Complaint for Patent Infringement
Civil Action No. 3:10-cv-02721-JCS, the Hon. Joseph C. Spero presiding.
Filed on June 22, 2010 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California;

Plaintiffs

v.

Mekiki

Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell; Wilmington, DE

Jack B. Blumenfeld

Mekiki Creates

Defendants

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Blank Rome LLP; Wilmington, DE

Steven L. Caponi

Thomas P. Preston

hkeefe@cooley.com;

Heidi L. Keefe

lstameshkin@cooley.com;

Elizabeth Stameshkin

rchen@cooley.com;

Reuben Chen

jnorberg@cooley.com;

Jeffrey Norberg

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP; Palo Alto, CA

Mark R. Weinstein

Patents in case

• 7,496,603: “Human relationships registering system, method and device for registering human relationships, program for registering human.” by Deguchi et. al. and assigned to Mekiki Co., Ltd.. Prosecuted by Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.. Includes 35 claims (15 indep.). Was application 11/966,291. Filed 12/28/2007 & Granted 2/24/2009.
• 6,879,985: “HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, PROGRAM FOR REGISTERING HUMAN.” by Deguchi et. al. and assigned to Mekiki Co., Ltd.. Prosecuted by Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.. Includes 10 claims (2 indep.). Was application 09/978,030. Filed 10/17/2001 & Granted 4/12/2005.
• 7,493,342: “Human relationships registering system, method and device for registering human relationships, program for registering human.” by Deguchi et. al. and assigned to Mekiki Co., Ltd.. Prosecuted by Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.. Includes 19 claims (17 indep.). Was application 11/073,524. Filed 3/8/2005 & Granted 2/17/2009.