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AVRS as a Non-Party to Allvoice v. Microsoft

Prior to the Declaration of Interference, Allvoice Developments, US LLC sued Microsoft Corp. in district court alleging infringement of Allvoice US Patent No. 5,799,273. On March 9, 2010, the Board of Patents Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) declared Interference between the Allvoice '273 patent and AVRS, Inc.. Many of the claims in Count 1 of the interference are also subject in the litigation.

On April 9, 2010 Allvoice served subpoenas on AVRS and its inventors. Likewise Microsoft served subpoenas on April 28, 2010. Oblon Spivak of Alexandria, VA (counsel for the Interference) represented AVRS filing a motion for protective order to limit the scope of discovery in the subpoenas.

Status of AVRS in Allvoice v. Microsoft

In December 2011 the Western District of Washington court granted in part and denied in part Microsofts motion for partial summary judgment. A copy of that opinion was filed with the BPAI.

• January 23, 2012 Order Denying Plaintiffs Motion for Reconsideration
• January 12, 2012 - Microsofts Response to Motion for Reconsideration
• January 4, 2012 - Plaintiff Motion for Reconsideration of Audio Identifiers
• December 21, 2011 - Court Grants in Part and Denies In Part Partial Summary Judgment
• October 12, 2010 - Microsofts Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
• May 25, 2010 - Non-Parties AVRS Motion for Protective Order
• April 10, 2010 - Allvoice Developments Response to Microsoft Motion to Stay
• March 24, 2010 - Microsofts Motion to Stay Pending Completion of the Interference