The trial is scheduled to begin July 18, 2016, before Judge Robert W. What makes this case newsworthy now, at least marginally so, is the fact that a trial date has just been set.
That TransData filed a patent infringement lawsuit some time ago and in the Eastern District of Texas is in and of itself not newsworthy. The patents claim technologies related to the wireless transmission of electric meter data to reduce the amount of time spent reading the meter manually, especially when those meters are in places that are tough to reach. 6903699, titled Wireless Communication Device for Electric Meter and Method of Manufacture Thereof. 6181294, entitled Antenna for Electric Meter and Method of Manufacture Thereof U.S.
sale or importation of digital electric meters, specifically those including internal wireless communication circuits and antenna. The lawsuit filed by TransData alleges that these three companies have engaged in willfully infringing upon three of TransData’s patents through the U.S. ( NASDAQ:ITRI) Fairfield, CT-based energy giant General Electric ( NYSE:GE) and Landis+Gyr AG, a Swiss energy management firm owned jointly by Japanese tech giant Toshiba Corporation ( TYO:6502) and the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, a public-private partnership. The suit names three defendants: Liberty Lake, WA-based energy tech company Itron, Inc. TransData, a digital electricity meter developer, is located in Carrollton, TX. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Several years ago TransData filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S.
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