SAN JOSE, California – 8 January 2015 – Alliacense announced today that it has successfully negotiated an MMP Portfolio license agreement for HTC Corporation. The deal resolves the patent infringement lawsuit initially brought by HTC, ASUSteK and Acer as a declaratory judgment action in 2008.
In 2013 HTC’s Products were found to infringe all asserted claims of the US 5,809,336 patent by a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. HTC’s co-plaintiffs, ASUSteK and Acer had already purchased MMP Portfolio licenses by the time the case eventually went to trial. The infringing HTC products used microprocessors from Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Samsung and others.
The US‘336 patent is one of several patents that are part of the MMP Portfolio™. In addition to the jury verdict over HTC in U.S. District Court, the MMP Portfolio has survived seventeen re-examination challenges before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Currently there are additional proceedings in U.S. District Court, alleging infringement of the MMP Portfolio™ against Barnes & Noble Inc., Garmin Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., LG Electronics, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Novatel Wireless Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and ZTE Corporation.
In order to protect the investments of the MMP Portfolio™ licensee community, the successful MMP Portfolio™ Licensing Program has been dramatically enhanced with aggressive enforcement activities.
HTC joins a roster of over 100 MMP Licensees that include some of the world’s largest electronics companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Sony, Apple, General Electric, and Ford Motor Company.
About Alliacense
Alliacense is the recognized leader in the design and execution of Intellectual Property (IP) licensing programs, and delivers peerless IP project support and reverse engineering services. As a cadre of IP licensing strategists, technology experts, and experienced business development/management executives, Alliacense focuses on expanding the awareness and value of IP portfolios under management. Learn more: www.alliacense.com.
About the MMP Portfolio™
The MMP Portfolio patents include US, European and Japanese patents, covering techniques that enable higher performance and lower cost designs essential to consumer and commercial digital systems ranging from PCs, cell phones and portable music players to communications infrastructure, medical equipment and automobiles. Widely recognized as fundamental technology, the sweeping scope of MMP Portfolio™ technologies continues to encourage the world’s leading companies to become MMP Portfolio™ licensees. Learn more: customerservice@alliacense.com.