SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECORD

Marshall Division 

March 12

• Packet Intelligence v. Huawei Device USA Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00203

Packet Intelligence is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Marshall.

The defendants are Huawei Device USA Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and Huawei Technologies USA Inc.

The defendants are accused of infringing on:

• U.S. Patent No. 6,651,099 issued Nov. 18, 2003, for Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Traffic in a Network;

• U.S. Patent No. 6,954,789 issued Oct. 11, 2005, for Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Traffic in a Network;

• U.S. Patent No. 6,665,725 issued Dec. 16, 2003, for Processing Protocol Specific Information in Packets Specified by a Protocol Description Language;

• U.S. Patent No. 6,839,751 issued Jan. 4, 2005, for Re-Using Information from Data Transactions for Maintaining Statistics in Network Monitoring;

• U.S. Patent No. 6,771,646 issued for Aug. 3, 2004, for Associative Cache Structure for Lookups and Updates of Flow Records in a Network Monitor;

• U.S. Patent No. 6,789,116 issued Sept. 7, 2004, for State Processor for Pattern Matching in a Network Monitor Device; and

• U.S. Patent No. 7,229,282 issued Nov. 20, 2007, for State Processor for Pattern Matching in a Network Monitor Device.

Packet Intelligence is seeking an award of damages, interest, treble damages, attorney’s fees and court costs.

The plaintiff is represented by William E. Davis III of The Davis Firm PC in Longview and Michael A. Goldfarb, Christopher M. Huck and Kit W. Roth of Kelley, Goldfarb, Huck & Roth PLLC in Seattle, Wash.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

March 14

• TQP Development v. Mercedes-Benz USA Case No. 2:13-cv-00210

• TQP Development v. Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC Case No. 2:13-cv-00211

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.

 

March 15

• SportBrain Holdings Inc. v. Fitbit Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00212

SportBrain is a limited liability company which maintains a principal place of business in Austin.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,454,002 issued Nov. 18, 2008, for Integrating Personal Data Capturing Functionality into a Portable Computing Device and a Wireless Communication Device.

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

SportBrain is represented by Melissa R. Smith of Gillam & Smith LLP in Marshall and Steven R. Ritcheson and Joseph C. Gabaeff of Heninger Garrison Davis in Chatsworth, Calif.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

• Rembrandt Wireless Technologies LP v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00213

Rembrandt is a Virginia limited partnership, having a principal place of business in Bala Cynwyd, Penn.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 8,023,580 issued Sept. 20, 2011, for System and Method of Communication Using at Least Two Modulation Methods.

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

Rembrandt Vision is represented by Michael F. Heim, Eric Enger and Miranda Y. Jones of Heim Payne & Chorush in Houston; and 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. of The Law Office of T. John Ward Jr. P.C. in Longview.

A jury trial is requested.

 

• Database Sync Solutions v. International Business Machines Corp. Case No. 2:13-cv-00214

Database Sync Solutions is a Texas limited liability company with its principal office located in Plano.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,461,071 issued for Distributed Management Framework for Personal Attributes.

The plaintiff is asking the court to enjoin the defendant from further infringement and for an award of damages, treble damages, royalty, interest and court costs.

Database Sync Solutions is represented by Craig Tadlock and Keith Smiley of Tadlock Law Firm PLLC in Plano.

A jury trial is requested.

 

Tyler Division

March 14

• Select Notifications of Media v. Cequel III Communications I, d/b/a Suddenlink Communications Case No. 6:13-cv-00245

SNM is a Texas limited liability company with a principal place of business in Round Rock.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S Patent No. 7,631,101 issued Dec. 8, 2009, for Systems and Methods for Direction of Communication Traffic.

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

SNM is represented by Jennifer Parker Ainsworth of Wilson, Robertson & Cornelius P.C. in Tyler.

A jury trial is requested.