Claim terms construed after rejecting both proposed constructions
Nuance Communications, Inc. v. Vlingo, Corp., Civ. No. 09-585-LPS, September 7, 2011.
Stark, J. Claim construction issued.
This patent infringement case involves four patents directed to speech recognition technology. Plaintiff owns three of the patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,799,279; 6,871,179; and 7,315,818. The defendant owns the remaining patent, U.S. Patent No. 7,069,213. The parties argued their respective claim construction positions at a June 20, 2011, Markman hearing. Fourteen claim terms/phrases were at issue, and eleven ultimately construed. Interestingly, a party-proposed construction was not always adopted.
