Atlas Global Technologies, LLC v. Zyxel Networks Corporation et al.
Infringement action filed 4 Apr 2022 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and closed 5 Dec 2023, with 9 patents asserted. Recorded basis of termination: dismissed with prejudice.
Case record
- Patents involved
- US9825738B2US9763259B2US10020919B2US9531520B2US10756851B2US10153886B2US9917679B2US9848442B2US9912513B2
- Case no.
- 6:22-cv-00355
- Verdict cause
- Infringement action
- Court
- W.D. Tex.
- Court level
- District Court
- Case region
- Texas
- Chief judge
- None recorded
- Trial level
- First instance
- Filed – Closed
- 4 Apr 2022 – 5 Dec 2023
- Duration
- 610 days
- Basis of termination
- Dismissed with Prejudice
- Products & marks
- Acknowledgement method and multi user transmission method · Apparatus and method for downlink and uplink multi-user transmissions · Method and apparatus for transmitting response frame based on type in a high efficiency wireless LAN · Method for transmitting and receiving frame in wireless local area network · Multiplexing acknowledgment messages in response to downlink frames · Protection methods for wireless transmissions · Sounding method · System and method for synchronization for OFDMA transmission
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Acknowledgement method and multi user transmission method
An Acknowledgment (ACK) method is provided by a receiving device in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The receiving device receives a plurality of data units having a plurality of Traffic Identifiers (TIDs) and transmits an ACK frame including a plurality of ACK information fields for at least part of the plurality of data units. An ACK information field for a data unit satisfying a first condition among the plurality of ACK information fields includes a Traffic Identifier (TID) and a block ACK bitmap indicating whether the data unit has been successfully received. An ACK information field for a data unit satisfying a second condition and having been successfully received among the plurality of ACK information fields includes the first TID and does not include a block ACK bitmap.
- Legal status
- Active
- Granted
- 21 Nov 2017
- Earliest priority
- 18 Apr 2014
- Est. expiry
- 24 Jul 2035
- Validity challenges
- None recorded
- Licences recorded
- None recorded
- Inventors
- KWON, YONGJIN · OH, JONG-EE · PARK, HYUNGU · LEE, JE-HUN · KIM, HONG SOOG · YU, HEEJUNG · CHEONG, MINHO · KWON, HYOUNG JIN
- Classification
- H04L1/00H04L5/00H04L1/16H04W84/12H04L1/06
- Prosecution counsel
- AMPACC Law Group, PLLC
- Examiner
- ELLIOTT, IV, BENJAMIN H
Sounding method
A sounding method by a receiving device is provided. The receiving device receives an NDPA frame from a transmitting device, and then receives an NDP frame from the transmitting device. After receiving the NDP frame, the receiving device transmits to the transmitting device a feedback frame including subchannel information measured on a subchannel that is allocated to the first receiving device among a plurality of subchannels into which a predetermined band is divided.
- Legal status
- Active
- Granted
- 12 Sep 2017
- Earliest priority
- 19 Aug 2015
- Est. expiry
- 26 Nov 2035
- Validity challenges
- None recorded
- Licences recorded
- None recorded
- Inventors
- KWON, YONGJIN · PARK, HYUNGU · OH, JONGEE · CHOI, INKYEONG
- Classification
- H04B7/02H04W72/08H04W16/28H04L1/00H04W24/00H04L5/00H04W72/04H04W84/12H04W72/54
- Prosecution counsel
- MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
- Examiner
- PHAM, CHI H
Also asserted in this case
7 moreThe docket lists 9 asserted patents. Full bibliographic detail, drawings and prosecution history for the remaining 7 asserted patents are one query away in Eureka.
- US10020919B2Protection methods for wireless transmissions
- US9531520B2Apparatus and method for downlink and uplink multi-user transmissions
- US10756851B2Multiplexing acknowledgment messages in response to downlink frames
- US10153886B2Apparatus and method for downlink and uplink multi-user transmissions
- US9917679B2Method and apparatus for transmitting response frame based on type in a high efficiency wireless LAN
- US9848442B2Method for transmitting and receiving frame in wireless local area network
- US9912513B2System and method for synchronization for OFDMA transmission
Parties of record
Atlas Global Technologies, LLC
- Core tech
- H04L1/00H04L5/00H04L1/16H04W84/12
- Counsel
- Alden G. Harris · Alejandra C. Salinas · Alexander W. Aiken · Andrea L. Fair · Armstead C. Lewis · Blaine A. Larson · Elizabeth L. DeRieux · Eric James Enger · Joseph S. Grinstein · Kalpana Srinivasan · Max L. Tribble Jr. · Michael F. Heim · Oleg Elkhunovich · Robert Greenfeld · S. Calvin Capshaw III · T. John Ward Jr. · William Brown Collier Jr.
- Firm
- Capshaw DeRieux LLP, Heim Payne & Chorush LLP, Rusty Hardin & Associates, LLP, Susman Godfrey LLP, Ward Smith & Hill, PLLC
Zyxel Networks Corporation
- Core tech
- Not recorded
- Counsel
- Christine Yang · David C. Miller · Mark D. Strachan · Victoria Hao
- Firm
- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Law Offices of S. J. Christine Yang
- Also named
- ZyXEL Communications Corporation
Counsel of record
Basis of termination
From the record · verbatim“Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to Dismiss With Prejudice (the “Motion”). In the Motion, the parties agree to settle, adjust, and compromise all claims in the above-captioned action and move the Court to dismiss all claims by both parties with prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Having considered the Motion, relevant evidence, and the applicable law, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Motion is GRANTED. Accordingly, all claims in the above-captioned action are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Each party is to bear its own costs and expenses relating to this litigation (including attorneys’ and expert fees and expenses).”
Case 6:22-cv-00355 · W.D. Tex. · closed 5 December 2023
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What is case 6:22-cv-00355?
6:22-cv-00355 is a patent infringement action brought by Atlas Global Technologies, LLC against Zyxel Networks Corporation, filed on 4 Apr 2022 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The case closed on 5 December 2023.
Which patents were asserted in 6:22-cv-00355?
US9825738B2 (“Acknowledgement method and multi user transmission method”), assigned to ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, currently active; US9763259B2 (“Sounding method”), assigned to ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, currently active; US10020919B2 (“Protection methods for wireless transmissions”), assigned to ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC; US9531520B2 (“Apparatus and method for downlink and uplink multi-user transmissions”), assigned to ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC; US10756851B2 (“Multiplexing acknowledgment messages in response to downlink frames”), assigned to ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC; US10153886B2 (“Apparatus and method for downlink and uplink multi-user transmissions”), assigned to ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC; US9917679B2 (“Method and apparatus for transmitting response frame based on type in a high efficiency wireless LAN”), assigned to ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC; US9848442B2 (“Method for transmitting and receiving frame in wireless local area network”), assigned to ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC; US9912513B2 (“System and method for synchronization for OFDMA transmission”), assigned to ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. The record also lists Acknowledgement method and multi user transmission method, Apparatus and method for downlink and uplink multi-user transmissions, Method and apparatus for transmitting response frame based on type in a high efficiency wireless LAN, Method for transmitting and receiving frame in wireless local area network, Multiplexing acknowledgment messages in response to downlink frames, Protection methods for wireless transmissions, Sounding method and System and method for synchronization for OFDMA transmission.
How was case 6:22-cv-00355 terminated?
The recorded basis of termination is dismissed with prejudice. The termination text reads: “Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to Dismiss With Prejudice (the “Motion”). In the Motion, the parties agree to settle, adjust, and compromise all claims in the above-captioned action and move the Court to dismiss all claims by both parties with prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Having considered the Motion, relevant evidence, and the applicable law, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Motion is GRANTED. Accordingly, all claims in the above-captioned action are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Each party is to bear its own costs and expenses relating to
What does dismissal with prejudice mean?
A dismissal with prejudice permanently ends the claims that were filed, so the same claims cannot be brought again against that defendant. It is the usual form when the parties have settled.
How long did case 6:22-cv-00355 take?
610 calendar days, from filing on 4 Apr 2022 to closure on 5 December 2023.
Who were the attorneys and the judge in 6:22-cv-00355?
Alden G. Harris, Alejandra C. Salinas, Alexander W. Aiken, Andrea L. Fair, Armstead C. Lewis, Blaine A. Larson, Elizabeth L. DeRieux, Eric James Enger, Joseph S. Grinstein, Kalpana Srinivasan, Max L. Tribble Jr., Michael F. Heim, Oleg Elkhunovich, Robert Greenfeld, S. Calvin Capshaw III, T. John Ward Jr. and William Brown Collier Jr. are recorded as counsel for plaintiff Atlas Global Technologies. Christine Yang, David C. Miller, Mark D. Strachan and Victoria Hao appear for defendant Zyxel Networks.
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