Ultratec, Inc. et al v. Sorenson Communications, Inc. et al

  1. October 09, 2020

    Fed. Circ. Judge Slams PTAB In Closed-Caption IP Fight

    A Federal Circuit judge was "troubled" Friday by a Patent and Trial Board decision she says conflicts with a "long-settled" standard for reviewing expired patents, asserting during a hearing that the appellate court might have to designate its pending ruling in a battle over closed-captioned phone patent precedential.

  2. October 02, 2015

    Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear Stay Of Ultratec's $44M IP Award

    The Federal Circuit said Friday it won't reconsider its July ruling backing a trial court's decision to pause a patent infringement case after several telephone closed-captioning patents over which CaptionCall LLC was ordered to pay Ultratec Inc. $44 million were found invalid by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

  3. April 01, 2015

    CaptionCall Says PTAB Ruling Nixes $44M Verdict

    CaptionCall LLC urged a federal judge on Tuesday to enter judgment in its favor, after several telephone closed-captioning patents it was ordered to pay $44 million for infringing were found invalid by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's recent B&B Hardware trademark ruling.

  4. November 18, 2014

    Ultratec Wants Fees After $44M Phone Patent Trial

    Ultratec Inc. on Monday asked a Wisconsin federal judge to order rival Sorenson Communications Inc. to pay attorneys' fees for "weak" motions made during a suit in which a jury awarded Ultratec $44.1 million for Sorenson's infringement of patents for closed-captioned technology for telephones.

  5. November 03, 2014

    Ultratec Gets Closed-Caption Patent Nixed In AIA Review

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has ruled that a CaptionCall LLC patent covering closed-captioned error-correction technology used by the hearing impaired was invalid, a win for Ultratec Inc. which also recently won $44 million from a federal jury after it determined that CaptionCall infringed several Ultratec patents.

  6. October 27, 2014

    Ultratec Wins $44M In IP Suit Over Closed-Captioned Phones

    A Wisconsin federal jury awarded Ultratec Inc. $44.1 million on Friday after finding that rival Sorenson Communications Inc. infringed Ultratec's patents on closed-captioned technology for telephones used by people with hearing disabilities.

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