Romek Figa d/b/a Abraham & Son (Hanover, MA) has sued High Tech Computer Corp. (“HTC”) (Taiwan) and its U.S. affiliates and importer for infringement of Patent No. 4,924,496
(which expired on May 12, 2008) directed to a caller ID system and accusing HTC and its related entities of importing and selling a variety of infringing mobile telephones including several associated with T-Mobile and Cingular.
Frustrated by slow correspondence between the parties dating from 2005 through 2008, and no doubt knowing that damages were only going down, Figa finally brought suit. Though if Figa knew of the infringement as early as 2005, is it possible he knew or should have known prior to Apr. 5, 2004, more than six years prior to filing suit? I smell a laches dispute.
Side note: the claims of this patent, while written in means-plus-function language, are awfully broad.
Romek Figa d/b/a Abraham & Son v. High Tech Computer Corp., 10-10575-NG (D. Mass. Apr. 6, 2010)
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