Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas

Marshall Division 

Nov. 26

• LBS Innovations v. Alfred Angelo Inc. et al

LBS Innovations is a New Jersey limited liability company with its principal place of business in Wanaque, N.J.

The defendants are Alfred Angelo Inc., Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Holdings Inc., Denny’s Inc. doing business as Denny’s Restaurants Inc., Jo-Ann Stores Inc., Pilot Travel Centers, Randall’s Food & Drugs, Safeway Inc. doing business as Tom Thumb and The Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Inc.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,091,956 issued July 18, 2000, for Situation Information System.

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

LBS Innovations are represented by Christopher M. Joe, Eric W. Buether, Niky Bukovcan and Mark D. Perantie of Buether Joe & Carpenter in Dallas.

Case No. 2:12-cv-00735

 

Nov. 27

• DietGoal Innovations v. Doctor’s Associates Inc. Case No. 2:12-cv-00736

• DietGoal Innovations v. Red Robin International Inc. Case No. 2:12-cv-00737

DietGoal Innovations is a Texas limited liability company based in Austin.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,585,516 issued July 1, 2003, for Method and System for Computerized Visual Behavior Analysis, Training and Planning.

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

DietGoal is represented by Christopher M. Joe, Eric W. Buether, Brian A. Carpenter, Mark D. Perantie, Niky Bukovcan and Monica Tavakoli of Buether Joe & Carpenter in Dallas. Jury trials are requested.

 

Tyler Division

Nov. 27

• Wellogix Technology Licensing v. Automatic Data Processing Inc. et al

Wellogix is a limited liability corporation with its principal place of business in Houston.

The defendants are Automatic Data Processing Inc. and Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. U.S. Patent No. 8,321,313 issued Nov. 27, 2012, for patent entitled Method and Process for Providing Relevant Data, Comparing Proposal Alternatives and Reconciling Proposals, Invoices and Purchase Orders with Actual Costs in a Workflow Process.

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

Wellogix Technology is represented by Michael Smith of Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith in Marshall and James P. Brogan, Orion Armon and Brian Eutermoser of Cooley LLP in Broomfield, Colo., and Jack Hobaugh of Cooley LLP in Reston, Va.

A jury trial is requested.

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

Case No. 6:12-cv-00896

 

• Wireless Remote System v. LibreStream Technologies Inc.

Wireless Remote System is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business located in Marshall.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,317,039 B1 issued Nov. 13, 2001, for Wireless Video and Audio Data Remote System and U.S. Patent No. 6,690,273 B2 issued Feb. 10, 2004, for Wireless Video Audio Data Remote System.

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

Wireless Remote is represented by Christopher M. Joe and Monica Tavakoli of Buether Joe & Carpenter in Dallas and Sean T. O’Kelly of O’Kelly Ernst & Bielli in Wilmington, Dela.

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

Case No. 6:12-cv-00899

 

Nov. 29

• EMG Technology v. Alcoa Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00903

• EMG Technology v. The TJX Companies Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00904

• EMG Technology v. J.C. Penney Corp. Inc. Case No. 6:12-cv-00905

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 cases.