Chamberlain Closes on Overhead Door

The Chamberlain Group v. Overhead Door Corp., 21-CV-00084 (E.D. Tex. 2023)

Overhead doorway won a jury verdict in this case back in March 2022.  Even so, Judge Gilstrap requested a partial new demo simply because Overhead Door experienced failed to disclose critical characteristics of its solutions right up until just in advance of trial. New Jury, New Verdict.  Second time about, the new jury discovered the asserted promises legitimate and not infringed — location the royalty at $43 million.

U.S. Patent No. 8,587,404.

4. A movable barrier system with a going-barrier imminent movement notification, the technique comprising:

a movable barrier operator related to close a movable barrier

the movable barrier operator configured to acquire a transmitter identification code from a transmitter as component of a communication from the transmitter brought on in response to a initially consumer input at the transmitter, the conversation comprising a command to shut configured to effect closing of the movable barrier, the movable barrier operator also configured to decide regardless of whether to close the movable barrier in mixture with functioning a relocating-barrier imminent movement notification in reaction to receipt of the command to shut the movable barrier dependent at minimum in part on the transmitter identification code

the movable barrier operator configured to ascertain regardless of whether to near the movable barrier with out running the moving-barrier imminent movement notification based at minimum in part on the transmitter identification code.