NPE 유니록(Uniloc, 유니락)이 카카오/라인/삼성에 대해 제기한 특허 소송을 소개합니다. 본 자료는 공중에 공개된 자료에 기반하여 작성한 것입니다.

1. Uniloc v. Kakao/Line/Samsung
특허법인 대아 정안나 변리사특허법인 대아 정안나 변리사
2016/06/28

2. Uniloc 소송 제기 상황
Uniloc Kakao
Group I
US 8,571,194
US 7,853,000 LineUS 7,853,000
System And Method For Initiating
A Conference Call
Group II
US 7,535,890
Samsung
US 8,724,622
US 8,995,433
US 8,243,723
(K k /Li 만 US 8 199 747)
Apple
(Kakao/Line:만 US 8,199,747)
System and method for
instantVoIP messaging Facebook/Google/…
일부 피고는 US 7,804,948 포함
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3. Uniloc 소송 개요 – Group I
 피고
 Kakao Corp (2016/05/30, 2:16-cv-00576)
 Line Euro-Americas Corp (2016/05/28 2:16-cv-00567) Line Euro Americas Corp (2016/05/28, 2:16 cv 00567)
 Google, Inc (2016/05/28, 2:16-cv-00566 )
 Facebook, Inc (2016/03/18, 6:16-cv-00223)
 그외 Viber, Huawei, Tencent, WhatsApp 등에 2015/12/28 이후 소송 제기
 2014/11/13 MS에 침해소송  2015/07/06 종료 2014/11/13 MS에 침해소송  2015/07/06 종료
 2015/04/30 Genband에 침해소송  2016/04/27 종료
 관련 특허관련 특허
 System And Method For Initiating A Conference Call
 US 8,571,194
 Kakao, Line 대상으로 상세하게 침해 근거를 제시
 US 7,853,000
 참고: US 7,804,948
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4. Uniloc 소송 개요 – Group II
 피고
 Kakao Corporation(2:16-cv-00640)
 Line Euro Americas Corp et al(2:16 cv 00641) Line Euro-Americas Corp. et al(2:16-cv-00641)
 Samsung Electronics America, Inc.(2:16-cv-00642)
 그 외 Apple Inc.(2:16-cv-00638), BlackBerry Corporation et al(2:16-cv-00639),
Vib M di S l (2 16 00643) V N t LLC(2 16 00644) Wh t AViber Media S.a.r.l.(2:16-cv-00643), VoxerNet LLC(2:16-cv-00644), WhatsApp,
Inc.(2:16-cv-00645)
 관련 특허 관련 특허
 System and method for instant VoIP messaging
US 7 535 890 US 7,535,890
 Kakao, Apple, WhatsApp 대상으로 상세하게 침해 근거를 제시
 US 8,724,622
 Line, Samsung, Viber, Blackberry, VoxerNet 대상으로 상세하게 침해 근거를 제시
 US 8,995,433
 US 8 243 723 US 8,243,723
 US 8,199,747
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5. Uniloc v. Kakao – Group I
 특허별 간략 검토
 US 8,571,194 (COUNT I)
 상세하게 침해 근거를 제시
 Claims 1-4, 6-9, and 11-14
 US 7,853,000 (COUNT II)
 Claims 1-3, 6, 8, 12, 18, 20, and 21
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6. Uniloc v. Line – Group I
 특허별 간략 검토
 US 8,571,194 (COUNT I)
 상세하게 침해 근거를 제시
 Claims 1-16
 US 7,853,000 (COUNT II)
 Claims 1-8, 12, 18, and 20-23
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7. Uniloc v. Kakao – Group II
 특허별 간략 검토
 US 7,535,890 (COUNT I)
 상세하게 침해 근거를 제시
 Claims 1-6, 9, 14, 15, 17-20, 23, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 40-43, 46, 51, 52, 53,
54, 57, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, and 69
 US 8,199,747 (COUNT II)
Cl i 1 3 d 12 14 Claims 1-3 and 12-14
 US 8,724,622 (COUNT III)
 Claims 3, 4, 6-8, 10, 11, 12-19, 21-23, 27-33, 35, 38 and 39
 US 8,995,433 (COUNT IV)
 Claims 1-5, 7-12, 14-19 and 21-27
 US 8 243 723 (COUNT V) US 8,243,723 (COUNT V)
 Claims 1-3
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8. Uniloc v. Line – Group II
 특허별 간략 검토
 US 8,724,622 (COUNT I)
 상세하게 침해 근거를 제시
 Claims 3, 4, 6-8, 10, 11-19, 21-23, 38 and 39
 US 8,995,433 (COUNT II)
 Claims 1-5, 7-12, 14-17, 25-27
US 7 535 890 (COUNT III) US 7,535,890 (COUNT III)
 Claims 1-6, 9, 14, 15, 17-20, 23, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 40-43, 46, 51, 52, 53,
54, 57, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69
 US 8,199,747 (COUNT IV)
 Claims 1-3 and 12-14
 US 8 243 723 (COUNT V) US 8,243,723 (COUNT V)
 Claims 1-3
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9. Uniloc v. Samsung – Group II
 특허별 간략 검토
 US 8,724,622 (COUNT I)
 상세하게 침해 근거를 제시
 Claims 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 and 38
 US 8,995,433 (COUNT II)
 Claims 1-5, and 8
US 8 243 723 (COUNT III) US 8,243,723 (COUNT III)
 Claims 1-3
 US 7,535,890 (COUNT IV), , ( )
 Claims 1-6, 14, 15, 17-20, 28, 29, 31-34, 40-43, 51-54, 62-65 and 68
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10. Uniloc v. Apple – Group II
 특허별 간략 검토
 US 7,535,890 (COUNT I)
 상세하게 침해 근거를 제시
 Claims 1-6, 14, 15, 17-20, 28, 29, 31-34, 40-43, 51-54, 62-65 and 68
 US 8,995,433 (COUNT II)
 Claims 1-5, and 8
US 8 724 622 (COUNT III) US 8,724,622 (COUNT III)
 Claims 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23 and 38
 US 8,243,723 (COUNT IV), , ( )
 Claims 1 and 3
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11. US 8,571,194 – Group I
출원번호 12/907,550 출원일자 October 19, 2010 공개번호 US 20110033035 공개일자 Feb 10, 2011
등록번호 8,571,194 등록일자 October 29, 2013 현재등록상태 등록 청구항수 16
명칭 System and method for instant VoIP messaging
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer instructions configured to operate with electronic computer hardware to perform the
Claim 1
y p g p g p p p
following steps: display, in an instant messaging (IM) chat window of a first party, an exchange of IM messages between the first party and at least one other
party, the first party and the at least one other party being current participants to an IM session; display for the first party an indication of whether the at
least one other party is communicably connected to the IM session; display for the first party an option to automatically initiate voice communication
between the current participants of the IM session without requiring individual selection of potential members including the first party and the at least one
other party and without requiring registration with a conference call server for establishing the voice communication by the potential members including the
first party and the at least one other party; and request in response to selection of the option voice communication between the first party and the at leastfirst party and the at least one other party; and request, in response to selection of the option, voice communication between the first party and the at least
one other party; wherein in response to the request, the voice communication is established between the first party and those of the at least one other
party.
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12. US 7,853,000 – Group I
출원번호 12/723,750 출원일자 March 15, 2010 공개번호 US 20100165888 공개일자 Jul 1, 2010
등록번호 7,853,000 등록일자 December 14, 2010 현재등록상태 등록 청구항수 23
명칭 System and method for instant VoIP messaging
1. A method for initiating a conference call for a conference call requester using a network access device, the network access device communicating via an
Claim 1
g q g g
instant messaging service, the instant messaging service being adapted to communicate conference call request information with a conference call server,
comprising: indicating, at the network access device, a plurality of potential targets then being connected to the instant messaging service and participating in
a given instant messaging session with the conference call requester; generating a conference call request responsively to a single request by the conference
call requester, said conference call request identifying each of the indicated potential targets; and transmitting the conference call request to the conference
call server; wherein, a conference call connection initiated by the conference call server and connected to the conference call requestor and each of the
indicated potential targets is automatically established responsively to the transmitted conference call requestindicated potential targets is automatically established responsively to the transmitted conference call request.
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13. US 7,535,890 – Group II
출원번호 10/740,030 출원일자 December 18, 2003 공개번호 US 20050135333 공개일자 Jun 23, 2005
등록번호 7,535,890 등록일자 May 19, 2009 현재등록상태 등록 청구항수 70
명칭 System and method for instant VoIP messaging
1. An instant voice messaging system for delivering instant messages over a packet-switched network, the system comprising: a client connected to the
Claim 1
g g y g g p y p g
network, the client selecting one or more recipients, generating an instant voice message therefor, and transmitting the selected recipients and the instant
voice message therefor over the network; and a server connected to the network, the server receiving the selected recipients and the instant voice message
therefor, and delivering the instant voice message to the selected recipients over the network, the selected recipients enabled to audibly play the instant
voice message, and the server temporarily storing the instant voice message if a selected recipient is unavailable and delivering the stored instant voice
message to the selected recipient once the selected recipient becomes available.
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14. US 8,724,622 – Group II
출원번호 13/546,673 출원일자 July 11, 2012 공개번호 US 20120275452 공개일자 Nov 1, 2012
등록번호 8,724,622 등록일자 May 13, 2014 현재등록상태 등록 청구항수 39
명칭 System and method for instant VoIP messaging
3 A system comprising: a network interface connected to a packet switched network; a messaging system communicating with a plurality of instant voice
Claim 3
3. A system comprising: a network interface connected to a packet-switched network; a messaging system communicating with a plurality of instant voice
message client systems via the network interface; and a communication platform system maintaining connection information for each of the plurality of
instant voice message client systems indicating whether there is a current connection to each of the plurality of instant voice message client systems,
wherein the messaging system receives an instant voice message from one of the plurality of instant voice message client systems, and wherein the instant
voice message includes an object field including a digitized audio file.
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15. US 8,995,433 – Group II
출원번호 14/224,125 출원일자 March 25, 2014 공개번호 US 20140204935 공개일자 Jul 24, 2014
등록번호 8,995,433 등록일자 March 31, 2015 현재등록상태 등록 청구항수 27
명칭 System and method for instant VoIP messaging
1. A system comprising: an instant voice messaging application including a client platform system for generating an instant voice message and a messaging
Claim 3
y p g g g pp g p y g g g g g
system for transmitting the instant voice message over a packet-switched network via a network interface; wherein the instant voice messaging application
displays a list of one or more potential recipients for the instant voice message; wherein the instant voice messaging application includes a message database
storing the instant voice message, wherein the instant voice message is represented by a database record including a unique identifier; and wherein the
instant voice messaging application includes a file manager system performing at least one of storing, deleting and retrieving the instant voice messages from
the message database in response to a user request.
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16. US 8,243,723 – Group II
출원번호 12/398,063 출원일자 March 4, 2009 공개번호 US 20090161664 공개일자 Jun 25, 2009
등록번호 8,243,723 등록일자 August 14, 2012 현재등록상태 등록 청구항수 8
명칭 System and method for instant VoIP messaging
1. A method for instant voice messaging over a packet-switched network, the method comprising: monitoring a connectivity status of nodes within the
Claim 3
g g p p g g y
packet-switched network, said connectivity status being available and unavailable; recording the connectivity status for each of the nodes; associating a sub-
set of the nodes with a client; transmitting a signal to a client including a list of the recorded connectivity status for each of the nodes in the sub-set
corresponding to the client; receiving an instant voice message having one or more recipients; delivering the instant voice message to the one or more
recipients over a packet-switched network; temporarily storing the instant voice message if a recipient is unavailable; and delivering the stored instant voice
message to the recipient once the recipient becomes available.
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17. US 8,199,747 – Group II
출원번호 12/398,076 출원일자 March 4, 2009 공개번호 US 20090161665 공개일자 Jun 25, 2009
등록번호 8,199,747 등록일자 June 12, 2012 현재등록상태 등록 청구항수 15
명칭 System and method for instant VoIP messaging
Claim 3
1. A method for instant voice messaging over a packet-switched network, the method comprising: generating an instant voice message, wherein generating
includes recording the instant voice message in an audio file and attaching one or more files to the audio file; transmitting the instant voice message having
one or more recipients; receiving an instant voice message when a recipient is available; and receiving a temporarily stored instant voice message when a
recipient becomes available, wherein the instant voice message is temporarily stored when at least one recipient is unavailable.
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