Legal Opinion
IpVenture, Inc. v. Prostar Computer, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 28, 2007No. 2006-1012, 2006-1081PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
IpVenture, Inc. owns and licenses patents on inventions related to the management of personal computer systems. The company is owned by Mr. Peter Tong and Mr. C. Douglass Thomas. On August 14, 2003 IpVenture sued two computer manufacturers, ProStar Computer, Inc. and Mi-dern Computer, Inc. (together “Defendants”), charging them with infringement of United States Patent No. 6,216,235 (the '235 patent) entitled “Thermal and Power Management for Computer Systems,” the joint invention of C. Douglass Thomas and his father, Alan E. Thomas.
Mr. C. Douglass Thomas had for several…
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