Cases & Deals

Motorola settles patent infringement suit with Zoltar involving self-locating cellular GPS technology

Client(s) Motorola, Inc.

Jones Day defended Motorola, Inc. against allegations of infringing patents relating to self-locating cellular telephone technology. The patents-in-suit relate to global positioning systems. The case was transferred from the Eastern District of Texas to the Northern District of California. After a Markman hearing and issuance of a partial claim construction order, the case settled on mutually agreeable terms.

Zoltar Satellite Systems v. LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company, et al., No. 2-05-cv-215 (E.D. Tex.) (Judge Davis); Zoltar Satellite Systems v. LG Electronics (including Motorola, Inc.), C.A. No. 5:06-cv-00044 (N.D. Cal.) (Judge Ware)