Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. v. Brothers Industries (U.S.A), Inc.
Infringement action filed 15 Apr 2022 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and closed 13 Mar 2023, with 4 patents asserted. Recorded basis of termination: consent judgment.
Case record
- Patents involved
- US10481846B2US10761791B2US7609402B2US10140073B2
- Case no.
- 2:22-cv-02237
- Verdict cause
- Infringement action
- Court
- W.D. Tenn.
- Court level
- District Court
- Case region
- Tennessee
- Chief judge
- None recorded
- Trial level
- First instance
- Filed – Closed
- 15 Apr 2022 – 13 Mar 2023
- Duration
- 332 days
- Basis of termination
- Consent Judgment
- Products & marks
- Methods for universal data output · Software applications and information apparatus for printing over air or for printing over a network · Wireless devices that establish a wireless connection with a mobile information apparatus by wirelessly detecting, within physical proximity, the mobile information apparatus · Wireless printing devices that provide printing services over a network without a need for a client device of the printing device to use, at the client device, a printer specific printer driver
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Software applications and information apparatus for printing over air or for printing over a network
Information apparatus and application software supporting printing over air or network are herein disclosed and enabled. The information apparatus may include one or more software components that include (1) a discovery component to discover a supported printer in a local area network (LAN) and to receive device information related to the printer (e.g., capability, language or format supported, identification) from the printer, and (2) a printing component to generate or obtain print data based on the device information received and to transmit the print data to the discovered printer. After establishing the connection to the LAN, application software (e.g., Internet browser, email, photos, documents) in the information apparatus may print digital content by using the discovery component to discover the printer in the LAN, and may use the printing component to obtain and transmit print data in a form that is acceptable to the printer for printing the digital content.
- Legal status
- Inactive
- Granted
- 19 Nov 2019
- Earliest priority
- 19 Jan 2001
- Est. expiry
- 3 Jan 2022
- Validity challenges
- None recorded
- Licences recorded
- None recorded
- Inventors
- CHANG, WILLIAM HO · LIU, CHRISTINA YING
- Classification
- G06F3/12G06Q20/10G06K15/02H04W4/80H04W76/10H04W12/06G06F3/14G06F3/0488G06F3/0484H04W12/08H04N1/00H04N1/32H04W76/14G06F3/0481G06F3/16G10L15/22H04L29/08H04N1/44G10L15/30H04W8/00H04N7/16H04W84/12
- Prosecution counsel
- CHERNOFF, VILHAUER LLP
- Examiner
- RILEY, MARCUS T
Wireless printing devices that provide printing services over a network without a need for a client device of the printing device to use, at the client device, a printer specific printer driver
Wireless printing devices that are configured to register with a service over a network (e.g., the Internet) for providing printing services without a device specific printer driver are herein disclosed and enabled. The printing device may include an interface (e.g., a touch sensitive screen) to receive security information for connecting to a wireless local area network (WLAN). While connected to the wireless WLAN, the printing device registers the printing device with the service and transmits, to the service, device information related to the printing device. Subsequent to registration, one or more client devices, using the service over the network, may select the registered printing device for printing. The printing device is configured to receive output data either from the service over the network or from the one or more client devices over the network. The output data is related to the device information transmitted from the printing device to the service.
- Legal status
- Inactive
- Granted
- 1 Sep 2020
- Earliest priority
- 19 Jan 2001
- Est. expiry
- 1 Nov 2021
- Validity challenges
- None recorded
- Licences recorded
- None recorded
- Inventors
- CHANG, WILLIAM HO · LIU, CHRISTINA YING
- Classification
- G06F3/12G06F3/0481G06F3/16G10L15/22G10L15/30G06F3/0484G06F3/0488H04W76/14G06F3/14H04W76/10H04W4/80G06K15/02G06Q20/10H04L29/08H04N1/44H04N7/16H04W8/00H04W12/06H04W12/08H04N1/00H04N1/32H04W84/12
- Prosecution counsel
- CHERNOFF, VILHAUER LLP
- Examiner
- RILEY, MARCUS T
Also asserted in this case
2 moreThe docket lists 4 asserted patents. Full bibliographic detail, drawings and prosecution history for the remaining 2 asserted patents are one query away in Eureka.
Parties of record
Flexiworld Technologies, Inc.
- Core tech
- G06F3/12G06Q20/10G06K15/02H04W4/80
- Counsel
- Charles Austin Ginnings · Timothy Grochocinski · William E. Routt III
- Firm
- Nelson Bumgardner Conroy, PC, Waston Burns PLLC
Brothers Industries (U.S.A), Inc.
- Core tech
- Not recorded
- Counsel
- Mark Vorder-Bruegge · Matthew Mahoney Lubozynski
- Firm
- Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Counsel of record
Basis of termination
From the record · verbatim“Before the Court are the Joint Motions to Dismiss with Prejudice, filed by the parties on March 10, 2023. (Case No. 2:22-cv-02236-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 52; Case No. 2:22-cv-02237- JPM-tmp, ECF No. 54; Case No. 2:22-cv-02250-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 51; Case No. 2:22-cv 02251-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 51.) The parties have reached a resolution in these matters. Accordingly, pursuant to the Stipulation of Dismissal and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), all claims between the parties in connection with these matters are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. JUDGMENT BY COURT. These actions having come before the Court on the Parties’ Joint Motions, filed on March 10, 2023 (Case No. 2:22-cv-02236-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 52; Case No. 2:22-cv-02237-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 54; Case No. 2:22-cv-02250-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 51; Case No. 2:22-cv-02251-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 51), and the Court having entered Orders of Dismissal in each action (Case No. 2:22-cv-02236-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 53; Case No. 2:22-cv-02237-JPM tmp, ECF No. 55; Case No. 2:22-cv-02250-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 52; Case No. 2:22-cv-02251- JPM-tmp, ECF No. 52), IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, in accordance with the Orders of Dismissal, these actions are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE”
Case 2:22-cv-02237 · W.D. Tenn. · closed 13 March 2023
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What is case 2:22-cv-02237?
2:22-cv-02237 is a patent infringement action brought by Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. against Brothers Industries (U.S.A), Inc., filed on 15 Apr 2022 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The case closed on 13 March 2023.
Which patents were asserted in 2:22-cv-02237?
US10481846B2 (“Software applications and information apparatus for printing over air or for printing over a network”), assigned to FLEXIWORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC., currently inactive; US10761791B2 (“Wireless printing devices that provide printing services over a network without a need for a client device of the printing device to use, at the client device, a printer specific printer driver”), assigned to FLEXIWORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC., currently inactive; US7609402B2 (“Methods for universal data output”), assigned to FLEXIWORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; US10140073B2 (“Wireless devices that establish a wireless connection with a mobile information apparatus by wirelessly detecting, within physical proximity, the mobile information apparatus”), assigned to FLEXIWORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.. The record also lists Methods for universal data output, Software applications and information apparatus for printing over air or for printing over a network, Wireless devices that establish a wireless connection with a mobile information apparatus by wirelessly detecting, within physical proximity, the mobile information apparatus and Wireless printing devices that provide printing services over a network without a need for a client device of the printing device to use, at the client device, a printer specific printer driver.
How was case 2:22-cv-02237 terminated?
The recorded basis of termination is consent judgment. The termination text reads: “Before the Court are the Joint Motions to Dismiss with Prejudice, filed by the parties on March 10, 2023. (Case No. 2:22-cv-02236-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 52; Case No. 2:22-cv-02237- JPM-tmp, ECF No. 54; Case No. 2:22-cv-02250-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 51; Case No. 2:22-cv 02251-JPM-tmp, ECF No. 51.) The parties have reached a resolution in these matters. Accordingly, pursuant to the Stipulation of Dismissal and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), all claims between the parties in connection with these matters are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. JUDGMENT BY COURT. These actions having come b
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 2:22-cv-02237 take?
332 calendar days, from filing on 15 Apr 2022 to closure on 13 March 2023.
Who were the attorneys and the judge in 2:22-cv-02237?
Charles Austin Ginnings, Timothy Grochocinski and William E. Routt III are recorded as counsel for plaintiff Flexiworld Technologies. Mark Vorder-Bruegge and Matthew Mahoney Lubozynski appear for defendant Brothers Industries (U.S.A).
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