Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Oct. 11-17, 2012

Marshall Division 

Oct. 11

• TQP Development v. Target Corp. Case No. 2:12-cv-00652

• TQP Development v. TracFone Wireless Inc. Case No. 2:12-cv-00654

• TQP Development v. Yelp Inc. Case No. 2:12-cv-00656

• TQP Development v. Zones Inc. Case No. 2:12-cv-00657

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 defendant is 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.

 

Oct. 12

• Telinit Technologies v. British Telecommunications plc et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00658

• Telinit Technologies v. GenBand Inc. Case No. 2:12-cv-00659

• Telinit Technologies v. Shoretel Inc. et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00660

• Telinit Technologies v. Telefonica Europe plc et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00661

• Telinit Technologies v. Microsoft Corp. et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00662

• Telinit Technologies v. Twilio Inc. et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00663

• Telinit Technologies v. Yahoo! Inc. Case No. 2:12-cv-00664

Telinit is a Texas corporation with its principal place of business in Plano.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,192,123 issued Feb. 20, 2001, for Method and Apparatus for Initiating Telephone Calls Using a Data Network.

The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction and for an award of damages, enhanced damages, interest, court costs and attorney’s fees.

Telinit is represented by William E. Davis III of The Davis Firm PC in Longview and Eugenio J. Torres-Oyola of Ferraiuoli LLC in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

A jury trial is requested.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the case.

Case No. 2:12-cv-00658

 

Oct. 16

• Calypso Wireless Inc. et al v. T-Mobile USA Inc.

Calypso Wireless Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Wilmington, Del.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,680,923, issued Jan. 20, 2005, for Communication System and Method.

The plaintiff is asking the court for an injunction and for an award of damages, interest, court costs and attorney’s fees.

Calypso is represented by Guy E. Matthews, C. Vernon Lawson and Matthew C. Juren of Matthews Lawson PLLC in Houston.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the case.

Case No. 2:12-cv-00667

 

Oct. 17

• Abarta v. EON Reality Inc.  Case No. 2:12-cv-00666

• Abarta v. Mechdyne Case No. 2:12-cv-00668

Abarta is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Texas.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,224,326 issued May 29, 2007, for Virtual Reality System.

Abarta is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, interest, court costs, treble damages and attorney’s fees.

The plaintiff is represented by Andrew W. Spangler of Spangler & Fussell P.C. in Longview and James A. Fussell III of Spangler & Fussell P.C. in Alexandria, Va.  A jury trial is requested.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the cases.

 

Tyler Division

Oct. 12

• Charge Lion v. Semtech Corp. Case No. 6:12-cv-00769

• Charge Lion v. Analog Devices Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00770

• Charge Lion v. Maxim Integrated Products Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00771

Charge Lion is a Texas limited liability company having a principal place of business in Plano.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,543,702 issued Aug. 6, 1996, for Alkaline Battery Charging Method and Battery Charger.

Charge Lion is asking the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, court costs, interest and expenses.

The plaintiff is represented by Hao Ni, Timothy T. Wang and Stevenson Moore V of Ni Law Firm PLLC in Dallas.

A jury trial is requested.

U.S. District Leonard Davis is assigned to the cases.

 

Oct. 15

• American Vehicular Sciences v. Hyundai Motor Company et al Case No. 6:12-cv-00744

• American Vehicular Sciences v. Hyundai Motor Company et al Case No. 6:12-cv-00775

• American Vehicular Sciences v. Hyundai Motor Company et al Case No. 6:12-cv-00776

AVS is a limited liability company existing under the laws of Texas with its principal place of business at in Frisco.

The defendants are accused of infringing on the following patents:

• U.S. Patent No. 6,746,078 B2 issued June 8, 2004, for System and Method For Moving a Headrest based on Anticipatory Sensing;

• U.S. Patent No. 7,604,080 B2 issued Oct. 20, 2009, for Rear Impact Occupant Protection Apparatus and Method;

• U.S. Patent No. 8,060,282 issued Nov. 15, 2011, for Vehicle Component Control Methods and Systems Based on Vehicle Stability;

• U.S. Patent No. 8,157,047 B2 issued April 17, 2012, for Occupant Protection Systems Control Techniques;

• U.S. Patent No. 6,738,697 B2 issued May 18, 2004, for Telematics System For Vehicle Diagnostics;

• U.S. Patent No. 6,823,244 B2 issued Nov. 23, 2004, for Vehicle Part Control System Including Electronic Sensors;

• U.S. Patent No. 7,082,359 issued July 25, 2006, for Vehicular Information And Monitoring System And Methods;

• U.S. Patent No. 7,630,802 B2 issued Dec. 8, 2009 for Information Management And Monitoring System And Method;

• U.S. Patent No. 7,650,210 B2 issued Jan. 19, 2010, for Remote Vehicle Diagnostic Management;

• U.S. Patent No. 8,019,501 B2 issued Sept. 13, 2011, for Vehicle Diagnostic And Prognostic Methods And Systems;

• U.S. Patent No. 8,024,084 B2 issued Sept. 20, 2011, for Vehicle Diagnostic Techniques; and

• U.S. Patent No. 8,036,788 B2 issued Oct. 11, 2011, for Vehicle Diagnostic Or Prognostic Message Transmission Systems And Methods.

The plaintiff is asking the court to issue an injunction and for an award of damages, interest, court costs and attorney’s fees.

AVS is represented by Demetrios Anaipakos, Amir Alavi, Steven J. Mitby and Brian E. Simmons of Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. in Houston; and T. John 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. 6:12-cv-00774

 

Oct. 16

• Meadows Financial Systems v. Domino’s Case No. 6:12-cv-00781

• Meadows Financial Systems v. Papa Johns USA Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00782

Meadows is a Texas corporation with a principal place in Marshall.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 8,064,434 issued Nov. 22, 2011, for Method for Providing Internet Services to a Telephone User.

The plaintiff is asking the court for an award of damages, interest, court costs and attorney’s fees.

Meadows is represented by Andrew W. Spangler of Spangler & Fussell P.C. in Longview and James A. Fussell III of Spangler & Fussell in Alexandria, Va. A jury trial is requested.

U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis is assigned to the case.

 

Oct. 17

• Evolutionary Intelligence v. Apple Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00783

• Evolutionary Intelligence v. Facebook Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00784

• Evolutionary Intelligence v. Foursquare Labs Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00785

• Evolutionary Intelligence v. Groupon Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00787

• Evolutionary Intelligence v. LivingSocial Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00789

• Evolutionary Intelligence v. Millennial Media Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00790

• Evolutionary Intelligence v. Sprint Nextel Corp. et al Case No. 6:12-cv-00791

• Evolutionary Intelligence v. Twitter Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00792

• Evolutionary Intelligence v. Yelp Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00794

Evolutionary Intelligence is a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business in San Francisco, Calif.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,010, 536 issued March 7, 2006, and U.S. Patent No. 7,702,682 issued April 20, 2010, for System and Method for Creating Manipulating Information Containers with Dynamic Registers.

Evolutionary Intelligence is asking the court for an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, interest and court costs.

The plaintiff is represented by Charles Ainsworth and Robert Christopher Bunt of Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth in Tyler and Adam J. Gutride, Seth A. Safier, Todd Kennedy and Anthony J. Patek of Gutride Safier in San Francisco, Calif. A jury trial is requested.

 

Oct. 17

• Blue Calypso Inc. v. Izea Inc.  Case No. 6:12-cv-00786

• Blue Calypso Inc. v. Yelp Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00788

Blue Calypso Inc. is a Delaware corporation, with its principal place of business in Dallas.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,664,516 issued Feb. 16, 2010, for Method and System for Peer-to-Peer Advertising Between Mobile Communication Devices and U.S. Patent No. 8,155,679 issued April 10, 2012, for System and Method for Peer-to-Peer Advertising Between Mobile Communication Devices.

The plaintiff is asking the court for an injunction and for an award of damages, interest, court costs and attorney’s fees.

Blue Calypso is represented by Melissa Richards Smith of Gilliam & Smith in Marshall and W. Bryan Farney, Steven R. Daniels and Bryan D. Atkinson of Farney Daniels in Georgetown. A jury trial is requested.

U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is assigned to the case.