Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas

MARSHALL DIVISION

April 13

Finnavations, LLC v. Alliance Bank 2:15-cv-00479-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. Bank of America Corporation 2:15-cv-00480-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. BBVA Compass Financial Corporation 2:15-cv-00481-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. Capital One, National Association 2:15-cv-00482-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. Capital One, National Association 2:15-cv-00483

Finnavations, LLC v. Charles Schwab & Co Inc. 2:15-cv-00484-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. Citizens Bank, National Association 2:15-cv-00485-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company 2:15-cv-00486-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. First Republic Bank 2:15-cv-00487-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. Frost Bank 2:15-cv-00488-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. HSBC Bank USA, National Association 2:15-cv-00489-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 2:15-cv-00490-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. Keycorp Finance, Inc. 2:15-cv-00491-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 2:15-cv-00492-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 2:15-cv-00496-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. Silicon Valley Bank 2:15-cv-00497-JRG

Finnavations, LLC v. US Bank, National Association 2:15-cv-00498-JRG

Plaintiff is a Plano company.

Plaintiff Finnavations, LLC files the complaints for infringement of United States Patent No. 8,132,720, titled “Financial Management System.”

Defendants offer a mobile and online banking platform, which allows a user, using a smartphone for example, to access a financial management application showing a history of financial transactions.

The plaintiff is represented by the Dallas law firm Brown Fox Kizzia & Johnson.

 

Z-Dimensional, LLC v. Creaform U.S.A. Inc. 2:15-cv-00494-JRG

Plaintiff is an Allen company.

Plaintiff is the owner by assignment of the valid and enforceable United States Patent No. 7,729,530 (“the ‘530 Patent”) entitled “Method and Apparatus for 3-D Data Input to a Personal Computer with a Multimedia Oriented Operating System” – including all rights to recover for past and future acts of infringement.

The ‘530 Patent issued on June 1, 2010.

Frisco attorney Ronald Burns represents the plaintiff.

 

Sierra Dust Control L.L.C. v. Next Level Energy Services, L.L.C. 2:15-cv-00495-JRG

Plaintiff is a Tatum company and is engaged in providing services to the oil services industry and in particular to companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing to control and removing silica dust during the handling of frac sand.

Sierra Dust Control is the owner of all right, title, and interest in U.S. Patent No.

8,881,749 (“the ‘749 patent”) for “Systems and Methods for Controlling Silica Dust During Hydraulic Fracturing Operations” issued Nov. 11, 2014.

The Dallas law firm Thompson & Knight represents the plaintiff.

 

April 14

Intuitive Building Controls, Inc. v. AMX LLC 2:15-cv-00500-JRG-RSP

Intuitive Building Controls, Inc. v. Acuity Brands, Inc. 2:15-cv-00501-JRG-RSP

Intuitive Building Controls, Inc. v. Crestron Electronics 2:15-cv-00502-JRG-RSP

Intuitive Building Controls, Inc. v. Control4 Corporation 2:15-cv-00503-JRG-RSP

Intuitive Building Controls, Inc. v. United Technologies Corporation et al 2:15-cv-00504-JRG-RSP

Plaintiff is a Marshall company.

Plaintiff files the complaints for infringement of United States Patent No. 6,118,230, entitled “Lighting Control System Including Server for Receiving and Processing Lighting Control Requests,” with ownership of all substantial rights in the ʼ230 patent, including the right to exclude others and to enforce, sue and recover damages for past and future infringement.

The Simon Law Firm in St. Louis represents the plaintiff.

 

April 15

Innovative Automation v. DIRECTV, LLC 2:15-cv-00505-JRG-RSP

Innovative Automation, LLC v. Flixster, Inc. 2:15-cv-00506-JRG-RSP

Innovative Automation, LLC v. Inkling Systems, Inc. 2:15-cv-00507-JRG-RSP

Innovative Automation, LLC v. Zukor, LLC et al 2:15-cv-00508-JRG-RSP

Innovative Automation, LLC v. Scribd, Inc. 2:15-cv-00509-JRG-RSP

Innovative Automation, LLC v. Studio SBV, Inc. d/b/a Oyster 2:15-cv-00510-JRG-RSP

Plaintiff is a California company.

Plaintiff is the owner of all right, title, and interest in United States Patent No. 7,174,362, entitled “Method and System for Supplying Products from Pre-Stored Digital Data in Response to Demands Transmitted via Computer Network,” duly and legally issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Feb. 6, 2007.

The ’362 patent generally describes and claims a computer-implemented method of digital data duplication.

Tyler attorney Charles Ainsworth represents the plaintiff.

 

Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC v. Blu Products, Inc. 2:15-cv-00511-RWS-RSP

Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC v. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless 2:15-cv-00513-RWS-RSP

Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC v. Datalogic ADC, Inc. 2:15-cv-00514-RWS-RSP

Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC v. Double Power Technology, Inc. 2:15-cv-00515-RWS-RSP

Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC v. Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. 2:15-cv-00516-RWS-RSP

Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC v. Motion Computing, Inc. 2:15-cv-00517-RWS-RSP

Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC v. MSI Computer Corp. 2:15-cv-00518-RWS-RSP

Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC v. Spectralink Corporation 2:15-cv-00519-RWS-RSP

Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC v. Trimble Navigation Limited 2:15-cv-00521-RWS-RSP

Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC v. Unitech America, Inc. 2:15-cv-00522-RWS-RSP

Plaintiff, an Allen company, files the complaints for infringement of United States Patent No. 7,808,483, titled “System, Device, and Method for Extending a

Stroke of a Computer Pointing Device.”

Plano attorney Craig Tadlock represents the plaintiff.

 

TYLER DIVISION

April 15

UrgenSync, LLC v. 8x8, Inc. 6:15-cv-00400

UrgenSync, LLC v. Alliance Phones, Inc. 6:15-cv-00401

UrgenSync, LLC v. Axvoice, Inc. 6:15-cv-00402

UrgenSync, LLC v. Callcentric, Inc. 6:15-cv-00403

UrgenSync, LLC v. CenturyLink, Inc. 6:15-cv-00404

UrgenSync, LLC v. Charter Communications, Inc. 6:15-cv-00405

UrgenSync, LLC v. Consolidated Communications, Inc. 6:15-cv-00406

UrgenSync, LLC v. Corvisa LLC 6:15-cv-00408

UrgenSync, LLC v. Cox Communications, Inc. 6:15-cv-00409

UrgenSync, LLC v. Deltathree, Inc. 6:15-cv-00410

UrgenSync, LLC v. Earthlink LLC et al 6:15-cv-00412

UrgenSync, LLC v. Birch Communications, Inc. 6:15-cv-00413

UrgenSync, LLC v. Intermedia.net, Inc. 6:15-cv-00414

UrgenSync, LLC v. 1-VoIP Enhanced Services, LLC 6:15-cv-00415

Plaintiff is a Tyler company.

The patent infringement actions seek to stop defendants’ infringement of United

States Patent No. 8,295,802, entitled “Communication Control Device and Communication Control Method for an Emergency Call Over the Internet.”

Longview attorney Todd Brandt represents the plaintiff.