Marshall Division
Sept. 13
Plaintiff Geotag Inc. is a Delaware corporation with a place of business in Plano.
The defendants are Zoosk Inc., Eye Care Centers of America Inc. and Circle K Store Inc.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,930,474 issued on July 29, 1999, for Internet Organizer for Accessing Geographically and Topically Based Information.
The plaintiff is asking the court for a permanent injunction preventing the defendants from further acts of infringement and for an award of damages, costs, expenses, and prejudgment and post-judgment interest, enhanced damages and attorney's fees.
A jury trial is requested in each case.
The plaintiff is represented by Hao Ni and Stevenson Moore of Ni Law Firm in Dallas and Christopher M. Joe, Eric W. Buether, Brian A. Carpenter, Mark D. Perantie and Niky Bukovcan of Buether Joe & Carpenter in Dallas.
Case No. 2:11-cv-00403; Case No.: 2:11-cv-00404; Case No: 2:11-cv-00405
Sept. 15
Plaintiff Geotag Inc. is a Delaware corporation with a place of business in Plano.
The defendants are AMERCO, EMove, Inc., U-Haul International Inc., U-Haul Leasing & Sales Co., Web Team Associates Inc., 7-Eleven Inc., Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd. Sunbelt Rentals Inc. and Classified Ventures.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,930,474 issued on July 29, 1999, for Internet Organizer for Accessing Geographically and Topically Based Information.
The plaintiff is asking the court for a permanent Injunction preventing the defendants from further acts of infringement and for an award of damages, costs, expenses, and prejudgment and post-judgment interest, enhanced damages and attorney's fees.
A jury trial is requested in each case.
The plaintiff is represented by Hao Ni and Stevenson Moore of Ni Law Firm in Dallas and Christopher M. Joe, Eric W. Buether, Brian A. Carpenter, Mark D. Perantie and Niky Bukovcan of Buether Joe & Carpenter in Dallas.
Case No. 2:11-cv-00421-TJW; 2:11-cv-00424-TJW; 2:11-cv-00425-TJW; 2:11-cv-00426-TJW
Sept. 21
Carl B. Collins is a Texas resident and was previously employed as a Professor at The University of Texas at Dallas. Farzin Davanloo is a Texas resident and was previously employed as a Research Scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas.
The defendants are Nissan North America Inc., Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Nissan Technical Center North America Inc.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent 5,411,797 issued on May 2, 1995, and U.S. Patent 5,478,650 issued on Dec. 26, 1995, for Nanophase Diamond Films.
The plaintiffs are represented by S. Calvin Capshaw and Elizabeth L. DeRieux of Capshaw DeRieux in Gladewater; and Robert P. Latham, John M. Jackson, Sara K. Borrelli and T. Ling Chwang of Jackson Walker in Dallas.
A jury trial is requested.
Case 2:11-cv-00428
Sept. 30
C2 Communications Technologies Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Marshall.
The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,243,373 issued June 5, 2001, for Method and Apparatus for Implementing a Computer Network Internet Telephone System.
The plaintiff is asking the court for an award of damages, treble damages, interest, attorney's fees and court costs.
C2 Communication Technologies is represented by John W. Olivo Jr. and John F. Ward of Ward & Olivo in New York; William C. Carmody of Susman Godfrey in New York; and Ian Bradford Crosby in Seattle, Wash.
A jury trial is requested.
Case No. 2:11-cv-00437
Portal Technologies is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Frisco.
The defendants are Aol Inc., IAC/Interactivecorp, IAC Search & Media Inc., Mindspark Interactive Network Inc. and Yahoo! Inc.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,658,418 issued Dec. 2, 2003, for Authoring System For Computer-Based Information Delivery System.
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction and for an award of damages, enhanced damages, costs, expenses, interest and attorney's fees.
Portal Technologies is represented by John J. Edmonds and Stephen F. Schlather of Collins, Edmonds & Pogorzelski in Houston and William E. Davis III of The Davis Firm P.C. in Longview.
Jury trial is requested.
Case Nos. 2:11-cv-00438, 2:11-cv-00439, 2:11-cv-00440
Tyler Division
Sept. 21
Optimum Power Solutions is a limited liability company with its principal place of business in Texas.
The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,781,784, issued on July 14, 1998, for Dynamic Power Management of Solid-State Memories.
The plaintiff is asking for an award of damages and interest.
Optimum Power Solutions is represented by Bryan G. Harrison of Morrison, Manning & Martin LLP in Atlanta, Ga., and T. Johnny Ward Jr. and Wesley Hill of Ward & Smith Law Firm in Longview.
A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis is assigned to the case.
Case No. 6:11-cv-00505