Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas

Marshall Division 

Oct. 19

• Abarta v. NaturalPoint Case No. 2:12-cv-00672

Oct. 23

• Abarta v. Lincoln Electric Co. Case No. 2:12-cv-00680

• Abarta v. Sensics Inc. Case No. 2:12-cv-00681

• Abarta v. Vuzix Corp. Case No. 2:12-cv-00682

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.

 

Oct. 23

• Stambler v. Ameriprise Financial Inc. et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00673

• Stambler v. Barclays PLC et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00674

• Stambler v. Fifth Third Bancorp et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00675

• Stambler v. First Citizens Bancshares Inc. et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00676

• Stambler v. First National of Nebraska et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00677

Leon Stambler is an individual residing in Parkland, Fla.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No.  5,793,302 issued Aug. 11, 1998, for a Method for Securing Information Relevant to a Transaction.

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

Stambler is represented by Brent N. Bumgardner, Edward R. Nelson III, Christie B. Lindsey and Ryan P. Griffin of Nelson Bumgardner Casto P.C. in Fort Worth; Eric M. Albritton of Albritton Law Firm in Longview; T. John Ward Jr. of Ward & Smith Law Firm in Longview; and Frisco attorney Ronald A. Dubner.

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

 

Oct. 25

• RPost Holdings Inc. et al v. DocuSign Inc. Case No. 2:12-cv-00683

The plaintiffs are RPost Holdings Inc., RPost Communications Ltd. and RMail Ltd.

The defendants are accused of infringing on:

U.S. Patent No. 8,275,845 for System and Method for Verifying Delivery and Integrity of Electronic Messages;

U.S. Patent No. 8,161,104 issued April 17, 2012, for System and Method for Verifying Delivery and Integrity of Electronic Messages;

U.S. Patent No. 8,209,389 issued June 26, 2012, for System and Method for Verifying Delivery and Integrity of Electronic Messages; and

U.S. Patent No. 8,224,913 issued July 17, 2012, for System and Method for Verifying Delivery and Integrity of Electronic Messages.

The plaintiffs are asking for the court to issue an injunction to prevent further infringement and for an award of damages, costs, expenses, interest, enhanced damages and attorneys’ fees.

The plaintiffs are represented by Winston O. Huff of Navarro Huff in Dallas. A jury trial is requested.

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

 

• N5 Technologies v. Bank of America Co. Case No. 2:12-cv-00685

• N5 Technologies v. Capital One Financial Corp. et al Case No. 2:12-cv-00686

N5 is a Virginia limited liability company with its principal place of business in Manassas, Va.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,197,297 issued March 27, 2007, for Authentication Method for Enabling a User of a Mobile Station to Access to Private Data or Services.

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

N5 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.

 

Tyler Division

Oct. 22

• Invensys Systems Inc. v. Emerson Electric Co. et al

Invensys Systems Inc. is a Massachusetts corporation with a principal place of business in Houston and an office in Plano.

The defendants are accused of infringing on:

• U.S. Patent No. 7,124,646 issued Oct. 24, 2006, for Correcting for Two-Phase Flow in Digital Flowmeter;

• U.S. Patent No. 7,136,761 issued Nov. 14, 2006, for Digital Flowmeter;

• U.S. Patent No. 6,311,136, issued Oct. 30, 2001, for Digital Flowmeter; and

• U.S. Patent No. 7,505,854 issued March 17, 2009, for Startup Techniques for a Digital Flowmeter.

Invensys is asking the court for an injunction and for an award of damages, including lost profits and price erosion, and interest, attorney’s fees and court costs.

The plaintiff is represented by Claudia Wilson Frost, Jeffrey L. Johnson and Amy P. Mohan of DLA Piper in Houston; and Nicholas G. Papastavros and Daniel Rosenfeld of DLA PIPER LLP of Boston, Mass. A jury trial is requested.

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

Case No. 6:12-cv-00799

 

Oct. 23

• Cell and Network Selection LLC v. MetroPCS Communications Inc. et al

CNS is a limited liability company with its principal place of business in Frisco.

The defendants are MetroPCS Communications Inc., MetroPCS Wireless Inc., MetroPCS Texas, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Huawei Technologies USA Inc., Huawei Devices USA Inc., FutureWei Technologies Inc., ZTE Corporation, ZTE (USA) Inc., ZTE Solutions Inc. and Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,195,551 issued on Feb. 27, 2001, for Idle Handoff Controlling Method in Cellular Communication System.

CNS is asking the court to enjoin the defendants from further infringement and for an award of damages, interest, treble damages, court costs and attorney’s fees.

The plaintiff is represented by Andrew G. DiNovo, Adam G. Price and Chester J. Shiu of DiNovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy LLP in Austin.

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

Case No. 6:12-cv-00802