Marshall Division
Aug. 14
Geotag Inc. is a Delaware corporation with a place of business in Plano.
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 to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, costs, expenses, and prejudgment and post-judgment interest, enhanced damages and attorney's fees.
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.
Jury trials are requested.
U.S. District Judge Michael H. Schneider will preside over the cases.
Aug. 16
TQP Development is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Marshall.
TQP Development accuses the defendants of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,412,730 issued May 2, 1995, for Encrypted Data Transmission System Employing Means for Randomly Altering the Encryption Keys.
The defendants are accused of willful infringement of the '730 patent.
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction preventing the defendants from continued acts of infringement and for an award of damages, interest and costs.
TQP Development is represented by Marc A. Fenster, Alex C. Giza, Adam S. Hoffman and Kevin Burke of Russ, August & Kabat in Los Angeles, Calif.; Hao Ni of Ni Law Firm in Dallas; and Andrew Spangler of Spangler & Fussell P.C. in Longview.
A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Michael H. Schneider is assigned to the case.
Case No. 2:12-cv-00490
Tyler Division
Aug. 10
Norman IP Holdings is a Texas corporation with its principal place of business in Tyler.
The defendants are accused of infringing on:
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction preventing further infringement and for an award of damages, enhanced damages, interest, court costs and attorney's fees.
Norman is represented by Andrew DiNovo, Adam G. Price and Chester J. Shiu of DiNovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy in Austin. A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis is assigned to the cases.
EMG is a California limited liability company organized with its principal place of business in Los Angeles, Calif.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,441,196 issued on Oct. 21, 2008, for Apparatus and Method of Manipulating a Region on a Wireless Device for Viewing, Zooming and Scrolling Internet Content.
EMG is asking the Court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, including royalty or lost profits, enhanced damages, interest, attorney's fees, and court costs.
The plaintiff is represented by Charles Ainsworth and Robert Christopher Bunt of Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth in Tyler and Stanley Gibson and Gregory S. Cordey of Jeffer Mangels Butler Mitchell in Los Angeles, Calif.
A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Leonard E. Davis is assigned to the case.
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Aug. 16
Blue Spike LLC is a Texas limited liability company with its headquarters and principal place of business in Tyler.
The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent Nos. 7,346,472 issued March 18, 2008, for Method and Device for Monitoring and Analyzing Signals; U.S. Patent No. 7,660,700 issued Feb. 9, 2010, for Method and Device for Monitoring and Analyzing Signals; U.S. Patent No. 7,949,494 issued May 24, 2011, for Method and Device for Monitoring and Analyzing Signals; and U.S. Patent No. 8,214,175 issued July 3, 2012, for Method and Device for Monitoring and Analyzing Signals.
The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, treble damages, interest, and attorney's fees.
Blue Spike is represented by Eric M. Albritton, Stephen E. Edwards and Michael A. Benefield of Albritton Law Firm in Longview; and Randall T. Garteiser, Christopher A. Honea and Christopher S. Johns of Garteiser Honea P.C. in San Rafael, Calif.
A jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis is assigned to the cases.
Lufkin Division
Aug. 13
Swipe is a limited liability company formed with a principal place of business in Houston.
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.
The plaintiff is represented by 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.
Jury trial is requested.
U.S. District Judge Ron Clark is assigned to the cases.
Case No. 9:12-cv-00131, Case No. 9:12-cv-00132