MAJOR VICTORIES FOR UOIP/CHANBOND against the Cable Companies!
The Patent Board just ruled in UOIP/CHANBOND's favor over RPX (the cable companies.) This follows their recent win over CISCO!
The court documents listed below show that the neither Cisco or RPX could discredit UOIP's patents.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? In 2015 UOIP/Chanbond filed a lawsuit against the 13 major Cable companies for patent infringement. The cable companies through RPX and Cisco then challenged UOIP's patents with the Patent Board (PTAB). The PTAB not only ruled in UOIP's favor but from reading the documents it looks like CISCO and RPX both were grasping at straws.
These wins are admissible in court! They Cable companies have lost their petitions. If they continue with the court case and lose which is likely given these wins with the PTAB they will lose all leverage in negotiating with UOIP.
Quote:III. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, we determine that RPX has not shown by a preponderance of the evidence that claims 1–31 are unpatentable.
IV. ORDER It is ORDERED claims 1–31 of the ’822 patent are not held unpatentable; and FURTHER ORDERED that, because this is a Final Written Decision, parties to the proceeding seeking judicial review of the decision must comply with the notice and service requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 90.2.
Atlantic Broadband Group, LLC Bright House Networks, LLC CSC Holdings, LLC Cable One, Inc Cablevision Systems Corporation Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC Cequel Communications, LLC Charter Communications, Inc Comcast Cable Communications, LLC Comcast Corporation Cox Communications, Inc. Mediacom Communications Corporation RCN Telecom Services, LLC Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC Time Warner Cable Inc. WaveDivision Holdings, LLC WideOpen West Finance, LLC
We expect an update on the case by June 12th
Quote: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 order SO ORDERED Tue 12:05 PM SO ORDERED, re110 STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME for the parties to submit a joint status report and proposed revised schedule to June 12, 2017. Signed by Judge Richard G. Andrews on 5/16/2017. (nms)