陞達捍衛觸控專利　下波瞄準平板
狀告蘋果、三星等手機大廠　黑莓機已乖乖賠錢
日期：2013-07-17 作者：呂愛麗 出處：財訊 第 429 期

苦熬十年仍在虧損的小公司，跨海到美國告八家手機大廠侵權，潛在賠償金額高達四十億美元！陞達科技到底有何能耐，堅持專利研發，台積電創投為何又願三次注資？

一家年營收約新台幣三億元的台灣公司，膽敢跨海到美國狀告一年營業額逾千億美元的蘋果和三星侵權，最近還成功逼和黑莓機ＲＩＭ，讓對方乖乖繳賠償金，憑的是什麼？

這齣小蝦米對抗大鯨魚的戲碼於去年拉開序幕。以研發、製造電腦觸控ＩＣ起家的陞達科技，自去年四月起陸續在美國向蘋果、三星、宏達電、ＲＩＭ、ＬＧ及索尼等八家手機廠商提出訴訟，控告這幾家公司侵犯陞達四項專利，包括在觸控裝置上辨識單點擊、雙點擊、拖曳及滾動視窗螢幕的方法。

潛在賠償收益達四十億美元

目前，蘋果和三星是全球排名前兩大的智慧型手機廠商，囊括了六成以上市占率。假設陞達成功讓這兩家手機大廠屈服，等於承認自二○○四年至去年底，兩家累積銷售六億多支手機都採用了陞達的技術。根據陞達保守粗估，假設以終端銷售價一％計算，潛在侵權賠償收益為二十億美元。若再將其他廠商納入，金額頓時翻倍至四十億美元，相當可觀！除了賠償金之外，未來還可能有權利金的收益。

ＲＩＭ已於六月底與陞達私下和解，其餘廠商持續與陞達協商。據了解，蘋果和三星已提出賠償金額，陞達因不滿意，拒絕接受。一名業內人士觀察，「陞達拒絕接受，表示他們對自己的專利很有信心。」

理平頭，身穿Polo恤，菸不離手，年近五十的陞達科技董事長林招慶自嘲，「我只是一個平凡人，卻有不平凡的經歷。」語畢大笑，林招慶的人生與他所創的陞達一樣，經歷不少起伏，並一再挑戰個人的耐力極限。

父親以修理腳踏車為生，母親挑擔在菜市場叫賣水果，自幼在屏東新園鄉烏龍村長大。林招慶印象最深刻的是，颱風天淹水，仍就讀國小的他與母親在及胸的水深之中推著三輪車，挨家挨戶做生意，「有一條蛇從眼前游過，至今歷歷在目。」拿起辦公桌上的一座紙鎮說，那是母親做生意用的秤錘，他回憶，「小時候不懂什麼是苦，只知道窮。年紀愈大，反而覺得苦才是正常的。」

甘於吃苦的性格，也反映在林招慶所創的事業上。二○○○年左右，網路泡沫危在旦夕，他離開在美國矽谷與朋友所創的公司Techwell，回到台灣。Techwell是一家將類比訊號轉為數位訊號的ＩＣ設計公司，於○六年在那斯達克上市，一○年被半導體廠Intersil併購。

http://www.wealth.com.tw/index2.aspx?f=901&id=3342

陞達科技辦理102年現金增資:

共發行2,500,000股, 員工認股10%, 原股東每仟股可認107.14股,
現增價10元, 繳款期限: 102/11/07~102/11/13.

突然辦理現增, 繳款期限截頭去尾沒幾天, 不知有啥特別原因!!??

RIM Settles Case over Touchscreen Patents
Posted by Bala Krishnan on June 28, 2013 at 12:13am / View Blog

Case Filed: Apr 11, 2012
Case Closed: Jun 24, 2013
Court: Texas Eastern District Court
Judge: Michael H. Schneider

Case Summary

A patent infringement case was filed by Touchscreen Gestures against RIM claiming that the latter have violated four patents related to providing functionality through a host of smartphone gestures including dragging, tapping on a display and scrolling. The patents involved are as follows:
◾US7180506 - Method for identifying a movement of single tap on a touch device, issued on Feb 20, 2007
◾US7184031 - Method and controller for identifying a drag gesture, issued on Feb 27, 2007
◾US7190356 - Method and controller for identifying double tap gestures, issued on Mar 13, 2007
◾US7319457 - Method of scrolling window screen by means of controlling electronic device, issued on Jan 15, 2008

The ‘506, ‘356 and ‘457 patents expire* on Feb 12, 2024 and ‘031 patent expires on Jul 06, 2024. These patents are currently assigned+ to Touchscreen Gestures (source: MaxVal’s Assignment Database). The patents were originally issued to Sentelic Corporation, a Taiwan based company, manufacturing products including touch screens, touch pads, and touch buttons for applications in electronic devices.

The accused products were Blackberry Torch and Storm2 smartphones as well as the RIM Blackberry Playbook,
which allow the identification of drag, tap and scroll gestures via methods, controllers and gestures units as infringing claims of the ‘031, ‘506, ‘356 and ‘457 patents. The complaint sought permanent injunction, money damages and associated attorney’s fees.

It is likely that the parties have settled the case out of court. A joint motion to dismiss the case was filed by RIM and upon consideration, Court signed off on the final judgment ordering all claims and counterclaims to be dismissed with prejudice.

See 6:12-cv-00263 for more details. To get alerts on cases filed/closed, subscribe to our Litigation Alerts.

http://ipinsiders.com/profiles/blogs/rim-settles-case-over-touchscreen-patents#.UfSt6kQVG00

Sentelic accuses Samsung, HTC, Apple, RIM of patent infringement
Updated:2012/5/14 11:25
http://www.cn-c114.net/579/a689706.html

Touchscreen Gestures以陞達的觸控IC技術控告HTC、三星、蘋果等手機大廠侵權
http://cdnet.stpi.narl.org.tw/techroom/pclass/2012/pclass_12_A089.htm

RIM Settles Case over Touchscreen Patents
Posted by Bala Krishnan on June 28, 2013 at 12:13am / View Blog
http://ipinsiders.com/profiles/blogs/rim-settles-case-over-touchscreen-patents#.UfSt6kQVG00