Persistence Software, Inc. v. Object People Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

The motion of defendants The Object People, Inc. and The Object People (U.S.) Inc. (collectively referred to as “defendants” or “TOP”) for summary judgment came on for hearing on December 13, 2000, before this court, the Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton presiding. Defendants appeared by their counsel Michael J. Bettinger. Plaintiff Persistence Software, Inc. (“Persistence”) appeared by its counsel L.J. Chris Martiniak. Having carefully reviewed the parties’ papers and considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby GRANTS summary judgment for the reasons stated below.

INTRODUCTION

The present case stems from alleged patent infringement. Persistence alleges that defendants infringed a number of its software patents. Specifically, Persistence alleges that defendants infringed United States Patent No. 5,615,362 (“the ’362 patent”) and United States Patent No. 5,706,-506 (“the ’506 patent”). Both patents are entitled “Method and Apparatus for Managing Relational Data in an Object Cache.” The ’362 patent contains at least 11 claims, numbers 1-7 and 11 are at issue in the present litigation. The ’506 patent…