Marshall Division
May 1
The plaintiff is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Frisco.
Defendant Atmel Corp. is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,796,978 issued Aug. 18, 1998, for Data Processor Having an Address Translation Buffer Operable With Variable Page Sizes; U.S. Patent No. 6,092,172 issued on July 18, 2000, for Data Processor and Data Processing System Having Two Translation Lookaside Buffers; and U.S. Patent No. 5,778,237 issued July 7, 1998, for Data Processor and Single Chip Microcomputer with Changing Clock Frequency and Operating Voltage.
Advanced Processor Technologies is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent the defendant from further acts of infringement and for an award of damages, no less than a reasonable royalty and attorney's fees.
The plaintiff is represented by William E. Davis III of The Davis Firm P.C. in Longview and David M. Farnum, Ralph P. Albrecht and Cameron H. Tousi of Albrecht Tousi & Farnum of Washington, D.C.
A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the case.
Case No. 2:12-cv-00264
Rotatable Technologies is a limited liability company with a principle place of business in Austin.
The defendants are Acer America Corporation, Adobe Systems Inc., Archos S.A., Archos Inc., ASUSTek Computer Inc., ASUS Computer International, Motorola Mobility Inc., Opera Software International ASA, Samsung Electronics USA Inc., Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc. and Nokia Inc.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,326,978 issued Dec. 4, 2001, for Display Method for Selectively Rotating Windows on a Computer Display.
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, costs, interest and attorney's fees.
Rotatable Technologies is represented by Hao Ni, Timothy T. Wang and Stevenson Moore V of Ni Law Firm in Dallas. A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the cases.
Case No. 2:12-cv-00263; 2:12-cv-00265
May 3
Hitachi Consumer Electronics Co. Ltd. is a Japanese corporation organized with its principal place of business in Tokyo, Japan.
The defendants are Top Victory Electronics (Taiwan) Co. Ltd., TPV Int'l (USA) Inc., Envision Peripherals Inc., Top Victory Electronics (Fujian) Co. Ltd., TPV Electronics (Fujian) Co. Ltd., TPV Technology Ltd. and Vizio Inc.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,889,281 B2 issued Feb. 15, 2011, for Digital Broadcast Receiver Unit and U.S. Patent No. 8,009,375 issued Aug. 30, 2011, for Apparatus and Method for Receiving and Recording Digital Information.
The plaintiff is asking the court for an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, attorney's fees, court costs and interest.
Hitachi Consumer Electronics is represented by Jeffrey B. Plies and Stephen R. Dartt of Dechert LLP in Austin and Otis W. Carroll and Patrick Kelly of Ireland, Carroll & Kelley P.C. in Tyler.
A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstap is assigned to the case.
Case No. 2:12-cv-00268
May 4
Mobile Scanning Technologies is a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business in Farmington, Mich.
The defendants are Motorola Solutions Inc., Informatics Holdings Inc. and System ID Warehouse.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,065,880 issued May23, 2000, for Laser Enhanced Personal Data Assistant.
The plaintiff is asking the court to enjoin the defendants from further infringement and for an award of damages, interest, attorney's fees and court costs.
Mobile Scanning Technologies is represented by T. John Ward Jr. of Ward and Smith Law Firm in Longview, Justin A. Nelson of Susman Godfrey L.L.P in Seattle, Wash., Manmeet S. Walia of Susman Godfrey L.L.P in Houston and S. Calvin Capshaw and Elizabeth L. DeRieux of Capshaw DeRieux in Longview.
A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the case.
Case No. 2:12-cv-00270
Sherman Division
April 30
Titanide Ventures is a limited liability corporation with a principle place of business in Longview.
The defendants are Amazon.com Inc., Jungle Disk Inc., Egyte Inc., Rackspace Hosting, Inc. and Rackspace US Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.
The patents at issue include U.S. Patent Number 6,714,968 issued March 30, 2004, for Method and System for Seamless Access to a Remote Storage Server Utilizing Multiple Access Interfaces Executing on the Remote Server and U.S. Patent Number 6,735,623 issued May 11, 2004, for Method and System for Accessing a Remote Storage Area.
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction and for an award of damages, interest, court costs and attorney's fees.
Titanide Ventures is represented by Christopher D. Banys and Daniel W. Bedell of The Lanier Law Firm P.C. in Palo Alto, Calif., and Wesley Hill of Ward & Smith Law Firm in Longview.
Jury trial is requested.
Case No. 4:12-cv-00251; 4:12-cv-00252; 4:12-cv-00253; 4:12-cv-00254
Tyler Division
May 1
Alpha Financial Technologies a Nevada limited liability company having a principal place of business in Grapevine, Texas.
The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,856,971 issued Feb. 15, 2005, for Unitary Investment Having Interrelated Assets; U.S. Patent No. 7,848,985 issued Dec. 7, 2010, for Multi-Asset Participation Structured Note and Swap Combination; and U.S. Patent No. 7,860,779 issued Dec. 28, 2010, for Unitary Investment Having Interrelated Assets.
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, treble damages, interest, court costs and attorney's fees.
Alpha Financial Technologies is represented by Charles S. Cotropia and Steve Malin of Sidley Austin LLP in Dallas. A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis is assigned to the case.
Case No. 6:12-cv-00295
May 2
May 3
Tejas Research is a Texas limited liability company having a principal place of business in Tyler.
The defendants are Vivid Entertainment Group, Vivid Entertainment LLC, Playboy Enterprises Inc., Playboy.com Inc., Walgreens.com Inc., Walgreen Co., iStockPhoto LP, Getty Images Inc., LFP Internet Group LLC, The Neiman-Marcus Group Inc., Neiman Marcus Inc., Academy Ltd. d/b/a Academy Sports + Outdoors d/b/a Academy Sports and Outdoors and Academy.com L.L.C.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,006,231 issued for file format for an image including multiple versions of an image, and related system and method.
Tejas Research is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, costs, and interest.
The plaintiff is represented by Hao Ni, Timothy T. Wang, and Stevenson Moore V of Ni Law Firm in Dallas.
U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis is assigned to the cases.