TELEPHIA FILES PATENT INFRINGEMENT
SUIT AGAINST M:METRICS FOR MOBILE DEVICE METERING
TECHNOLOGY
SAN FRANCISCO
– June 15, 2006
Telephia, Inc, the leading provider of performance
measurement information to the mobile industry,
has filed a lawsuit against M:Metrics with the
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
for violating its intellectual property rights.
The complaint asserts that M:Metrics has engaged
in acts of patent infringement in connection
with the development and distribution of smartphone
metering software (distributed via www.mobilepanel.com).
The complaint is based upon multiple patents
awarded to Telephia in the area of metering
mobile devices, including:
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United States Patent #6,745,011
B1 – “System and Method for Measuring
Wireless Device and Network Usage and Performance
Metrics.” Filed September 1, 2000 and
issued June 1, 2004
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United States Patent #6,754,470
B2 – “System and Method for Measuring
Wireless Device and Network Usage and Performance
Metrics.” Filed August 31, 2001 and issued
June 22, 2004
Telephia is seeking permanent injunction against
M:Metrics infringement on the company’s patent
rights.
“We believe that M:Metrics has violated
Telephia’s intellectual property rights through
the unauthorized development of their smartphone
metering panel,” said Sid Gorham, President
and CEO, Telephia. “It’s regrettable
that we need to resort to legal action, but we
have been unable to obtain their cooperation through
other means. We plan to vigorously protect and
defend our intellectual property in this area.”
“We are strong proponents of mobile device
metering as a next-generation research tool and
are committed to deploying the industry’s
most representative panel for metering mobile
subscriber activity. Based on its patents, Telephia
is developing a device metering platform that
will have the full technical and business support
of mobile operators, device OEM’s and other
key industry players, ” added Gorham.
“We believe that M:Metrics has deployed
metering technology that not only infringes on
Telephia’s intellectual property but also
creates unacceptable risks for consumers and mobile
operators. By paying mobile subscribers to install
metering software to their phones that has not
been certified by carriers and device OEMs, M;Metrics
is creating the potential for a wide range of
device performance, customer service, and consumer
privacy problems.”
About Telephia
Founded in 1998, Telephia provides syndicated
performance measurement information to the leaders
of the converging communications and content industries,
including carriers, device manufacturers, content
and application providers, retailers, infrastructure
vendors and investment analysts. Telephia is the
industry standard measure of subscriber share,
customer satisfaction, device share, network quality,
revenue share, advertising effectiveness, content
audience and many other key performance indicators.
For further information, please visit our website
at www.telephia.com or call 415-395-0500.
Press Contact: Maria Bumatay
e: mbumatay@telephia.com
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