LG Electronics, Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Defendants Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi America, Ltd., Hitachi Data Systems Corp. and Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc. (collectively, Hitachi), move for partial summary judgment on Plaintiff LG Electronics, Inc.’s (LGE) infringement claims with respect to a subset of the accused products. LGE opposes the motion. The matter was heard on February 26, 2009. Having considered oral argument and all of the papers submitted by the parties, the Court grants Hitachi’s motion.

BACKGROUND

LGE charges Hitachi with infringing four of its patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 4,939,641, 5,379,379, 5,077,733 and 4,918,-645. The same patents were the subject of litigation in this Court between LGE and a number of computer manufacturers. That litigation was eventually appealed to the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court described the technology embodied in the first three of the patents as follows:

Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Elecs., Inc., — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 2109, 2113-14 , 170 L.Ed.2d 996 (2008) (citations omitted).

Although the '645 patent was the subject of proceedings in this Court and in the Federal Circuit on appeal, LGE…