Patent infringement cases are amongst the most complex due to the difficulty in understanding, construing of claims, and explaining technical terms and concepts. Given the high stakes of patent litigation, assembling a strong team is important. GIS can provide solid technical evidence and the right technical experts...
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Patents related to wireless technologies have been in the forefront of industry attention due to their impact on mobile devices, smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc. Every mobile device today is equipped with a 802.11 WiFi interface, a short range wireless interface, such as Bluetooth, and a cellular broadband interface.
Learn more about our wireless testing capabilitiesIn the case of CENTILLION DATA SYSTEMS, LLC v. QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. et al. the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressed the issue of infringement for “use” of a system claim that includes elements in the possession of more than one actor. In this case Centillion appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgement that Qwest did not infringe the claims of US Patent No. 5,287,270 (‘270 patent). The ’270 patent discloses a system for collecting, processing, and delivering information from a service provider, such as a telephone company, to a customer. The inventors developed a system for processing call data and delivering it to customers in a format appropriate for a personal computer. The personal computers
Many methods exist for estimating the value of patents based on intangible or statistical data. Increasingly, various methods of valuation are incorporating factors which are specific to the patent or patents at issue. GIS has also taken a similar approach and has developed a methodology of patent valuation which is patent centric, incorporating specific IP and technical knowledge based criteria in order to determine the value of each patent, i.e., valuation of patents based on the nature of the patents themselves and the technology to which they each apply. GIS’ philosophy with respect to valuation is that to understand the value of a patent one must evaluate the relevant technical and IP strengths and weaknesses of the patent. GIS possesses
Faced with key scaling challenges, DRAM and NAND industry, two important technological pillars of modern electronics, are going through some significant evolution. While the industry is trying to extend the scaling capability of existing technologies, new and emerging memory technologies are being proposed. According to one research1, DRAM industry has been maintaining 33% of compound annual growth rate measured in terms of cost per Gbit improvement (reduction). Since the industry has introduced 20 nm products in 2012, however, the prospect of keeping the same trend in the coming years is in question. There are some speculations that the improvement rate may be reduced to 20% range. For DRAM, it is all about maintaining the storage capacitance with ever decreasing cell
