TARGUSinfo announces victory for licensed patent portfolio. (Happenings...).TARGUS Information Corporation (TARGUSinfo) has announced that the owner of its licensed patent portfolio, Murex mu·rex n. pl. mu·ri·ces or mu·rex·es Any of various marine gastropods of the genus Murex common in tropical seas and having rough spiny shells, especially M. trunculus, the source of Tyrian purple. Licensing Corporation (Murex), successfully enforced the Murex patents against four major companies: Vicinity Corporation, Pizza Hut, Domino's and Qwest. TARGUSinfo licenses the Murex patents, which generally cover location-based services See mobile positioning. (LBS (Location-Based Services) See mobile positioning. ) and data linkage technologies across communications networks. Other licensees include Verizon, ACXIOM, AMACAI and over 200 U.S. companies that are clients of TARGUSinfo. In 2001, Murex engaged in negotiations with several parties it considered to be infringing the Murex patents. When negotiations proved unsuccessful, Murex filed suit against four of these parties. Murex was very successful in the litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , a key aspect of which was a court ruling on the meanings or claim terms in the Murex patents. After a Markman Hearing A Markman hearing is a pre-trial hearing in the United States court system during which a judge hears testimony from both parties on the appropriate meanings of the relevant key words used in the claims of a patent, the infringement of which is alleged by the plaintiff. , the court issued an order that rejected the defendants' arguments and adopted the definitions of claim terms proposed by Murex. |
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