Legal Opinion
Diamonds. Net LLC v. IDEx Online, Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 18, 2008No. 1:04-cv-06626PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
RICHARD J. HOLWELL, District Judge:
In September 2005, plaintiffs Diamonds.net LLC, Internet Diamond Exchange, LLC, Martin Rapaport, and Rapa-port USA (collectively, “Rapaport”) filed suit against defendants (collectively, “Idex”) asserting ten claims relating to defendants’ alleged infringement of plaintiffs’ intellectual property rights. Rapa-port’s tenth claim alleged that Idex was infringing U.S. Patent No. 5,950,178. Both Rapaport and Idex operate websites for buying and selling diamonds. The patent is directed at a system for facilitating transactions in…
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