Marshall Division
May 15
Rotatable Technologies is a limited liability company with a principle place of business in Austin.
The defendants are Apple Inc., Callvine Inc., Electronics Arts Inc., Netflix Inc., Quickoffice Inc., Target Corp. and Whole Foods Market 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.
Hao Ni, Timothy T. Wang and Stevenson Moore V of Ni Law Firm in Dallas are representing Rotatable Technologies.
A jury trial is requested.
Case No. 2:12-cv-0029
May 17
Eclipse is a Florida company with its principal address in Delray Beach, Fla.
The defendant is accused of infringing on:
Eclipse is asking for an award of damages and interest.
The plaintiff is represented by Melissa R. Smith of Gillam & Smith in Marshall. A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the case.
Case No. 2:12-cv-00294
InMotion Imagery is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Marshall.
InMotion Imagery accuses the defendants of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,526,219 issued Feb. 25, 2003, for Picture-Based Video Indexing System and U.S. Patent No. 8,150,239 issued for Picture-Based Video Indexing System.
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction preventing the defendants from continued acts of infringement and for an award of damages, treble damages, interest, costs and attorney's fees.
William E. Davis III of The Davis Firm in Longview and Douglas L. Bridges of Heninger Garrison Davis in Mobile, Ala., and Jacqueline K. Burt in Heninger Garrison Davis in Atlanta, Ga., are representing the plaintiff.
Jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the case.
Panagene Inc. et al. v. Bio-Synthesis Inc.
The plaintiffs are Panagene Inc., Dorte Buchardt, Michael Egholm, Peter E. Nielsen and Rolf H. Berg.
The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,395,474 issued May 28, 2002, for Peptide Nucleic Acids and U.S. Patent No. 7, 378, 485 issued May 27, 2008, for Peptide Nucleic Acids with Polyamide-Containing Backbones.
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of actual damages, treble damages, attorney's fees and court costs.
Panagene is represented by Edward W. Goldstein, Holly H. Barnes and Califf T. Cooper of Goldstein & Lipski in Houston.
A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the case.
Case No. 2:12-cv-00301
Tyler Division
May 16
U.S. Ethernet Innovations is Texas limited liability company with a principal place of business in Tyler.
The defendants are Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc., Konica Minolta Holdings U.S.A. Inc. and Sharp Electronics Corp.
The patents-in-suit are U.S. Patent Nos. 5,732,094 issued March 24, 1998, for Method for Automatic Initiation of Data Transmission; U.S. Patent No. 5,434,872 issued July 18, 1995, for Apparatus for Automatic Initiation of Data Transmission; and U.S. Patent No. 5,299,313 issued March 29, 1994, for Network Interface with Host Independent Buffer Management.
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction and for an award of damages, treble damages, attorney's fees, interest and court costs.
USEI is represented by T. John Ward Jr. and Wesley Hill of Ward & Smith Law Firm in Longview and Ryan K. Walsh, Peter M. Jones and David L. Gann of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP in Atlanta, Ga.
A jury trial is requested.
Case No. 6:12-cv-00329; 6:12-cv-00330
May 17
Landmark Technology is a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business in Tyler.
The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,576,951 issued Nov. 19, 1996, for Automated Sales and Services System; U.S. Patent No. 7,010,508 issued March 7, 2006, for Automated Multimedia Data Processing Network; and U.S. Patent No. 6,289,319 issued Sept. 11, 2001, for Automated Business and Financial Transaction Processing System.
The plaintiff is asking the court for an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, reasonable royalty or lost profits, enhanced damages, court costs, attorney's fees and interest.
Charles Ainsworth and Robert Christopher Bunt of Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth P.C. in Tyler and Stanley M. Gibson and Gregory S. Cordey of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in Los Angeles, Calif., are representing Landmark Technology.
A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis is assigned to the case.
Case No. 6:12-cv-00337
Lufkin Division
May 18
Plaintiff Swipe Innovations is a limited liability company formed with a principal place of business in Houston.
The defendants are TechTrex USA Inc., TransFirst Holdings Inc. and WorldPay US Inc.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,351,296 issued Sept. 27, 1994, for 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.