Lenovo Group, the laptop manufacturer and parent company of Motorola, was slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit this week, over accusations it infringes on multiple patents pertaining to camera sensors, camera-based interaction and interfaces and applications.
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The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by Williams Simons & Landis and Stamos & Trucco on behalf of an Ohio-based company, Gesture Technology Partners, claims Motorola unlawfully used four GTP innovations in its smartphones and tablets, including the Motorola One Fusion+, the Motorola One 5G, the Motorola One Zoom, the Motorola One Action, the Motorola One Hyper, the Motorola G Stylus, the Motorola G Power, the Motorola G Fast, and the Motorola E.
According to the complaint, GTP was founded by Timothy Pryor in 2013, and is the sole inventor of the four patents in question. These patents include U.S. Patent Nos. 8,194,924 7,933,431, 8,878,949, and 8,553,079, which “are generally directed to innovations in using mobile phone cameras to assist a user to interact with their smartphone, including, for example, but not limited to unlocking their phone, taking and using photos or videos, and providing other functions.”
GTP maintains that the features in Motorola’s products infringe on the plaintiff’s developments, including: the auto smile capture, shot optimization, smart composition, portrait mode, cutout, live filter, best shot, Google lens integration, AR sticker, electronic image stabilization, face beauty, attentive display, group selfie, gesture selfie, and facial recognition.
The complaint brings claims of patent infringement, and requests a judgment finding, among other things, that the patents have been willfully infringed. The plaintiff also requests Motorola accounts pay GTP all damages, pre and post-judgment interest, and attorney fees and costs.
GTP’s attorney, Fred I. Williams of Williams Simons & Landis, in Austin, declined to comment.
Motorola’s attorney, Michael D. Jay of DLA Piper, in Los Angeles, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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