Evolved Wireless, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Infringement action filed 1 Feb 2021 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and closed 13 Dec 2023, with 3 patents asserted. Recorded basis of termination: case dismissed.
Case record
- Patents involved
- USRE46679E1USRE48326E1US10517120B2
- Case no.
- 2:21-cv-00033
- Verdict cause
- Infringement action
- Court
- E.D. Tex.
- Court level
- District Court
- Case region
- Texas
- Chief judge
- Rodney Gilstrap
- Trial level
- First instance
- Filed – Closed
- 1 Feb 2021 – 13 Dec 2023
- Duration
- 1045 days
- Basis of termination
- Case Dismissed
- Products & marks
- Galaxy A Quantum · Galaxy A01 · Galaxy A01 Core · Galaxy A02 · Galaxy A02S · Galaxy A03 · Galaxy A03s · Galaxy A10 · Galaxy A10e · Galaxy A10s · Galaxy A11 · Galaxy A12 · Galaxy A12 Nacho · Galaxy A13 · Galaxy A13 5G · Galaxy A2 Core · Galaxy A20 · Galaxy A20e · Galaxy A20s · Galaxy A21 · Galaxy A21s · Galaxy A22 · Galaxy A22 5G · Galaxy A23 · Galaxy A30 · Galaxy A30s · Galaxy A31 · Galaxy A32 · Galaxy A32 5G · Galaxy A33 5G · Galaxy A40 · Galaxy A41 · Galaxy A42 5G · Galaxy A50 · Galaxy A50s · Galaxy A6 (2018) · Galaxy A60 · Galaxy A70 · Galaxy A70s · Galaxy A71 · Galaxy A71 5G · Galaxy A71 5G UW · Galaxy A72 · Galaxy A73 5G · Galaxy A8 Star (A9 Star) · Galaxy A8+ (2018) · Galaxy A80 · Galaxy A8s · Galaxy A9 (2018) · Galaxy A90 5G · Galaxy Amp Prime 3 2018 · Galaxy Book · Galaxy Book2 · Galaxy C5 Pro · Galaxy C7 (2017) · Galaxy Express Prime 3 · Galaxy F02s · Galaxy F12 · Galaxy F22 · Galaxy F23 · Galaxy F42 5G · Galaxy F52 5G · Galaxy F62 · Galaxy Fold · Galaxy Fold 5G · Galaxy Folder2 · Galaxy Halo · Galaxy J2 (2017) · Galaxy J3 Achieve 2018 · Galaxy J3 Prime · Galaxy J3 V 2018 · Galaxy J4 · Galaxy J4 Core · Galaxy J4+ · Galaxy J5 (2017)”” · Galaxy J6 · Galaxy J6+ · Galaxy J7 (2017) · Galaxy J7 (2018) · Galaxy J7 Duo · Galaxy J7 Max · Galaxy J7 Prime 2 · Galaxy J7 Pro · Galaxy J7 Refine 2018 · Galaxy J7 Star · Galaxy J7 V · Galaxy J8 · Galaxy Kids Tab E Lite · Galaxy Kids Tablet 7.0 · Galaxy M01 · Galaxy M01 Core · Galaxy M01S · Galaxy M02S · Galaxy M10 · Galaxy M21 2021 Galaxy M21S Galaxy M22 Galaxy M23 Galaxy M30 Galaxy M30s · Galaxy M31 · Galaxy M31 Prime · Galaxy M31S · Galaxy M32 · Galaxy M32 5G · Galaxy M33 · Galaxy M40 · Galaxy M42 5G · Galaxy M51 · Galaxy M52 5G · Galaxy M53 · Galaxy M62 · Galaxy Note FE · Galaxy Note10 · Galaxy Note10 5G · Galaxy Note10 Lite · Galaxy Note10+ · Galaxy Note10+ 5G · Galaxy Note20 · Galaxy Note20 5G · Galaxy Note20 Ultra · Galaxy Note4 · Galaxy Note4 (USA) · Galaxy Note8 · Galaxy Note9 · Galaxy S10 · Galaxy S10 5G · Galaxy S10 Lite · Galaxy S10+ · Galaxy S10e · Galaxy S20 · Galaxy S20 5G · Galaxy S20 5G UW · Galaxy S20 FE · Galaxy S20 FE 2022 · Galaxy S20 FE 5G · Galaxy S20 Ultra · Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G · Galaxy S20+ · Galaxy S20+ 5G · Galaxy S21 5G · Galaxy S21 FE 5G · Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G · Galaxy S21+ 5G · Galaxy S22 5G · Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G · Galaxy S22+ 5G · Galaxy S8 Active · Galaxy S9 · Galaxy S9+ · Galaxy Tab A · Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) · Galaxy Tab A 10.5 · Galaxy Tab A 7.0 · Galaxy Tab A7 Lite · Galaxy Tab Active 3 · Galaxy Tab Active Pro Galaxy Tab E Galaxy Tab E 8 · Galaxy Tab E Lite · Galaxy Tab S3 · Galaxy Tab S4 · Galaxy Tab S4 10.5 · Galaxy Tab S5e · Galaxy Tab S6 · Galaxy Tab S6 5G · Galaxy Tab S6 Lite · Galaxy Tab S7 · Galaxy Tab S7 FE · Galaxy Tab S7+ · Galaxy Tab S8 · Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra · Galaxy Tab S8+ · Galaxy View2 · Galaxy Watch · Galaxy Watch Active2 · Galaxy Watch3 · Galaxy Watch4 · Galaxy Watch4 Classic · Galaxy Xcover 4s · Galaxy Xcover 5 · Galaxy Xcover FieldPro · Galaxy Xcover Pro · Galaxy Z Flip · Galaxy Z Flip 5G · Galaxy Z Flip3 5G · Galaxy Z Fold2 5G · Galaxy Z Fold3 5G · Gear S3 classic LTE” · aka Galaxy A03 Core · aka Galaxy J2 Duos (2017) · aka Galaxy J3 Aura · aka Galaxy J3 V 2018 · aka Galaxy J7 Prime (2018) · aka Galaxy W20 5G
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Method of transmitting and receiving radio access information in a wireless mobile communications system
In a wireless mobile communications system, a method of transmitting and receiving radio access information that allows a faster and an efficient way of establishing a radio connection between a terminal and a target base station while performing a handover for the terminal to a cell of the target base station. The network transmits in advance, the radio access information and the like, to the terminal so that the terminal can be connected with the target cell in a faster manner which minimizes the total time for the handover process.
- Legal status
- Active
- Granted
- 16 Jan 2018
- Earliest priority
- 5 Jul 2006
- Est. expiry
- 27 Oct 2026
- Validity challenges
- 3 on recordIPR2021-00949 · filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.90015021 · EPRIPR2021-01423 · filed by MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
- Licences recorded
- None recorded
- Inventors
- PARK, SUNG JUN · LEE, YOUNG DAE · CHUN, SUNG DUCK · JUNG, MYUNG CHEUL
- Classification
- H04W36/00H04W74/00H04W36/08H04W48/12
- Prosecution counsel
- GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
- Examiner
- HENEGHAN, MATTHEW
Method of transmitting and receiving radio access information in a wireless mobile communications system
In a wireless mobile communications system, a method of transmitting and receiving radio access information that allows a faster and an efficient way of establishing a radio connection between a terminal and a target base station while performing a handover for the terminal to a cell of the target base station. The network transmits in advance, the radio access information and the like, to the terminal so that the terminal can be connected with the target cell in a faster manner which minimizes the total time for the handover process.
- Legal status
- Active
- Granted
- 24 Nov 2020
- Earliest priority
- 5 Jul 2006
- Est. expiry
- 27 Oct 2026
- Validity challenges
- 4 on recordIPR2021-01424 · Other · filed by MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC90015022 · EPRIPR2021-00950 · Other · filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.90015095 · EPR · filed by Todd M. Briggs, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
- Licences recorded
- None recorded
- Inventors
- PARK, SUNG JUN · LEE, YOUNG DAE · CHUN, SUNG DUCK · JUNG, MYUNG CHEUL
- Classification
- H04W36/00H04L7/00H04W74/00H04W36/08H04W48/12
- Prosecution counsel
- GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.
- Examiner
- HENEGHAN, MATTHEW E
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Parties of record
Evolved Wireless, LLC
- Core tech
- H04W36/00H04W74/00H04W36/08H04W48/12
- Counsel
- Andrew J. Wright · Anthony Kyle Bruster · Barry Bumgardner · Christopher G Granaghan · Edward Chin · Eric M. Albritton · Shawn A. Latchford
- Firm
- Barry Bumgardner Law PLLC, Bruster PLLC, Eric M. Albritton PC, Nelson Bumgardner Conroy PC (Fort Worth)
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Core tech
- Not recorded
- Counsel
- Alex Verbin Chachkes · Andrew Edward Naravage · Andrew Thompson (Tom) Gorham · Brady Huynh · Brice Lynch · James Travis Underwood · John Thomas McKee · Joseph Reed · Kevin Hardy · Kevin P.B. Johnson · Melissa Richards Smith · Nagendra Setty · Olga Slobodyanyuk · Sean S. Pak · Todd Michael Briggs · Victoria Fishman Maroulis
- Firm
- Gillam & Smith LLP, Gillam & Smith, LLP, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP (Redwood), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP (San Francisco), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP (DC), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP (NY), Setty Chachkes PLLC
Counsel of record
Basis of termination
From the record · verbatim“A jury trial commenced in the above-captioned case on November 9, 2023, and on November 17, 2023, the jury reached and returned its unanimous verdict finding that Defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“Defendants”) did not infringe Claims 1, 3, 6 or 8 of U.S. Patent No. RE46,679 (collectively, the “Asserted Claims”) and that none of the Asserted Claims were invalid. (Dkt. No. 256.) Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and in accordance with the jury’s unanimous verdict and the entirety of the record, the Court hereby ORDERS and ENTERS JUDGMENT as follows: 1. Defendants have not infringed any of the Asserted Claims; 2. The Asserted Claims are not invalid; and 3. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d), Local Rule CV-54, and 28 U.S.C. § 1920, Defendants are the prevailing parties in this case and shall recover their costs from Plaintiff Evolved Wireless, LLC. Defendants are directed to file their proposed Bill of Costs.”
Case 2:21-cv-00033 · E.D. Tex. · closed 13 December 2023
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What is case 2:21-cv-00033?
2:21-cv-00033 is a patent infringement action brought by Evolved Wireless, LLC against Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., filed on 1 Feb 2021 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The case closed on 13 December 2023.
Which patents were asserted in 2:21-cv-00033?
USRE46679E1 (“Method of transmitting and receiving radio access information in a wireless mobile communications system”), assigned to EVOLVED WIRELESS LLC, currently active; USRE48326E1 (“Method of transmitting and receiving radio access information in a wireless mobile communications system”), assigned to EVOLVED WIRELESS LLC, currently active; US10517120B2 (“Data transmission method and user equipment for the same”), assigned to EQUO IP LLC. The record also lists Galaxy A Quantum, Galaxy A01, Galaxy A01 Core, Galaxy A02, Galaxy A02S, Galaxy A03, Galaxy A03s, Galaxy A10, Galaxy A10e, Galaxy A10s, Galaxy A11, Galaxy A12, Galaxy A12 Nacho, Galaxy A13, Galaxy A13 5G, Galaxy A2 Core, Galaxy A20, Galaxy A20e, Galaxy A20s, Galaxy A21, Galaxy A21s, Galaxy A22, Galaxy A22 5G, Galaxy A23, Galaxy A30, Galaxy A30s, Galaxy A31, Galaxy A32, Galaxy A32 5G, Galaxy A33 5G, Galaxy A40, Galaxy A41, Galaxy A42 5G, Galaxy A50, Galaxy A50s, Galaxy A6 (2018), Galaxy A60, Galaxy A70, Galaxy A70s, Galaxy A71, Galaxy A71 5G, Galaxy A71 5G UW, Galaxy A72, Galaxy A73 5G, Galaxy A8 Star (A9 Star), Galaxy A8+ (2018), Galaxy A80, Galaxy A8s, Galaxy A9 (2018), Galaxy A90 5G, Galaxy Amp Prime 3 2018, Galaxy Book, Galaxy Book2, Galaxy C5 Pro, Galaxy C7 (2017), Galaxy Express Prime 3, Galaxy F02s, Galaxy F12, Galaxy F22, Galaxy F23, Galaxy F42 5G, Galaxy F52 5G, Galaxy F62, Galaxy Fold, Galaxy Fold 5G, Galaxy Folder2, Galaxy Halo, Galaxy J2 (2017), Galaxy J3 Achieve 2018, Galaxy J3 Prime, Galaxy J3 V 2018, Galaxy J4, Galaxy J4 Core, Galaxy J4+, Galaxy J5 (2017)””, Galaxy J6, Galaxy J6+, Galaxy J7 (2017), Galaxy J7 (2018), Galaxy J7 Duo, Galaxy J7 Max, Galaxy J7 Prime 2, Galaxy J7 Pro, Galaxy J7 Refine 2018, Galaxy J7 Star, Galaxy J7 V, Galaxy J8, Galaxy Kids Tab E Lite, Galaxy Kids Tablet 7.0, Galaxy M01, Galaxy M01 Core, Galaxy M01S, Galaxy M02S, Galaxy M10, Galaxy M21 2021 Galaxy M21S Galaxy M22 Galaxy M23 Galaxy M30 Galaxy M30s, Galaxy M31, Galaxy M31 Prime, Galaxy M31S, Galaxy M32, Galaxy M32 5G, Galaxy M33, Galaxy M40, Galaxy M42 5G, Galaxy M51, Galaxy M52 5G, Galaxy M53, Galaxy M62, Galaxy Note FE, Galaxy Note10, Galaxy Note10 5G, Galaxy Note10 Lite, Galaxy Note10+, Galaxy Note10+ 5G, Galaxy Note20, Galaxy Note20 5G, Galaxy Note20 Ultra, Galaxy Note4, Galaxy Note4 (USA), Galaxy Note8, Galaxy Note9, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 5G, Galaxy S10 Lite, Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20 5G, Galaxy S20 5G UW, Galaxy S20 FE, Galaxy S20 FE 2022, Galaxy S20 FE 5G, Galaxy S20 Ultra, Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G, Galaxy S20+, Galaxy S20+ 5G, Galaxy S21 5G, Galaxy S21 FE 5G, Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, Galaxy S21+ 5G, Galaxy S22 5G, Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G, Galaxy S22+ 5G, Galaxy S8 Active, Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+, Galaxy Tab A, Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019), Galaxy Tab A 10.5, Galaxy Tab A 7.0, Galaxy Tab A7 Lite, Galaxy Tab Active 3, Galaxy Tab Active Pro Galaxy Tab E Galaxy Tab E 8, Galaxy Tab E Lite, Galaxy Tab S3, Galaxy Tab S4, Galaxy Tab S4 10.5, Galaxy Tab S5e, Galaxy Tab S6, Galaxy Tab S6 5G, Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, Galaxy Tab S7, Galaxy Tab S7 FE, Galaxy Tab S7+, Galaxy Tab S8, Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S8+, Galaxy View2, Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Watch Active2, Galaxy Watch3, Galaxy Watch4, Galaxy Watch4 Classic, Galaxy Xcover 4s, Galaxy Xcover 5, Galaxy Xcover FieldPro, Galaxy Xcover Pro, Galaxy Z Flip, Galaxy Z Flip 5G, Galaxy Z Flip3 5G, Galaxy Z Fold2 5G, Galaxy Z Fold3 5G, Gear S3 classic LTE”, aka Galaxy A03 Core, aka Galaxy J2 Duos (2017), aka Galaxy J3 Aura, aka Galaxy J3 V 2018, aka Galaxy J7 Prime (2018) and aka Galaxy W20 5G.
How was case 2:21-cv-00033 terminated?
The recorded basis of termination is case dismissed. The termination text reads: “A jury trial commenced in the above-captioned case on November 9, 2023, and on November 17, 2023, the jury reached and returned its unanimous verdict finding that Defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“Defendants”) did not infringe Claims 1, 3, 6 or 8 of U.S. Patent No. RE46,679 (collectively, the “Asserted Claims”) and that none of the Asserted Claims were invalid. (Dkt. No. 256.) Pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and in accordance with the jury’s unanimous verdict and the entirety of the record, the Court hereby ORDERS and
How long did case 2:21-cv-00033 take?
1045 calendar days, from filing on 1 Feb 2021 to closure on 13 December 2023.
Who were the attorneys and the judge in 2:21-cv-00033?
Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap presided. Andrew J. Wright, Anthony Kyle Bruster, Barry Bumgardner, Christopher G Granaghan, Edward Chin, Eric M. Albritton and Shawn A. Latchford are recorded as counsel for plaintiff Evolved Wireless. Alex Verbin Chachkes, Andrew Edward Naravage, Andrew Thompson (Tom) Gorham, Brady Huynh, Brice Lynch, James Travis Underwood, John Thomas McKee, Joseph Reed, Kevin Hardy, Kevin P.B. Johnson, Melissa Richards Smith, Nagendra Setty, Olga Slobodyanyuk, Sean S. Pak, Todd Michael Briggs and Victoria Fishman Maroulis appear for defendant Samsung Electronics.
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