MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SlickEdit Inc. announces defeat of Uniloc USA, Inc. in an alleged patent infringement lawsuit.
In October of 2012, Uniloc filed a lawsuit against SlickEdit, alleging patent infringement (U.S. patent 5,579,222) concerning a license management system.
Uniloc is a patent-assertion entity or “patent troll,” i.e. a company whose sole business is to sue software companies including Adobe, Microsoft, Sony, and Symantec. It sued more than a dozen companies over this patent. SlickEdit is a privately owned company that develops software tools that increase developer productivity.
In an unusual turn of events, after more than a year of litigation, Uniloc asked the court to dismiss its own lawsuit against SlickEdit. This came a week after the court held a three-hour pre-trial Markman hearing on February 13, 2014 in which SlickEdit argued that Uniloc’s patent covered far less than what Uniloc was claiming.
In regards to this lawsuit, J. Clark Maurer, President, CEO and CTO of SlickEdit states, "I knew SlickEdit did not infringe. I hired a great attorney and worked closely with him. We were able to put together a solid case and ultimately saved the company a lot of money."
In comments about our representation, J. Clark Maurer said, “I interviewed nine different patent attorneys at nine different firms and easily chose Tim Shannon of Verrill Dana, LLP. Tim and his team mastered the patent, mastered our product inside and out, and led a claim construction argument that literally threatened to derail Uniloc’s entire national campaign. Tim never let up and got us a great result. I highly recommend his service.”
About SlickEdit Inc.
SlickEdit Inc. provides software developers with multi-language development tools and the most advanced code editors available. Power programmers, from Fortune 500 companies to individuals, have chosen SlickEdit as their development tool of choice for over 25 years. Proven on Windows, Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X platforms, SlickEdit products enable even the most accomplished developers to write more code faster, and more accurately. For more information about SlickEdit and free trial downloads, please visit http://www.slickedit.com.
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