SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECORD

Marshall Division 

Nov. 2

• SportBrain Inc. v. Adidas America Inc. Case No. 2:12-cv-00700

• SportBrain Inc. v. Fitbit Inc. Case No. 2:12-cv-00701

SportBrain is a limited liability company which maintains a principal place of business in Austin.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,454,002 issued Nov. 18, 2008, for Integrating Personal Data Capturing Functionality Into a Portable Computing Device and a Wireless Communication Device.

The plaintiff is asking for an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, interest, attorney’s fees and court costs.

SportBrain is represented by Melissa R. Smith of Gillam & Smith LLP in Marshall and Steven R. Ritcheson and Joseph C. Gabaeff of Heninger Garrison Davis in Chatsworth, Calif. A jury trial is requested.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the case.

 

• TQP Development v. The Hertz Corp. Case No. 2:12-cv-00702

• TQP Development v. Intel Corp. et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00703

TQP Development is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Marshall.

TQP Development accuses the defendants of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,412,730 issued May 2, 1995, for Encrypted Data Transmission System Employing Means for Randomly Altering the Encryption Keys.

The defendant is accused of willful infringement of the ‘730 patent.

The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction preventing the defendants from continued acts of infringement and for an award of damages, interest and costs.

TQP Development is represented by Marc A. Fenster, Alex C. Giza, Adam S. Hoffman and Kevin Burke of Russ, August & Kabat in Los Angeles, Calif.; Hao Ni of Ni Law Firm in Dallas and Andrew Spangler of Spangler & Fussell P.C. in Longview.

A jury trial is requested.

 

Nov. 6

• Stutts v. BSN Sports Inc.

Tommy Stutts is an individual resident of Henderson County.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,789,787 issued Sept. 14, 2004, for Portable, Evaporative Cooling Unit Having a Self-Contained Water Supply.

Stutts is asking the court to issue an injunction and for an award of damages in no less than a reasonably royalty, plus enhanced damages, attorney’s fees, expenses and interest.

The plaintiff is represented by Stafford Davis of The Stafford Law Firm in Tyler and D. Neil Smith, Derek Gilliland and John Hull of Nix Patterson & Roach in Daingerfield. A jury trial is requested.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the case.

Case No. 2:12-cv-00705

 

• Patent Group v. BMW of North America

Patent Group is a limited liability company with its principal place of business in Tyler.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,603,490 B1 issued Aug. 5, 2003, for Web Site Screen Rotation.

The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, costs, expenses, interest, attorney’s fees and enhanced damages.

Patent Group is represented by John F. Walker, Reid WM. Martin and Marisa Schouten of Martin Walker P.C. in Tyler and Stafford Davis of The Stafford Davis Firm in Tyler.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the case.

Case No. 2:12-cv-00706

 

Tyler Division

Nov. 2

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation v. Real Communications Inc.

CSIRO has a principal place of business in Australia.

Cisco is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,487,069 issued on Jan. 23, 1996, for Wireless LAN.

The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction preventing Cisco from further infringement of the ‘069 patent and for an award of damages, interest, attorney’s fees and court costs.

CSIRO is represented by Michael Ng, James Wagstaffe and Maria Radwick of Kerr & Wagstaffe in San Francisco, Calif., Jordan Trent Jones in San Francisco and Michael Heim, Leslie V. Payne and Miranda Y. Jones of Heim, Payne & Chorush in Houston. A jury trial is requested.

Case No. 6:11-cv-00842

 

Nov. 5

• Mosaid Technologies Inc. v. St. Ericsson Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00845

• Mosaid Technologies Inc. v. NXP Semiconductors USA Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00846

• Mosaid Technologies Inc. v. Xilinix Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00847

• Mosaid Technologies Inc. v. STMicroelectronics Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00848

Mosaid is a Canadian corporation with a place of business in Plano.

The defendants are accused of infringing on:

• U.S. Patent No. 7,051,306 issued May 23, 2006, for Managing Power on Integrated Circuits Using Power Islands;

• U.S. Patent No. 5,577,230 issued Nov. 19, 1996, for Apparatus and Method for Computer Processing Using an Enhanced Harvard Architecture Utilizing Dual Memory Buses and the Arbitration for Data/Instruction Fetch;

• U.S. Patent No. 5,724,505 issued March 3, 1998, for Apparatus and Method for Real-Time Program Monitoring via a Serial Interface;

• U.S. Patent No. 5,958,036 issued Sept. 28, 1999 for Circuit for Arbitrating Interrupts with Programmable Priority Levels; and

• U.S. Patent No. 6,256,725 issued July 3, 2001, for Shared Datapath Processor Utilizing Stack-Based and Register-Based Storage Spaces.

The defendants are also accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,945,885 for May 17, 2011, and U.S. Patent No. 7,996,811 issued Aug. 9, 2011; both for Power managers for an integrated circuit.

The plaintiff is asking the court for an injunction preventing further infringement and for an award of damages, enhanced damages, attorney’s fees and court costs.

Mosaid Technologies is represented by S. Calvin Capshaw III, Elizabeth L. DeRieux and D. Jeffrey Rambin of Capshaw DeRieux LLP in Gladewater; Robert S. Bennett and John Robert Robertson of Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C.; and K. T. Cherian and Scott Wales of Hogan Levells in San Francisco, Calif. A jury trial is requested.

U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis is assigned to the case.

 

Nov. 7

• Charge Lion v. Linear Technology Corp. Case No. 6:12-cv-00858

• Charge Lion v. STMicroelectronics N.V. et al Case No. 6:12-cv-00859

• Charge Lion v. Microchip Technology Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00860

• Charge Lion v. Skyworks Solutions Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00861

• Charge Lion v. Texas Instruments Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00862

Charge Lion is a Texas limited liability company having a principal place of business in Plano.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,543,702 issued Aug. 6, 1996, for Alkaline Battery Charging Method and Battery Charger.

Charge Lion is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, court costs, interest and expenses.

The plaintiff is represented by Hao Ni, Timothy T. Wang and Stevenson Moore V of Ni Law Firm PLLC in Dallas. A jury trial is requested.

U.S. District Leonard Davis is assigned to the cases.