Apple Computer, Inc. v. Articulate Systems, Inc.

Good Law

991 F. Supp. 1189·1997 WL 822751·43 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1843·1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15463

United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaJuly 18, 1997C-96-20421-JWCalifornia2,422 words

Opinion

Ware, J.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT THAT POWERSECRE-TARY DOES NOT INFRINGE PATENTS-IN-SUIT

Defendants Articulate Systems, Inc. and Dragon Systems, Inc.’s (“Defendants”) motion for partial summary judgment that Pow-erSecretary does not infringe United States Patent Nos. Re. 32,632 (the ’632 patent) was heard by the Court on July 14,1997. James Pooley and Howard Pollack appeared on behalf of the Defendants and Chris Olsen and Edwin Wheeler appeared on behalf of Plaintiff Apple Computer, Inc. (“Apple”). Based on all papers filed to date, as well as on the oral argument of counsel, the Court grants Defendants’ motion for partial summary-judgment based on non-infringement of the ’632 patent.

I. BACKGROUND

This patent infringement action was filed by Apple on May 28, 1996 and alleges that Defendants’ PowerSecretary software product and PowerSecretary software infringes Apple’s United States Patent Nos. Re. 32,632 (the ’632 patent); 4,704,703 (the ’703 patent); 5,469,540 (the ’540 patent); and, 5,386,783 (the ’783 patent). The accused products in this case, Articulate’s PowerSecretary, allows a user to control certain operations of the computer by speaking…

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