Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas

MARSHALL DIVISION

March 27

Effective Exploration, LLC v. Atlas Barnett, LLC 2:15-cv-00440-JRG-RSP

Effective Exploration, LLC v. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company LP 2:15-cv-00441-JRG-RSP

Plaintiff is a Plano company.

On Aug. 26, 2014, United States Patent No. 8,813,840 (“the ’840 Patent”), entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING SUBTERRANEAN DEPOSITS FROM THE SURFACE AND TOOLS THEREFOR,” was duly and legally issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Effective Exploration is the assignee and owner of the right, title and interest in the ’840 Patent, including the right to assert all causes of action arising under said patent and the right to any remedies for infringement of it.

Attorney Steven Daniels of the Georgetown law firm Farney Daniels represents the plaintiff.

 

April 2

CDR Printing LLC v. Office Depot, Inc. 2:15-cv-00451-JRG-RSP

CDR Printing LLC v. Walgreen Co. 2:15-cv-00452-JRG-RSP

CDR Printing LLC v. Staples, Inc. 2:15-cv-00453-JRG-RSP

CDR Printing LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Company 2:15-cv-00454-JRG-RSP

Plaintiff is an Austin company.

Plaintiff is the owner by assignment of United States Patent No. 7,271,929 (“the

’929 Patent”) titled “System and Method for Integrated Printing and Assembly of Electronic Documents.” The ’929 Patent issued on Sept. 18, 2007.

The tech in question provides formatting codes to control the look and feel of a document and complex rendering codes to control the addition of material to a document.

Attorney Hao Ni of the Dallas firm Ni, Wang & Massand represents the plaintiff.

 

TYLER DIVISION

March 27

NovelPoint Tracking LLC v. BBVA Compass Bancshares, Inc. 6:15-cv-00262-JRG-RSP

NovelPoint Tracking LLC v. Burger King Holdings, Inc. 6:15-cv-00263-JRG-RSP

NovelPoint Tracking LLC v. Hotels.com 6:15-cv-00264-JRG-RSP

NovelPoint Tracking LLC v. McDonald's Corporation 6:15-cv-00265-JRG-RSP

NovelPoint Tracking LLC v. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC 6:15-cv-00266-JRG-

NovelPoint Tracking LLC v. Doctor's Associates, Inc. 6:15-cv-00267-JRG-RSP

NovelPoint Tracking LLC v. United Parcel Service of America, Inc. 6:15-cv-00268-JRG-RSP

Plaintiff is a Plano company.

On Aug. 27, 2002, United States Patent No. 6,442,485 (the "'485 patent"), entitled "Method and Apparatus for an Automatic Vehicle Location, Collision Notification, and Synthetic Voice" was duly and lawfully issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

NPT is the assignee and owner of the right, title and interest in and to the '485 patent, including the right to assert all causes of action arising under said patent and the right to any remedies for infringement of it.

Longview attorney Andrew Spangler represents the plaintiff.