Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas

MARSHALL DIVISION

Aug. 27 

• Remote Locator Systems v. Life360 Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00673

• Remote Locator Systems v. AT&T Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00674

• Remote Locator Systems v. Sprint Nextel Corp. Case No. 2:13-cv-00675

• Remote Locator Systems v. T-Mobile USA Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00676

• Remote Locator Systems v. Verizon Wireless Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00677

• Remote Locator Systems v. Apple Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00678

• Remote Locator Systems v. Google Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00679

Remote Locator Systems is a limited liability company with a principle place of business located in Plano.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,548,637 issued Aug. 20, 1996, for Method and Apparatus for Locating Personnel and Objects in Response to Telephone Inquiries.

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

The plaintiff is represented by Austin Hansley of Austin Hansley PLLC in Dallas.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

Aug. 28

• Evolved Ingenuity et al v. New Buffalo Corp. Case No. 2:13-cv-00681

Evolved Ingenuity is a Texas limited liability company having its principal place of business in Grand Prairie.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 8,042,865 issued Oct. 25, 2011, for Tent Chair; and U.S. Patent No. 7,527,331 issued May 5, 2009, for Tent Chair.

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

Evolved Ingenuity is represented by Daniel L. Bates and Geoffrey A. Mantooth of Decker, Jones, McMackin, McClane, Hall & Bates P.C. in Fort Worth.

A jury trial is requested.

 

Aug. 30

• Infineon Technologies Austria AG v. Volterra Semiconductor Corp. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00684

Infineon AG is a foreign corporation having a principal place of business in Villach, Austria.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,710,441 issued March 23, 2004, for Power Semiconductor Switching Devices, Power Converters, Integrated Circuit Assemblies, Integrated Circuitry, Power Current Switching Methods, Methods of Forming a Power Semiconductor Switching Device Packaging Methods and Methods of Forming a Power Transistor.

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

Infineon is represented by Jeffery D. Baxter, David G. Wille, Aaron Davidson and Samir A. Bhavsar of Baker Botts L.L.P. Dallas; and T. John Ward Jr., J. Wesley Hill and Claire Abernathy Henry of Ward & Smith Law Firm in Longview.

A jury trial is requested.

 

TYLER DIVISION

Aug. 26

• Stragent et al v. Cisco Systems Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00608

• Stragent et al v. Dell Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00609

• Stragent et al v. Hewlett-Packard Co. Case No. 6:13-cv-00610

Stragent is a Texas limited liability company having its principal place of business in Longview.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,848,072 issued Jan. 25, 2005, for Network Processor Having Cyclic Redundancy Check Implemented in Hardware.

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

Stragent is represented by Eric M. Albritton, Michael A. Benefield and Shawn A. Latchford of Albritton Law Firm in Longview; and Barry J. Bumgardner and Jaime K. Olin of Nelson Bumgardner Casto P.C. in Fort Worth.

A jury trial is requested.

 

• U.S. Ethernet Innovations v. Lenovo (U.S.) Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00612

USEI is a Tyler-based company that is the successor-in-interest to 3Com Corp.’s ethernet technology business.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,434,872 issued July 18, 1995, for Apparatus for Automatic Initiation of Data Transmission; and U.S. Patent No. 5,299,313 issued March 29, 1994, for Network Interface with Host Independent Buffer.

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

U.S. Ethernet is represented by John C. Herman, Ryan K. Walsh, Peter M. Jones, David L. Gann and Jessica M. Kattula of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP in Atlanta, Ga.; and T. John Ward Jr. and 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.