Complaint Alleges ‘Predictive Text’ Function on LG Phone Infringes 2 Patents

The “predictive text” functionality on LG’s Risio 3 prepaid smartphone for Cricket Wireless infringes two patents for an “automatic dynamic contextual data entry completion system,” alleged the patents’ owner, Mountech, in a complaint (in Pacer) Monday in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware. One patent (7,991,784) was granted in August 2011. The other (8,311,805) dates to November 2012. Both name New Yorker Prashant Parikh as the sole inventor, but neither lists an assignee. LG “has committed these acts of infringement without license or authorization,” it said. Mountech “has suffered monetary damages and is entitled to a monetary judgment in an amount adequate” to compensate it for LG’s infringement, plus “interests and costs,” it said. “As a matter of policy, LG doesn't generally comment on such pending legal actions,” emailed a spokesperson.