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

E.D. Tex.

OBD Sensor Solutions LLC v. Track What Matters, L.L.C., No. 2:22-cv-00124 (E.D. Tex. June 11, 2023)

Claims Construed
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:22-cv-00124, Dkt. No. 54
Decided
June 11, 2023
Judge
Roy S. Payne, M.J.
Document
Claim Construction Memorandum Opinion and Order
Length
21 pages

From the Opinion

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OBD Sensor Solutions LLC alleges infringement by Track What Matters, LLC (Rhino) of claims from U.S. Patent 7,146,346. The patent relates “to an electronic built-in on-board device, of a fuzzy-logic type . . . designed for monitoring, storing, processing and clustering data related to the operation of motor vehicles.” ’346 Patent at 1:7–11. The parties dispute the scope of eight terms and phrases. For four terms, Rhino proposes a specific construction, while OBD asserts no construction is necessary. Rhino challenges the other four terms as indefinite.