Sony Xperia M2 smartphones violate four patents owned by...
Sony Xperia M2 smartphones violate four patents owned by the sons of the now-deceased inventor, said an infringement suit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Marshall, Texas. The four patents (6,490,443; 6,806,977; 7,301,664; and 8,072,637) were granted between December…
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2002 and December 2011. All list Charles C. Freeny Jr. as the inventor, and all were assigned to Automated Business Companies of Spring, Texas, the patents show. The complaint, filed by Freeny’s sons, Charles III, Bryan and James, names Sony Electronics and Sony Mobile Communications as defendants (http://1.usa.gov/1tvIcOD). The Freeny family and Automated Business Companies have a history of filing patent infringement actions against large electronics companies, federal court records show. Sony Electronics and Sony Mobile Communications representatives didn’t immediately comment.