Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Fed. Cir.

SimpleAir, Inc. v. Sony Ericsson Mobile, No. 15-1251 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 1, 2016)

Reversed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 15-1251
Also Docketed
No. 15-1253 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
April 1, 2016
Judge
Wallach, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
21 pages

From the Opinion

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Plaintiff-Appellee SimpleAir, Inc. (“SimpleAir”) filed this patent infringement action against Defendant - Appellant Google Inc. (“Google”) in 2011, alleging that Google’s Cloud Messenger and Cloud to Device Messenger services (collectively, “Google’s Cloud Messenger Ser- vices”) infringe independent claim 1 and dependent claims 2, 3, 7, and 22 (the “asserted claims”) of U.S. Patent N o. 7,035,914 (the “’914 p atent”). A jury determined none of the asserted claims was invalid, and that Google’s Cloud SIMPLEAIR, INC. v.