Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas

Marshall Division

Aug. 19 

• Accasvek v. Lockheed Martin Corp. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00636

Accasvek LLC is a Texas limited liability company organized with its principal place of business in Longview.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,261,180 issued July 17, 2001, for Computer Programmable Interactive Toy for a Shooting Game and U.S. Patent No. 6,293,869 issued Sept. 25, 2001, issued for Shooting Game Target with Graphic Image Display Device.

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

Accasvek is represented by James A. Fussell III and Andrew W. Spangler of Spangler & Fussell P.C. in Longview; and Brian H. Pandya and Adrienne G. Johnson of Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, D.C.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

• Power Management Enterprises v. ASUS Computer International Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00638

• Power Management Enterprises v. Dell Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00639

• Power Management Enterprises v. Fujitsu America Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00640

• Power Management Enterprises v. Hewlett Packard Co. Case No. 2:13-cv-00641

• Power Management Enterprises v. Lenovo Holding Co. Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00642

• Power Management Enterprises v. Samsung Electronics America Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00643

• Power Management Enterprises v. Sony Corp. of America Case No. 2:13-cv-00644

• Power Management Enterprises v. Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00645

Power Management Enterprises is a Texas limited liability company.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,895,488 issued April 20, 1999, for Cache Flushing Methods and Apparatus.

The plaintiff is seeking an award of damages and interest.

Power Management Enterprises is represented by Andrew W. Spangler of Spangler & Fussell P.C. in Longview and Jeffrey T. Breloski of Morris, Manning & Martin LLP in Atlanta, Ga.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

• DDR Holdings v. World Travel Holdings Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00646

• DDR Holdings v. Digital River Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00647

DDR is a Georgia limited liability company with its principal place of business in Dunwoody, Ga.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent 6,993,572 issued Jan. 31, 2006; U.S. Patent 7,818,399 issued Oct. 19, 2010; and U.S. Patent 8,515,825, issued Aug. 20, 2013.

The defendant’s infringing products include their web pages such as “cruises.priceline.com.”

DDR Holdings is represented by Ophelia F. Camiña and LeElle Krompass of Susman Godfrey L.L.P. in Dallas; Louis J. Hoffman of Louis J. Hoffman P.C. in Scottsdale, Ariz.; Michael C. Smith of Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith LLP in Marshall; and Ian B. Crosby of Susman Godfrey L.L.P in Seattle, Wash.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

Aug. 20

• Integrated Claim Systems v. Aetna Dental Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00649

• Integrated Claim Systems v. Aetna Health Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00650

• Integrated Claim Systems v. Allstate Texas Lloyd’s Case No. 2:13-cv-00651

• Integrated Claim Systems v. Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. Case No. 2:13-cv-00652

• Integrated Claim Systems v. Cigna Healthcare of Texas Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00653

• Integrated Claim Systems v. Delta Dental Insurance Co. Case No. 2:13-cv-00654

• Integrated Claim Systems v. Travelers Lloyds of Texas Insurance Co. Case No. 2:13-cv-00656

• Integrated Claims Systems v. Zenith Insurance Co. Case No. 2:13-cv-00658

Integrated Claims Systems (ICS) is a New York limited liability company organized with its principal place of business in Elizaville, N.Y.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,178,020 issued Feb. 13, 2007, for Attachment Integrated Claims System and Operating Method Therefor and U.S. Patent No. 7,346,768 issued March 18, 2008, for Attachment Integrated Claims Systems and Operating Methods Therefor.

Integrated Claims Systems is represented by Charles Ainsworth of Parker Bunt & Ainsworth PC in Tyler and John F. Ward, David G. Lindenbaum and Patrick R. Colsher of Ward & Zinna in New York, N.Y.

Jury trials are requested.

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

 

• Loyalty Conversion Systems Corp. v. American Airlines Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00655

• Loyalty Conversion Systems Corp. v. Alaska Air Group Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00657

• Loyalty Conversion Systems Corp. v. Delta Air Lines Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00659

• Loyalty Conversion Systems Corp. v. Frontier Airlines Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00660

• Loyalty Conversion Systems Corp. v. Hawaiian Airlines Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00661

• Loyalty Conversion Systems Corp. v. JetBlue Airways Corp. Case No. 2:13-cv-00662

• Loyalty Conversion Systems Corp. v. Southwest Airlines Co. Case No. 2:13-cv-00663

• Loyalty Conversion Systems Corp. v. Spirit Airlines Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00664

• Loyalty Conversion Systems Corp. v. United Airlines Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00665

• Loyalty Conversion Systems Corp. v. US Airways Group Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00666

Loyalty Conversion is a Delaware corporation located in Melville, N.Y.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 8,313,023 issued on Nov. 20, 2012, for Exchange of Non-negotiable Credits of an Entity’s Rewards Program for Entity Independent Funds and U.S. Patent No. 8,511,550 issued on Aug.20, 2013, for Exchange of Non-Negotiable Credits of an Entity’s Rewards Program for Entity Independent Funds.

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

Loyalty Conversion is represented by Andrew G. DiNovo, Jay D. Ellwanger and Adam G. Price of DiNovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy LLP in Austin.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

Aug. 21

• C4cast.com Inc. v. Bazaarvoice Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00667

C4cast.com is a Delaware corporation having a principal place of business in Pasadena, Calif.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,958,204 issued June 7, 2011, for Community-Selected Content.

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

C4cast.com is represented by Hao Ni, Timothy T. Wang, Neal G. Massand and Stevenson Moore V of Ni Wang & Associates PLLC in Dallas.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

Aug. 22

• Grand Overseas Inc. v. Walgreen Co. Case No. 2:13-cv-00670

Grand Overseas Inc. is a California corporation.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. D590583 S1 issued April 21, 2009, for Sandal and U.S. Patent No. D591,034 S1 issued April 28, 2009, for Strap For A Sandal And The Like.

The plaintiff is asking the court to enjoin the defendant from infringement and for an award of damages, court costs, expenses, interest and attorneys’ fees.

Grand Overseas is represented by Carl R. Roth, Brendan C. Roth and Amanda A. Abraham of The Roth Law Firm PC in Marshall.

A jury trial is requested.

 

Tyler Division

Aug. 22

• Guardian Media Technologies Ltd. v. Amazon.com Inc. et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00602

Guardian is a Texas limited partnership, with a principal place of business in Longview.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 4,930,158 issued May 29, 1990, for Selective Video Playing System and U.S. Patent No. 4,930,160 issued May 29, 1990, for Automatic Censorship of Video Programs.

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

Guardian is represented by Larry D. Thompson Jr., Matthew J. Antonelli and Zachariah S. Harrington of Antonelli Harrington & Thompson LLP in Houston and S. Calvin Capshaw, Elizabeth L. DeRieux and D. Jeffrey Rambin of Capshaw DeRieux LLP in Gladewater.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

Aug. 23

• Straight Path IP Group Inc. v. BlackBerry Ltd. et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00604

• Straight Path IP Group Inc. v. Huawei Investment & Holding Co. Ltd. et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00605

• Straight Path IP Group Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00606

• Straight Path IP Group Inc. v. ZTE Corp. et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00607

Straight Path is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Glen Allen, Va.

The defendant is accused of infringing on:

• U.S. Patent No. 6,009,469 issued for Graphic User Interface for Internet Telephony Application;

• U.S. Patent No. 6,108,704 issued for Point-to-Point Protocol; and

• U.S. Patent No. 6,131,121 issued for Point-to-Point Computer Network Communication Utility Utilizing Dynamically Assigned Network Protocol Addresses.

Straight Path is represented by T. John Ward Jr., T. John Ward, J. Wesley Hill and Claire Abernathy Henry of Ward & Smith Law Firm in Longview.

A jury trial is requested.

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