), “Optimal Internet Network Connecting and Roaming System and Method Adapted for User Moving Outdoors or Indoors.” The ’728 patent is “directed to an Internet network connecting and roaming system and method.” Specifically, “with the patented invention, voice and data communications may be seamlessly transitioned to a Wi-Fi network from an LTE network.” The plaintiff claimed that this “reduces load and congestion on cellular networks, reduces network costs, and increases voice and data communication coverage quality and range.”
KAIFI averred that Verizon and T-Mobile adopted this patented technology to “enable seameless (sic) voice and data communication services, including Defendants’ Wi-Fi calling” and other services. The plaintiff noted that Verizon began offering Wi-Fi calling in 2015. Verizon stated that its customers could “make and receive calls and initiate video calls over a Wi-Fi Internet connection…Once Advanced Calling is enabled, customers can activate Wi-Fi Calling.” T-Mobile allegedly made similar claims about its Wi-Fi Calling. According to Verizon, the call experience should be the same, except carried out over a Wi-Fi connection instead of a cellular connection. For example, “(i)f you have a Wi-Fi connection and are in an area where voice service is weak or unavailable, use Wi-Fi calling to continue making voice calls.” KAIFI alleged that Verizon’s and T-Mobile’s accused instrumentalities include “systems, networks, and components and services thereto used and controlled by Defendants for implementing seamless network transition, including off-loading to a customer’s home Wi-Fi network, (cited in VPLM Anti Trust and RICO case) such as through their Wi-Fi Calling system and service, and include both native and third-party, over the top (OTT) voice and data applications,” which can be used to make a Wi-Fi call.
Specifically, Verizon is accused of infringing at least claim 1 of the patent-in-suit through its instrumentalities that include a wireless network, user mobile device, Wi-Fi Calling service, internet service, etc. to make the Wi-Fi call possible. The plaintiff proffered that Verizon utilized the patented technology to provide its Wi-Fi Calling service. As previously mentioned, a user can switch between a Wi-Fi and an Advanced Calling call. As described in the patent, Verizon’s Wi-Fi Calling service is comprised of a “data communication terminal,” namely, a mobile device that can connect to both Wi-Fi and a cellular network and stores both of the connecting information in the device, which can be evidenced through Auto Join, whereby the device recognizes the Wi-Fi network and auto joins said network. Verizon’s Wi-Fi Calling system also use an “indoor gateway,” which “may be any Wi-Fi access point, to connect to a Wi-Fi network and the internet via a wire, such as a…router, modem, or ‘hotspot.’” This helps to connect the phone to the Wi-Fi, thus allowing an individual to make a Wi-Fi call. Verizon’s Wi-Fi Calling system also allegedly takes advantage of location data to recognize and use networks, as described in the patent. (VPLM Anti Trust-RICO case) Thus, by using the patented system to create and allow users to have Wi-Fi Calling, Verizon has purportedly infringed the ’728 patent. The allegations against T-Mobile are similar to the claims against Verizon.
The plaintiff claimed that the defendants were notified of their infringement, but continue to infringe the ’728 patent in addition to not obtaining a license for this patent. KAIFI charged the defendants with direct, indirect and induced infringement.
KAIFI has sought declaratory judgment in its favor, an award for monetary relief, for the defendants to pay ongoing royalties, to enjoin defendants from further infringement, and other relief. The plaintiff is represented by Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth PC and LTL Attorneys LLP.
Summary Judgment Granted in Favor of L&P Client
https://www.lpiplaw.com/news/2023/07/19/summary-judgment-granted-in-favor-of-lp-client
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas today granted summary judgment in favor of Laurence & Phillips IP Law (L&P) client KAIFI LLC and against T-Mobile. T-Mobile brought the case to get out from under a settlement agreement T-Mobile entered into with KAIFI to resolve an infringement case concerning Kaifi’s U.S. Patent No. 6,922,728, which covers so-called “WiFi calling.” L&P had successfully represented KAIFI in two ex parte reexaminations of the ’728 Patent, which was fully confirmed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (PTO’s) Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) during the reexaminations. In this latest suit, T-Mobile accused L&P partner Matt Phillips of inequitable conduct during the reexaminations, (the court’s summary-judgment ruling sided with KAIFI. Phillips remarked, “There was absolutely no merit in T-Mobile’s inequitable-conduct assertions,(T Mobile game "inequitable conduct" - sounds familiar?) and today’s ruling appropriately puts those unpleasant and unfounded accusation behind us.”
https://www.lpiplaw.com/news/2022/5/05/lampp-secures-positive-reexamination-outcome-for-valuable-wifi-calling-patent.
VZ patents
(Verizon also has patents related to Wi-Fi calling, including:
US9906992B1: A patent on PDN management between LTE and Wi-Fi (https://patents.google.com/patent/US9906992B1/en
2017-04-04 Application filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc)
This patent was filed in 2017, much later than VPLM wi-fi patents filing as early as 2010. Albright failed to check the traditinoal aspects of patent idea development; and Hudnell did not even put forth arguments on idea records, due diligence and testing of concepts, reduction to commercial practice, etc. Not so BRIGHT!