Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas

Marshall Division

July 29 

• Gellyfish Technology of Texas v. Haworth Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00565

Gellyfish Technology is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Marshall.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,547,251 issued Aug. 20, 1996, for Back Support Adjusting Apparatus For Chair With Backrest Flexible Upholstery.

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

The plaintiff is represented by William E. Davis III of The Davis Firm PC in Longview. A jury trial is requested.

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

 

July 31

• NovelPoint Tracking v. Subaru of America Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00568

• NovelPoint Tracking v. Mazda Motors of America Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00569

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.

 

Tyler Division

July 31

• Cell and Network Selection v. BlackBerry Corp. et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00563

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

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.

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

Cell and Network Selection is represented by Eric M. Albritton of Albritton Law Firm in Longview and Andrew G. DiNovo, Adam G. Price, Chester J. Shiu and John D. Saba Jr. of DiNovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy LLP in Austin. A jury trial is requested.

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

 

• Marshall Patent Holdings v. AT&T Corp. Case No. 6:13-cv-00564

Marshall Patent Holdings is a Texas limited liability company with a location in Hideaway.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,790,636 issued Aug. 4, 1998.

The ‘636 Patent concerns technology relating to the use of prepaid telephone cards, and describe and claim methods and systems for using telephony switching systems to monitor the use of such cards.

Marshall Patent is asking the court for an award of damages, enhanced damages, attorney’s fees, interest and court costs.

The plaintiff is represented by Andy Tindel of MT2 Law Group in Tyler, J. Mark Mann of MT2 Law Group in Henderson and Michael P. Mazza and Dana L. Drexler of Glen Ellyn, Ill.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

Aug. 2

• Clear with Computers v. Target Corp. Case No. 6:13-cv-00570

• Clear with Computers v. J Crew Group Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00571

• Clear with Computers v. Express Inc. et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00573

• Clear with Computers v. Crate & Barrel Case No. 6:13-cv-00574

• Clear with Computers v. Buy.com Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00575

• Clear with Computers v. Ann Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00576

CWC is a Texas limited liability company with a place of business in Tyler.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 8,266,015 issued Sept. 11, 2012, for Inventory Sales System and Method.

CWC is asking the court for an award of damages, interest, court courts, expenses and attorney’s fees.

The plaintiff is represented by Andrew W. Spangler of Spangler & Fussell P.C. in Longview; Marc A. Fenster, Alexander C. Giza and Adam Hoffman of Russ, August & Kabat in Los Angeles, Calif.; and James A. Fussell of Spangler & Fussell P.C. in Alexandria, Va.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

Aug. 2

• Cellular Communications Equipment v. Amazon Inc. et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00568

• Cellular Communications Equipment v. Dell Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00569

• Cellular Communications Equipment v. Motorola Mobility et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00572

Cellular Communications Equipment is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Plano.

The defendants are accused of infringing on:

• U.S. Patent No. 6,377,804 for Mobile Communication Systems;

• U.S. Patent No. 6,819,923 for Method for Communication of Neighbor Cell Information;

• U.S. Patent No. 7,215,962 for Method for an Intersystem Connection Handover;

• U.S. Patent No. 7,941,174 for Method for Multicode Transmission by a Subscriber Station; and

• U.S. Patent No. 8,055,820 for Apparatus, System and Method for Designating a Buffer Status Reporting Format Based on Detected Pre-Selected Buffer Conditions.

The plaintiff is asking for an award of damages, including an ongoing post-judgment royalty, treble damages, interest and court costs.

Cellular Communications is represented by Edward R. Nelson III, Brent N. Bumgardner, Barry J. Bumgardner, S. Brannon Latimer, Thomas C. Cecil and Michael J. Fagan Jr. of Nelson Bumgardner Casto P.C. in Fort Worth; and T. John Ward Jr., J. Wesley Hill and Claire Abernathy Henry of Ward & Smith Law Firm in Longview.

A jury trial is requested.

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