Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas

MARSHALL DIVISION  

Sept. 23

• Babbage Holdings v. 505 Games Interactive Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00749

• Babbage Holdings v. Activision Blizzard Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00750

• Babbage Holdings v. Capcom U.S.A. Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00751

• Babbage Holdings v. The Walt Disney Co. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00752

• Babbage Holdings v. Electronic Arts Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00753

• Babbage Holdings v. Konami Entertainment Inc. Digital Case No. 2:13-cv-00754

• Babbage Holdings v. Namco Bandai Games America Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00755

• Babbage Holdings v. Nintendo of America Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00756

• Babbage Holdings v. Sony Computer Entertainment America et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00757

• Babbage Holdings v. Ubisoft Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00758

Sept. 26

• Babbage Holdings v. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00764

• Babbage Holdings v. Square Enix Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00765

• Babbage Holdings v. Riot Games Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00766

Babbage is a limited liability company with its principal place of business in Plano.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,561,811 issued Sept. 10, 1996, for Method and Apparatus for Per-User Customization of Applications Shared by a Plurality of Users on a Single Display.

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

Babbage is represented by Anthony M. Garza and Steven Callahan of Charhon Callahan Robson & Garza PLLC in Dallas. A jury trial is requested.

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

 

Sept. 25

• Lake Cherokee Hard Drive Technologies v. Marvell Semiconductor Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00762

Plaintiff Lake Cherokee is a Texas limited liability company.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,583,706 issued Dec. 10, 1996, for Decimation DC Offset Control in a Sampled Amplitude Read Channel.

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.

 

• Securus Technologies Inc. et al v. Ally Telecom Group LLC et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00763

Securus Technologies Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Dallas.  Plaintiff T-Netix Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Dallas.

The defendants are accused of infringing on:

• U.S. Patent No. 5,655,013 issued on Aug. 6, 1997, for Computer-Based Method and Apparatus for Controlling, Monitoring, Recording and Reporting Telephone Access;

• U.S.  Patent No. 6,560,323 issued May 6, 2003, for Computer-Based Method and Apparatus for Controlling, Monitoring, Recording and Reporting Telephone Access;

• U.S. Patent No. 7,529,357 issued May 5, 2009, for Inmate Management and Call Processing Systems and Methods;

• U.S.  Patent No. 7,899,167 issued March 1, 2011, for Centralized Call Processing; and

• U.S. Patent No. 8,340,260 issued Dec. 25, 2012 for Inmate Management and Call Processing Systems and Methods.

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

Securus Technologies and T-Netix is represented by Andrew W. Spangler of Spangler Law P.C. in Longview and G. Michael Gruber, Anthony J. Magee and Robert E. Weitzel of Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail Shank LLP in Dallas.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

Sept. 26

• Hilltop Technology v. AU Optronics Corp. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00767

Hilltop Technology is a Texas limited liability corporation.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 7,864,503 issued Jan. 4, 2011, for Capacitive Type Touch Panel.

The plaintiff is represented by Winston O. Huff and Deborah Jagai of W. O. Huff & Associates PLLC in Dallas. A jury trial is requested.

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

 

Sept. 27

• Quest NetTech Corp. v. Collaborative Marketing Group Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00768

• Quest NetTech Corp. v. Don Jagoda Associates Case No. 2:13-cv-00769

Quest is a Texas corporation with its principal place of business located in Jericho, N.Y.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,508,731 C1 issued Oct. 7, 2008, for Generation of Enlarged Participatory Broadcast Audience.

Quest NetTech is represented by Deron R. Dacus, Shannon Dacus and Pete Kerr of The Dacus Firm P.C. in Tyler. A jury trial is requested.

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

 

• Penovia v. Actiontec Electronics Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00770

• Penovia v. ASUS Computer International Case No. 2:13-cv-00771

• Penovia v. Belkin International Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00772

• Penovia v. Buffalo Technology (USA) Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00773

• Penovia v. Cisco Systems Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00774

• Penovia v. D-Link Systems Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00775

• Penovia v. Gigaset Communications Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00776

• Penovia v. Netgear Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00777

• Penovia v. SMC Networks Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00778

• Penovia v. TP-Link USA Corp. Case No. 2:13-cv -00779

• Penovia v. Westell Technologies Inc. Case No. 2:13-cv-00780

• Penovia v. Zyxel Communications Corp. Case No. 2:13-cv-00781

• Penovia v. Pace Americas Inc. et al Case No. 2:13-cv-00782

Penovia is a Texas limited liability company with a principal office location in Allen.

The defendant is accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,822,221 issued Nov. 8, 2010, issued for Office Machine Monitoring Device.

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

Penovia is represented by Craig Tadlock and Keith Smiley of Tadlock Law Firm PLLC in Plano.

A jury trial is requested.

 

SHERMAN DIVISION

Sept. 24

Howlink Global v. Global Tel-Link Corp. Case No. 4:13-cv-00561

Howlink Global v. Securus Technologies Inc. Case No. 4:13-cv-00562

Howlink is a Texas limited liability company with a principal location in Plano.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 8,477,766 issued July 2, 2013, for Method for Collect Call Service Based on VoIP Technology and System Thereof.

Howlink is seeking an award of damages, enhanced damages, interest, court costs and attorney’s fees.

The plaintiff is represented by S. Calvin Capshaw III, Elizabeth L. DeRieux and D. Jeffrey Rambin of Capshaw DeRieux LLP in Gladewater; and Adrian M. Pruetz, Michael G. Oleinik and Andrew Y. Choung of Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP in Los Angeles, Calif.

A jury trial is requested.

U.S. District Judge Richard A. Schell is assigned to the cases.

 

TYLER DIVISION

Sept. 23

• CDD Technologies v. CA Inc. d/b/a CA Technologies Case No. 6:13-cv-00699

• CDD Technologies v. Carbonite Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00700

• CDD Technologies v. F-Secure Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00701

• CDD Technologies v. GFI USA Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00702

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

The defendant is accused of infringing on:

• U.S. Patent No. 5,734,340 issued March 31, 1998, for Method and Apparatus for Storing Run-Intensive Information in Compact Form;

• U.S. Patent No. 6,002,402 issued Dec. 14, 1999, for System and Method for Producing a Drag-and-Drop Object from a Popup Menu Item; and

• U.S. Patent No. 6,038,379 issued March 14, 2000, for Data Backup and Restore System for a Computer Network Having Generic Remote File System Agents for Providing Backup and Restore Operations.

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

CDD Technologies is represented by Andrew W. Spangler of Spangler & Fussell P.C. in Longview; James A. Fussell III of Spangler & Fussell P.C. in Alexandria, Va.; and Stamatios Stamoulis and Richard C. Weinblatt of Stamoulis & Weinblatt in Wilmington, Del.

A jury trial is requested.

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

 

• Catharon Intellectual Property v. Google Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00704

• Catharon Intellectual Property v. Facebook Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00705

• Catharon Intellectual Property v. AddThis Inc. Case No. 6:13-cv-00706

Catharon is a Texas limited liability company, with its principal place of business located in Austin.

The defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,065,046 issued May 16, 2000, for Computerized System and Associated Method of Optimally Controlled Storage and Transfer of Computer Programs on a Computer Network.

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

Catharon 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 K. Nichole Mitchell is assigned to the case.

 

Sept. 27

• Secure Axcess v. U.S. Bank National Association et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00717

• Secure Axcess v. Ally Bank et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00718

• Secure Axcess v. GE Capital Retail Bank et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00720

• Secure Axcess v. Nationwide Bank et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00721

• Secure Axcess v. PNC Bank, National Association et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00722

• Secure Axcess v. Sovereign Bank, National Association Case No. 6:13-cv-00723

• Secure Axcess v. Vanguard Group Inc. et al Case No. 6:13-cv-00724

Secure Axcess 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. 7,631,191 B2 issued Dec. 8, 2009, for System and Method for Authenticating a Web Page.

Secure Axcess is asking the court to issue an injunction preventing further acts of infringement and for an award of damages, reasonably royalty, attorney’s fees, interest and court costs.

The plaintiff is represented by Nelson J. Roach and Derek Gilliland of Nix Patterson & Roach L.L.P in Daingerfield; Ben King of Nix Patterson & Roach L.L.P. in Texarkana; Edward Chin, Andrew Wright, Kirk Voss and Winn Cutler of Nix Patterson & Roach L.L.P in Irving; and Eric M. Albritton, Michael A. Benefield and Shawn A. Latchford of Albritton Law Firm in Longview.

A jury trial is requested.

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