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Intellectual Property Analysis of Progressive’s U.S. Patent No. 7,124,088

On January 12, 2011, Progressive Casualty Insurance Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against a group of its competitors. The suit claims that Allstate, Liberty Mutual and Safeco have all infringed on Progressive’s U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,124,088 (hereafter ‘088) and 6,064,970. The patents in question describe and protect an online insurance policy system and vehicle monitoring system. Two weeks after the lawsuit was filed using patent ‘088, a continuation of this patent 7,877,269 (US ‘269) was granted to Progressive, containing largely similar claims.

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ArcSight: HP Bets Long on the Collapse of the Patent System

This week’s Patently Obvious report focuses on the patent holdings of ArcSight, Inc. On September 13, 2010, Hewlett-Packard entered into an agreement to buy ArcSight, a leading security and compliance management company, for $43.50 per share, for a total purchase price of $1.5 billion. ArcSight had been shopping itself around to several large technology companies, several of which reciprocated in their interest.

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Dot Hill Systems and CommVault Systems: Reading Between the Hype

This week’s Patently Obvious report focuses on the patent holdings of Dot Hill Systems and CommVault Systems. M&A activity in the technology sector continues to be white-hot in the wake of Hewlett-Packard’s acquisition of ArcSight and 3PAR. As in previous weeks, news of imminent rollups in the storage and security sectors has driven further speculation into the identity of the next impending targets.

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Analysis of the Intellectual Property of Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc.

On February 7, 2008 Network-1, a non-practicing entity, brought patent infringement charges against Cisco Systems, Inc. and seven other companies over U.S. Patent No. 6,218,930. On July 19, 2010, Network-1 announced that they had reached a settlement with Cisco, among others. Under the terms of the settlement, Cisco must make an upfront payment to Network-1 as well as royalty payments throughout the term of the '930 patent.

This report focuses on patents of interest which predate and are concurrent to Network-1's '930 patent, including public-domain alternatives.

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