Patent infringement lawsuit claims Vlingo infringed Nuance patents
Posted by C. Pendergraft on 07/07/08
Industry: Communication Technology
Defendant: Vlingo Corp.
Plaintiff: Nuance Communications, Inc.
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Result:
Source: Wade Roush, “Nuance suit against Vlingo could shut down Yahoo’s voice-driven mobile search service,” Xconomy, June 17, 2008; “Nuance Communications, Inc. v. Vlingo Corp.,” Justia Docket Information, June 16, 2008.
Industry: Communication Technology
Defendant: Vlingo Corp.
Plaintiff: Nuance Communications, Inc.
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Result:
Source: Wade Roush, “Nuance suit against Vlingo could shut down Yahoo’s voice-driven mobile search service,” Xconomy, June 17, 2008; “Nuance Communications, Inc. v. Vlingo Corp.,” Justia Docket Information, June 16, 2008.
On June 16, 2008, Nuance Communications filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Vlingo Corp., claiming the company infringed on its patent related to a speech recognition system for mobile devices. The suit claims Vlingo’s speech recognition software system infringes Nuance’s patent and seeks damages, attorney fees and an injunction. Vlingo’s software is utilized in Yahoo’s oneSearch with Voice product.
Vlingo’s chief technology officer and co-founder, Michael Phillips, is a former Nuance employee who started Vlingo approximately one year after he left Nuance.
Vlingo states the patent infringement lawsuit is unfounded, and claims the patent has limited coverage of questionable validity.
