MARSHALL DIVISION
May 18
Sharing Sound is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Longview.
The defendants are Apple Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Inc., Sony Corporation of America, Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Corp., Rhapsody International Inc., Napster L.L.C., Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
The plaintiff alleges that the defendants are infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,247,130 issued June 12, 2001, for Distribution of Musical Products by a Web Site Vendor Over the Internet.
The plaintiff is asking the Court to declare that the defendants are infringing on the '130 Patent and for a permanent injunction preventing the defendants from continued infringement.
Sharing sound is also seeking an award of damages, plus interest, expenses, costs and attorneys' fees.
Jury trial is requested.
The plaintiff is represented by Longview attorneys Andrew W. Spangler and Todd Y. Brandt of Spangler Law and Gregory P. Love, Scott E. Stevens and Darrell G. Dotson of Stevens Love.
U.S District Judge David Folsom is assigned to the case.
Case No. 2:10-cv-00162-DF
May 19
Fowler Woods is a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business in New Jersey.
The defendants are Accurradio Inc, BlogTalkRadio Inc., Glam Media Inc., GPS Technologies Inc., Hollywood Inc., Morris Publishing Group LLC, NewGrounds.com Inc., A. H. Belo Corp. and TheHuffingtonPost.com Inc.
The plaintiff alleges that the defendants are infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,351,736 issued Feb. 26, 2002, for System and Method for Displaying Advertisements with Played Data.
The plaintiff is asking the Court to prohibit the defendants from continued infringement, an award of damages plus interest, an award of treble damages, attorneys' fees and costs.
Jury trial is requested.
The plaintiff is represented by Longview attorneys Andrew W. Spangler and Todd Y. Brandt of Spangler Law and Hao Ni of Ni Law Firm in Dallas.
U.S District Judge T. John Ward is assigned to the case.
Case No. 2:10-cv-00163-TJW-CE
TYLER DIVISION
May 21
Microlog is a Delaware corporation with its headquarters located in Gaithersburg, Md.
The defendants are Continental Airlines Inc., La Quinta Corp., Pizza Hut Ltd., salesforce.com, Ford Motor Co., Chevron U.S. A. Inc., Computer Sciences Corp., CVS Pharmacy Inc., Lifenet Inc., NCR Corp., 1-800 Contacts Inc., Walgreen Co., Aetna Health Inc., Aetna Health Management LLC, Access Mediquip LLC, The Timberland Co., Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise doing business as Foxwood Resort Casino, Genworth Financial Agency Inc., Genworth Financial Inc., First Horizon Home Loan Corp. and First Horizon National Corp.
The plaintiff alleges that the defendants are infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,092,509 issued on Aug. 15, 2006, for Contact Center System Capable of Handling Multiple Media Types of Contacts and Method for Using the Same.
Microlog accuses the defendants of willful infringement.
The plaintiff is asking the Court to declare that the defendants are infringing on the '509 Patent, an award of damages, plus interest and costs and an ongoing royalty for continued infringement.
Jury trial is requested.
The plaintiff is represented by Longview attorneys Eric M. Albritton of the Albritton Law Firm and Austin attorneys Raymond W. Mort III and Jay D. Ellwanger of DiNovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy LLP.
U.S District Judge Leonard Davis is assigned to the case.
Case No. 6:10-cv-00260-LED