LogMeIn Inc., which operates a service that lets people remotely access their computers, said Friday that a federal judge has ruled in its favor in a patent case.
The company said the judge in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has granted LogMeIn’s motion for summary judgment on non-infringement in a case brought by a company called 01 Communique, which makes remote access software. Summary judgment is a type of court ruling that prevents a particular issue from going to trial.
The case, according to regulatory filings, centers on a claim that LogMeIn’s products violate a patent held by 01 Communique. The patent covers a way of creating a private communications portal from one computer to another. The lawsuit was filed last year, and a trial had been tentatively scheduled for this year.
LogMeIn said in a release that the court has removed the May 2nd trial date and that a written order from the court is forthcoming.
LogMeIn, based in Woburn, Mass., bills its technology as helping people remotely control such devices as PCs, medical devices, smartphones and retail point-of-sale systems from Internet-connected computers.
A message for 01 Communique was not immediately returned late Friday.
LogMeIn shares rose $3.92, or 9.3 percent, to close at $46.08.