M·CAM’s 2011 Contrarian Call on Apple’s ‘381 Patent Validated By USPTO

Date:  Wed, 2012-10-24

On May 6, 2011, M·CAM published a Patently Obvious™ Report on the “Intellectual Property Analysis of Apple Inc.’s U.S. Patent No. 7,469,381” Link: http://bit.ly/RVUTe1. This report called into question the enforceablilty of Apple’s ‘381 patent and identified M·CAM’s lead challenge, U.S. Patent No. 7,786,975, among others, as potentially uncited prior art. As reported in today’s New York Times (http://nyti.ms/QXnlv8) and elsewhere, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has decided in an initial ruling that this patent should never have been granted, confirming the ‘975 patent as limiting prior art. “Claims 1-5, 9-13, and 15-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated” by the ‘975 patent. The potential invalidation of patent ‘381 could have a significant effect on the billion dollar Apple/Samsung award as well as future litigation.

Dr. David Martin will be appearing LIVE on Bloomberg tonight (6:10 PM EST) with Bloomberg West’s Cory Johnson. Dr. Martin and Mr. Johnson will be discussing the patent decision and what can be expected to unfold next in this smartphone war. Be sure to tune in here: http://www.bloomberg.com/tv/