Monarch Networking Solutions, LLC v. Juniper Networks, Inc.
Infringement action filed 23 May 2023 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and closed 3 Oct 2023, with 4 patents asserted. Recorded basis of termination: case transferred.
Case record
- Patents involved
- US8693369B2US8130775B2US8451845B2US8451844B2
- Case no.
- 1:23-cv-00670
- Verdict cause
- Infringement action
- Court
- E.D. Va.
- Court level
- District Court
- Case region
- Virgin Islands of the United States
- Chief judge
- None recorded
- Trial level
- First instance
- Filed – Closed
- 23 May 2023 – 3 Oct 2023
- Duration
- 133 days
- Basis of termination
- Case Transferred
- Products & marks
- Mechanism for protecting a pseudo-wire · Method of receiving a data packet coming from an IPv4 domain in an IPv6 domain, an associated device, and associated access equipment · Method of receiving a data packet in an IPv6 domain, an associated device and an associated home gateway · Method of routing a data packet in a network and an associated device
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Method of routing a data packet in a network and an associated device
A method of routing a data packet in a telecommunications network, said packet comprising a primary destination address and a destination port number. On reception of said packet, the following steps are executed: determining a port mask defining a range of port numbers to which the destination port number belongs; selecting an identifier of a destination piece of equipment of the packet from a plurality of equipment identifiers associated with said destination address on the basis of the port mask; and routing the packet to the destination piece of equipment on the basis of said identifier.
- Legal status
- Active
- Granted
- 8 Apr 2014
- Earliest priority
- 31 Mar 2008
- Est. expiry
- 20 Apr 2030
- Validity challenges
- 2 on record90015315 · EPRIPR2024-00175 · Patentability · filed by JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC
- Licences recorded
- None recorded
- Inventors
- BOUCADAIR, MOHAMED
- Classification
- H04L12/28H04L45/00H04L45/74
- Prosecution counsel
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Examiner
- KIZOU, HASSAN
Mechanism for protecting a pseudo-wire
A method is provided for setting up at least two pseudo-wires able to broadcast a stream of data, wherein a first pseudo-wire is set up between an input router of a packet-switched network and first output router of the packet-switched network, and a second pseudo-wire is set up between the input router and a second output router of the packet-switched network. A first link of the first pseudo-wire is set up between the first output router and an intermediate router of the packet-switched network. A second link of the second pseudo-wire is set up between the second output router and the intermediate router. A third link of both pseudo-wires is set up between the intermediate router and the input router.
- Legal status
- Active
- Granted
- 6 Mar 2012
- Earliest priority
- 26 Feb 2007
- Est. expiry
- 16 Jul 2028
- Validity challenges
- 3 on record90014701 · EPR · filed by THEODORNE M. FOSTER , HAYNES AND BOONE, LLPIPR2020-01226 · filed by Cisco Systems, Inc.IPR2024-00561 · Patentability · filed by JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC
- Licences recorded
- None recorded
- Inventors
- JOUNAY, FREDERIC · NIGER, PHILIPPE · CAUVIN, ARNAUD
- Classification
- H04L12/28
- Prosecution counsel
- Heim, Payne & Chorush, L.L.P.
- Examiner
- WILSON, ROBERT
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
Monarch Networking Solutions, LLC
- Core tech
- H04L12/28H04L45/00H04L45/74
- Counsel
- Alden George Harris · Eric J. Enger · Joseph S. Grinstein · Kyle Stephen Ruvolo · Max Lalon Tribble Jr. · Michael Francis Heim · Robert Allan Bullwinkel · Steven M. Seigel · Steven M. Shepard · Walter Kelley · William Brown Collier Jr.
- Firm
- Hausfeld LLP, Heim Payne & Chorush, LLP, Susman Godfrey LLP, Susman Godfrey LLP (NA-TX), Susman Godfrey LLP (Seattle WA-NA)
Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Core tech
- Not recorded
- Counsel
- Jared Weston Newton · Joseph Evans Reed · Kevin Paul Bernard Johnson · Margaret Hsiao-Shia Shyr · Nima Hefazi · Rachael McCracken · Todd Michael Briggs
- Firm
- Quinn Emanuel Urguhart & Sullivan, LLP (CA-NA), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP (DC), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP (CA-NA)
Counsel of record
Basis of termination
From the record · verbatim“This matter is before the Court on Defendant’s motion to transfer venue and Plaintiff’s motion to strike or, in the alternative, to conduct venue discovery. For the reasons stated in the Memorandum Opinion issued this same day. It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike or, in the Alternative, to Conduct Venue Discovery (Dkt. 62) is DENIED. It is further ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Transfer Venue (Dkt. 35) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) is GRANTED. This case is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Order to all counsel of record.”
Case 1:23-cv-00670 · E.D. Va. · closed 3 October 2023
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What is case 1:23-cv-00670?
1:23-cv-00670 is a patent infringement action brought by Monarch Networking Solutions, LLC against Juniper Networks, Inc., filed on 23 May 2023 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The case closed on 3 October 2023.
Which patents were asserted in 1:23-cv-00670?
US8693369B2 (“Method of routing a data packet in a network and an associated device”), assigned to MONARCH NETWORKING SOLUTIONS LLC, currently active; US8130775B2 (“Mechanism for protecting a pseudo-wire”), assigned to MONARCH NETWORKING SOLUTIONS LLC, currently active; US8451845B2 (“Method of receiving a data packet in an IPv6 domain, an associated device and an associated home gateway”), assigned to MONARCH NETWORKING SOLUTIONS LLC; US8451844B2 (“Method of receiving a data packet coming from an IPv4 domain in an IPv6 domain, an associated device, and associated access equipment”), assigned to MONARCH NETWORKING SOLUTIONS LLC. The record also lists Mechanism for protecting a pseudo-wire, Method of receiving a data packet coming from an IPv4 domain in an IPv6 domain, an associated device, and associated access equipment, Method of receiving a data packet in an IPv6 domain, an associated device and an associated home gateway and Method of routing a data packet in a network and an associated device.
How was case 1:23-cv-00670 terminated?
The recorded basis of termination is case transferred. The termination text reads: “This matter is before the Court on Defendant’s motion to transfer venue and Plaintiff’s motion to strike or, in the alternative, to conduct venue discovery. For the reasons stated in the Memorandum Opinion issued this same day. It is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike or, in the Alternative, to Conduct Venue Discovery (Dkt. 62) is DENIED. It is further ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Transfer Venue (Dkt. 35) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) is GRANTED. This case is hereby TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The Clerk is dire
What does transfer mean?
A transfer moves the case to another district rather than deciding it. The action continues there under a new case number.
How long did case 1:23-cv-00670 take?
133 calendar days, from filing on 23 May 2023 to closure on 3 October 2023.
Who were the attorneys and the judge in 1:23-cv-00670?
Alden George Harris, Eric J. Enger, Joseph S. Grinstein, Kyle Stephen Ruvolo, Max Lalon Tribble Jr., Michael Francis Heim, Robert Allan Bullwinkel, Steven M. Seigel, Steven M. Shepard, Walter Kelley and William Brown Collier Jr. are recorded as counsel for plaintiff Monarch Networking Solutions. Jared Weston Newton, Joseph Evans Reed, Kevin Paul Bernard Johnson, Margaret Hsiao-Shia Shyr, Nima Hefazi, Rachael McCracken and Todd Michael Briggs appear for defendant Juniper Networks.
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