人：Uniloc公司VS騰訊(Tencent)公司
事：控告大陸知名通訊軟體「微信」侵權
時：2016/6
地：美國
物：指控微信的語音群聊、視頻群聊等功能侵犯其兩項與電話會議技術相關的專利，要求微信立即中止這些功能，微信母公司騰訊恐將面臨巨額賠償。
摘要：
1992年Uniloc公司成立於澳洲，起初是一家軟體開放商，其後轉而從事利潤更高的專利授權業務。Uniloc本身並不製造專利產品或提供專利服務，而是從其他公司或個人發明者手上購買專利的所有權或使用權，再通過發動專利訴訟賺取巨額利潤。
Uniloc及其子公司已先後在美國發起約200起專利訴訟，還曾於2009年因起訴微軟一炮而紅。早在2003年，Uniloc曾控微軟XP系統的反盜版技術侵權。經六年纏訟，法院於2009年判決微軟需向Uniloc賠償3.88億美元。
PS.
Plaintiffs,
Uniloc USA, Inc. and Uniloc Luxembourg, S.A. (together “Uniloc”), as and for their
complaint against defendants, Tencent America LLC and Tencent Holdings Limited
(collectively “Defendants”), allege as follows:
1. U.S. Patent No. 8,571,194
(“the ‘194 Patent”), entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING A CONFERENCE
CALL issued on October 29, 2013.
System
and method for initiating a conference call
US 8571194 B2
US 8571194 B2
ABSTRACT
The
present invention is a system and method for initiating conference calls via an
instant messaging system to reduce the effort required to initiate and manage
the call. The system uses an IM connection between a requesting party and a
conference call server to inform the conference call server of the desire to
initiate the conference call. The conference call server may initiate the conference
call by having involved parties called by a conference bridge, thus reducing
the effort required by the parties to join the call.
2. U.S. Patent No. 7,853,000
(“the ‘000 Patent”), entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING A CONFERENCE
CALL” issued on December 14, 2010.
System
and method for initiating a conference call
US 7853000 B2
US 7853000 B2
ABSTRACT
The
present invention is a system and method for initiating conference calls via an
instant messaging system to reduce the effort required to initiate and manage
the call. The system uses an IM connection between a requesting party and a
conference call server to inform the conference call server of the desire to
initiate the conference call. The conference call server may initiate the
conference call by having involved parties called by a conference bridge, thus
reducing the effort required by the parties to join the call.
3. The ‘194 Patent and ‘000
Patents are collectively referred to as the “Patents-in-Suit.” The
Patent-in-Suit are part of patent family that has been referenced by hundreds
of other patent applications including patents applications by Microsoft
Corporation; Yahoo! Inc.; Cisco Technology, Inc.; Sprint Communications Company
L.P.; Research In Motion Limited; International Business Machines Corporation;
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.; Qualcomm Incorporated; Verizon Patent
And Licensing Inc.; T-Mobile USA, Inc.; LG Electronics Inc.; Huawei
Technologies Co., Ltd.; and Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson.
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