Legal Opinion
MediaCom Corp. v. Rates Technology, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 16, 1998No. Civil Action 97-10559-WGYPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
The plaintiff, MediaCom Corporation (“MediaCom”), commenced this declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration that its Phone Misc. product does not infringe patents owned by the defendant, Rates Technology, Inc. (“Rates”). Rates counterclaimed, alleging infringement of both patents.
BACKGROUND
Rates owns two United States Patents Nos. 5,519,769 (“the ’769 patent”) and 5,425,-085 (“the ’085 patent”). The ’085 patent claims a device for automatically routing telephone calls to the carrier offering the least expensive rates for each particular call.…
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