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Thursday April 24
CCC Information Services Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Mitchell International
CCC Information Services Inc., a subsidiary of CCC Information Services Group Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Mitchell International, Inc.In its complaint filed April 22 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Eastern Division), CCC alleges that Mitchell is infringing CCC's patent entitled "system and method for managing insurance claim processing", U.S. Patent No. 5,950,169 (the "'169 Patent"). The '169 Patent includes coverage for the parts comparison feature in CCC Pathways® collision estimating software.
In addition to a judicial determination that Mitchell infringed the '169 Patent, CCC is seeking preliminary and permanent injunctions enjoining Mitchell from further acts of infringement of the '169 Patent, triple monetary damages for willful infringement, disgorgement of all profits resulting from the infringement of the '169 Patent and attorneys fees.
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