California Court Defers to Outcome of TPL's Infringement Lawsuit in Texas; Northern California Court Grants TPL's Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Outcome of Infringement Proceedings Against Major Japanese Manufacturers in Eastern District of Texas.CUPERTINO, Calif. -- The TPL 1. TPL - Table Producing Language. "The Bureau of Labor Statistics Table Producing Language (TPL)", R.C. Mendelssohn, Proc ACM Annual Conf (1974). 2. TPL - Fleming Nielson. A concurrent functional language. 3. Group, a global intellectual property management company, today announced that the US District Court of Northern California has stayed the declaratory judgment declaratory judgment In law, a judgment merely declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument. It is binding but is distinguished from other judgments or court opinions in that it includes no executive element (an order that actions recently filed in that court against the TPL Group, Patriot Scientific, et al, by major Japanese manufacturers pending outcome of TPL's earlier-filed action against those same companies in the US District Court in the Eastern District of Texas. This clears the way for the Texas court, sometimes referred to as the "rocket docket" for its expeditious rulings in patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. cases, to now take the lead in judging TPL's broad-based intellectual property claims for infringement of three of the ten patents in the Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) (MMP MMP Matrix Metalloproteinase (enzymes related to tissue healing/remodeling and cancer cell metastasis) MMP Mixed Member Proportional (New Zealand electoral system) MMP Multi-man Publishing ) Portfolio. "This ruling puts a halt to procedural maneuvering by the Matsushita, Panasonic, JVC JVC Victor Company of Japan (or Japan's Victor Company) JVC Jewelers Vigilance Committee JVC Jesuit Volunteer Corps JVC Jet Vane Control (directs VLS-launched missiles) JVC Jonker-Volgenant-Castanon , Toshiba, and NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. entities," said Dan Leckrone, chairman of the TPL Group. Mr. Leckrone noted that the Fujitsu entities, who were also defendants in the Texas action, have recently purchased a license under the MMP Portfolio, and have been dismissed from the Texas and California actions. The validity of TPL's views regarding the scope of the MMP Portfolio has gained substantial momentum since marquee chip makers Intel and AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. purchased MMP licenses last year. Since the beginning of 2006, Hewlett-Packard, Casio Computer and Fujitsu have purchased MMP system licenses. TPL believes that the intellectual property protected by the MMP Portfolio is used in a wide variety of end-user products including personal computers, servers, workstations, home theater systems, digital TVs, video games, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Recorders/Players, mobile handsets and automotive electronics. About the MMP Portfolio Named after legendary inventor Charles "Chuck" Moore, the Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) Portfolio encompasses seven US patents as well as their European and Japanese counterparts. Protected through year of 2015, the MMP portfolio contains intellectual property that became jointly owned by the privately held TPL Group and publicly held Patriot Scientific in a settlement between them in June 2005. Both TPL and Patriot assert that their jointly owned patents have long been essential to the design of microprocessors, microcontrollers, Digital Signal Processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
About Patriot Scientific Patriot Scientific (PTSC PTSC Provisioning Technical Service Committee (Oasis) PTSC Pentagon Telecommunications Service Center PTSC Parent Teacher Student Conference .OB) has emerged as an effective and dynamic intellectual property licensing Company, developing and marketing innovative and proprietary semiconductor technologies. The company's portfolio of proprietary designs encompasses fundamental microprocessor technology, as well as pending patents designed to protect Patriot's proprietary technology. Detailed information about Patriot Scientific can be found on the website www.ptsc.com. About The TPL Group Founded in 1988, Silicon Valley based TPL Group has a solid track record in delivering a complete suite of intellectual property management services. In addition to optimizing IP Portfolio value and protecting assets from infringement, the TPL Group is also well versed in optimally converting portfolio value into cash return for its owner(s). Through Alliacense, a cadre of senior licensing executives, the TPL Group manages IP Licensing Programs across a broad array of industries. For more information, visit www.tplgroup.net. Alliacense, Moore Microprocessor Patent, and MMP are trademarks of Technology Properties Limited (TPL). All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. |
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