Marshall Division
May 7
C4cast.com Inc. is a Delaware corporation having a principal place of business in Pasadena, Calif.
The defendants are Dell Inc., Blockbuster, Dish Network Corp., JC Penney Co. Inc., Sally Beauty Supply Inc., Francesca's Collections Inc., Francesca's Holdings Corp., Rent-A-Center Inc., Radioshack Corp. and GameStop Corp.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,658,467 issued on Dec. 2, 2003, for Provision of Informational Resources over an Electronic Network and U.S. Patent No. 7,958,204 issued June 7, 2011, for Community-Selected Content.
The plaintiffs are asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, costs, expenses and interest.
Hao Ni, Timothy T. Wang and Stevenson Moore V of Ni Law Firm in Dallas are representing C4cast.com.
Jury trials are requested.
May 8
Bright Response is a Texas limited liability company having a principal place of business in Marshall.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,278,996 issued Aug. 21, 2001, for System and Method for Message Process and Response.
Bright Response is asking the court for an award of damages, costs, expenses, interest and attorney's fees.
Andrew W. Spangler of Spangler & Fussell in Longview and James A. Fussell III of Spangler & Fussell in Alexandria, Va., are representing the plaintiff.
Jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the cases.
Case No. 2:12-cv-00279; 2:12-cv-00280
May 10
Lodsys is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Marshall.
The defendants are Bank of America Corp., Epicor Software Corp., Hoovers Inc., Market America Inc., Network Solutions, Overstock.com Inc., Sleepy's, The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Becker Professional Development Corp., Cabela's Inc., Charming Shoppes Inc., HSN Inc., Nike Inc., The Men's Warehouse Inc., Tivo Inc., Foster and Smith Inc., Recreational Equipment Inc., Walgreen Co., Rosetta Stone Inc., Dell Inc., AVG Technologies USA Inc., GFI Software Inc., Kaspersky Lab Inc., Raxco Software Inc., Symantec Corp., Webroot Software Inc., GMCI Internet Operations Inc., Playboy Enterprises Inc., RK Netmedia Inc., Score Internet Group and Vouyer Media Inc.
The defendants are accused of willful infringement.
The patents at issue are U.S. Patent No. 7,620,565 issued Nov. 17, 2009, for Customer –Based Product Design Module; U.S. Patent No. 7,222,078 issued May 22, 2007, for Methods and Systems for Gathering Information from Units of a Commodity Across a Network; and U.S. Patent No. 5,999,908 issued Dec. 7, 1999, for Customer-Based Product Design Module.
Lodsys is asking the court to issue an injunction preventing the defendants from further acts of infringement and for an award of damages, treble damages, attorney's fees and court costs.
A jury trial is requested.
William E. Davis III of the Davis Law Firm in Longview and Michael A. Goldfarb and Christopher M. Huck of Kelley, Donion, Gill, Huck & Goldfarb in Seattle, Wash., are representing the plaintiff.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the cases.
Sherman Division
May 8
Ideative is a corporation with its principal place of business is in Carrollton.
The defendants are Accell Corp., Amazon.com Inc., AudioVox Electronics Corp., DU International Inc., Jasco Products Co., Sears, Roebuck and Co. Inc. and Targus Inc.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,494,343 B2 issued Feb. 24, 2009, for Multiple Degrees Of Freedom Connectors And Adapters.
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for award of damages and court costs.
James E. Davis, Kelly J. Kubasta and Todd C. Basile of Klemchuk Kubasta in Dallas are representing Ideative Product Ventures.
U.S. District Judge Ron Clark is assigned to the cases.
Tyler Division
May 8
NobelBiz is a privately held Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Carlsbad, Calif.
The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 8,135,122 issued March 13, 2012, for System and Method for Modifying Communication Information.
The plaintiff is asking the court for an injunction and for an award of damages, lost profits, treble damages, interest, court costs and attorney fees.
S. Calvin Capshaw, Elizabeth L. DeRieux and D. Jeffrey Rambin of Capshaw DeRieux in Gladewater and Ralph A. Dengler, Charles H. Chevalier and William A. Hector of Gibbons P.C. in Newark, N.J., are representing NobelBiz.
A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis is assigned to the case.
Case No. 6:12-cv-00308
May 11
Adaptix is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Carrollton.
The defendants are Nokia Siemens Networks US and T-Mobile USA Inc.
The defendants are accused of infringing on:
Adaptix is asking the court for an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages and interest.
Paul J. Hayes and Dean G. Bostock of Hayes, Bostock & Cronin in Andover, Mass., and T. John Ward Jr. and J. Wesley Hill of Ward & Smith Law Firm in Longview are representing the plaintiff.
A jury trial is requested.
Case No. 6:12-cv-00318
Lufkin Division
May 11
Swipe is a limited liability company formed with a principal place of business in Houston.
The defendants are Capital One Merchant Services Corp. and MagTek Inc.
On Sept. 27, 1994, U.S. Patent No. 5,351,296 was duly and legally issued for an invention titled Financial Transmission System.
Swipe is asking the court for an injunction and for an award of damages, costs, interest, and attorney's fees.
Larry D. Thompson Jr., Matthew J. Antonelli and Zachariah S. Harrington of Antonelli, Harrington & Thompson in Houston and Stafford Davis of The Stafford Davis Firm in Tyler are representing the plaintiff.
A jury trial is requested.
Case No. 9:12-cv-00067; 9:12-cv-00068