Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas

Marshall Division

July 20 

• NovelPoint Tracking v. Volvo Cars of North America Case No. 2:13-cv-00552

July 21

• NovelPoint Tracking v. BMW of North America Case No. 2:13-cv-00553

July 22

• NovelPoint Tracking v. Jaguar Land Rover North America Case No. 2:13-cv-00554

July 23

• NovelPoint Tracking v. Bentley Motors Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00561

NovelPoint Tracking is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Allen.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,442,485 issued Aug. 27, 2002, for Method and Apparatus for an Automatic Vehicle Location, Collision Notification and Synthetic Voice.

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

NovelPoint Tracking is represented by David Bailey of the Law Office of David Bailey in Richardson. Jury trials are requested.

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

 

July 22

• InMotion Imagery Technologies v. Arcsoft Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00555

• InMotion Imagery Technologies v. Serif Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00556

• InMotion Imagery Technologies v. TMPG Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00557

InMotion is a limited liability company with its principal place of business in Marshall.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,526,219 issued Feb. 25, 2003, for Picture-Based Video Indexing System; and U.S. Patent No. 8,150,239 issued April 3, 2012, for Picture-Based Video Indexing System.

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

InMotion is represented by William E. Davis III of The Davis Firm PC in Longview and Jacqueline K. Burt of Heninger Garrison Davis in Atlanta, Ga.  Jury trials are requested.

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

 

July 22

• RecruitMe v. LeadPile Case No. 2:13-cv-00558

• RecruitMe v. InfoStream Group Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00559

• RecruitMe v. DM Services Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00560

July 23

• RecruitMe v. Plentyoffish Media Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00564

RecruitMe 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. 5,623,660 issued April 22, 1997, for System for Regulating Access to Data Base for Purpose of Data Base Management.

The plaintiff is asking for an injunction and for an award of damages, interest and court costs.

RecruitMe is represented by Hao Ni, Timothy T. Wang, Neal G. Massand and Stevenson Moore V of Ni, Wang & Associates PLLC in Dallas. Jury trials are requested.

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

 

July 23

• Lake Cherokee Hard Drive Technologies v. MediaTek USA Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00563

Plaintiff Lake Cherokee is a Texas limited liability company.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,991,911 issued Nov. 23, 1999, for Concurrent Generation of ECC Error Syndromes and CRC Validation Syndromes in a DVD Storage Device; and U.S. Patent No. 6,048,090 issued April 11, 2000, for Error Correction and Concurrent Verification of a Product Code.

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

Lake Cherokee is represented by Christin Cho, Sean A. Luner and Gregory S. Dovel of Dovel & Luner LLP in Santa Monica, Calif.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

Tyler Division

July 23

• Profile Products v. Central Fiber et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00549

Profile Products is a Delaware corporation having a principal place of business in Buffalo Grove, Ill.

The defendants are accused of infringing on:

• U.S. Patent No. 5,779,782 issued July 14, 1998, for Mechanically Bonded Fiber Mulch and Process for Producing the Same;

• U.S. Patent No. 5,942,029 issued Aug. 24, 1999, for Mechanically Bonded Fiber Mulch;

• U.S. Patent No. 7,681,353 issued March 23, 2010, for Erosion Control Medium; and

• U.S. Patent No. 7,484,330 issued Feb. 3, 2009, for Blended Mulch Product and Method of Making Same.

Profile Products is asking the court for injunctive relief and for an award of damages, interest, attorney’s fees and court costs.

The plaintiff is represented by Thomas A. Lewry and Sangeeta G. Shah of Brooks Kushman P.C. in Southfield, Mich., and T. John Ward Jr. and Jack Wesley Hill of Ward & Smith Law Firm in Longview. A jury trial is requested.

U.S. District Judge Michael H. Schneider is assigned to the case.