Infringement action filed 29 Nov 2023 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and closed 22 May 2026, with 8 patents asserted. Recorded basis of termination: appeal dismissed in part.
The invention provides the ability to interactively select and configure a product among a set of related products based on availability and compatibility of features and options. It does not impose an order in the selection of products, features or options; only valid selections can be made at any time. To create an electronic representation of the product information to achieve the above goal, the invention provides a framework for defining a systems by defining the components of the system using elements contained in a parts catalog and defining relationships between the components of a system. A configuration system validates a configuration using the system definition, the current state of the configuration and user input.
Inconsistencies between configuration rules represent a significant concern when modeling a product using configuration rules. The consistency checking system approaches a configuration model from the perspective of a sets of features and families. The configuration space of a model represents the entire set of all combinations of selections within a configuration model. The consistency checking system operates on subsets of the configuration space by consolidating data within the configuration space into minimized subsets that represent a portion of the configuration space where a particular consistency error can occur. Thus, the contents of each subset vary depending upon which consistency error is being checked, and consistency checking is performed on reduced subsets determined on an error by error basis rather than on the configuration space as a whole.
The docket lists 8 asserted patents. Full bibliographic detail, drawings and prosecution history for the remaining 6 asserted patents are one query away in Eureka.
Dan Keith Webb · Eugene Alexis Sokoloff · Jaye Quadrozzi I Esq. · Jeffrey A. Lamken · Jennifer Elizabeth Fischell · Lois Ahn · Matthew R. Carter · Michael Gregory Pattillo · Monica T. Kociolek · Samuel Zuidema · Sharoon Saleem · Steven J. Mitby · Thomas P. Schubert
Firm
Jones & Spross, PLLC, Mitby Pacholder Johnson PLLC, MoloLamken LLP, Varnum LLP, Winston Strawn LLP
24-1206 is a patent infringement action brought by Versata Software, Inc. against Ford Motor Co., filed on 29 Nov 2023 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The case closed on 22 May 2026.
Which patents were asserted in 24-1206?
US6405308B1 (“Method and apparatus for maintaining and configuring systems”), assigned to VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC., currently inactive; US7200582B1 (“Configuration model consistency checking using flexible rule space subsets”), assigned to VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC., currently inactive; US7882057B1 (“Complex configuration processing using configuration sub-models”), assigned to VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.; US6675294B1 (“Method and apparatus for maintaining and configuring systems”), assigned to VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.; US5825651A (“Method and apparatus for maintaining and configuring systems”), assigned to VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.; US8805825B1 (“Attribute prioritized configuration using a combined configuration-attribute data model”), assigned to VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.; US7739080B1 (“Consolidation of product data models”), assigned to VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.; US7464064B1 (“Configuration model consistency checking using flexible rule space subsets”), assigned to VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.. The record also lists Method and apparatus for maintaining and configuring systems.
How was case 24-1206 terminated?
The recorded basis of termination is appeal dismissed in part. The termination text reads: "AFFIRMED-IN-PART, REVERSED-IN-PART, VACATEDIN-PART, AND REMANDED"
How long did case 24-1206 take?
905 calendar days, from filing on 29 Nov 2023 to closure on 22 May 2026.
Who were the attorneys and the judge in 24-1206?
Dan Keith Webb, Eugene Alexis Sokoloff, Jaye Quadrozzi I Esq., Jeffrey A. Lamken, Jennifer Elizabeth Fischell, Lois Ahn, Matthew R. Carter, Michael Gregory Pattillo, Monica T. Kociolek, Samuel Zuidema, Sharoon Saleem, Steven J. Mitby and Thomas P. Schubert are recorded as counsel for plaintiff Versata Software. Frank A. Angileri appears for defendant Ford Motor.
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