All claims for patent infringement have been settled and company moves forward on exploring new licensing opportunities
Dallas, October 8, 2012 – Lone Star Document Management, LLC, announced today that it has signed a license agreement for its patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,918,082, entitled “Electronic Document Proofing System,” with Case Central, Inc., bringing the total number of companies that have licensed the ‘082 Patent to 16.
As a result of its latest license agreement, Lone Star has settled all of its claims for patent infringement against Case Central in Civil Action No. 6:12-cv-160, Lone Star Document Management, LLC, v. Case Central, Inc., filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division.
“We are very pleased to have Case Central join the growing number of companies acknowledging the value of the ‘082 Patent,” said Jeffrey Gross, managing member for Lone Star Document Management and co-inventor of the ‘082 Patent. “The settlement enables us to focus on further licensing opportunities in the expanding electronic document management market.”
The sixteen companies that have licensed Lone Star’s ‘082 Patent to date include: Motive Systems; ITAZ Technologies; Intelledox, Inc.; Alfresco Software; Adlib Publishing Systems Inc.; Hyland Software, Inc.; Paperhost.com, Inc.; VIZit Software, Inc.; Appligent DSI, LLC; Atalasoft, Inc.; Trial Solutions of Texas, LLC; Lexbe, LC; Gallivan, Gallivan & O’Melia, LLC; CAP Digisoft, Inc.; Digital Reef, Inc.; and Case Central, Inc.
Presently, Lone Star has only two lawsuits to enforce the ‘082 Patent still pending: one against Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, and another against Compulink Management Center, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division. On September 11, 2012, Judge Rodney Gilstrap denied Compulink’s Motion to Dismiss with respect to Lone Star’s claims that Compulink has directly infringed the ‘082 Patent and has induced others to infringe the patent.
Lone Star Document Management is represented by the Dallas-based intellectual property and commercial litigation boutique firm of McDole & Williams, PC.
About Lone Star Document Management, LLC
Lone Star Document Management, LLC, is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and focuses on developing innovative technologies in the fields of electronic document creation and management, as well as other technologies. To learn more about Lone Star Document Management, please call (903) 806-0846.
About McDole & Williams, PC
McDole & Williams, PC, is a Dallas-based intellectual property and commercial litigation boutique firm that that represents clients in patent infringement cases as well as in trademark infringement, copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets and other business technology disputes. The firm also represents clients in commercial, business, employment and construction disputes. To learn more about the firm, please visit www.mcdolewilliams.com.
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