MARSHALL DIVISION
June 18
LBS Innovations LLC v Foursquare Labs Inc. Case No. 2:14-cv-00697
LBS Innovations LLC v GasbBuddy OpenStore LLC Case No. 2:14-cv-00698
Plaintiff LBS Innovations is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Austin.
Defendants are accused of infringing on U.S. Patent No. 6,091,956 issued July 18, 2000, for a Situation Information System.
The defendants allegedly infringe the patents through location information computer systems and methods such as the computer implemented website www.foursquare.com, www.gasbuddy.com and other related and/or similar webpages.
The plaintiff is seeking compensatory damages, interest, costs and other just and proper relief. A jury trial is demanded.
Christopher M. Joe of Beuther Joe & Carpenter LLC in Dallas is representing the plaintiff.
SHERMAN DIVISION
June 16
LT Tech LLC v Amazon.com Inc. Case No. 4:14-cv-00392
Plaintiff LTT is a Texas limited liability company with its principal place of business in Plano.
According to the complaint, LTT is the owner by assignment of U.S Patent No. 6,177,932 issued Jan. 23, 2001, for a Method and Apparatus for Network Based Customer Service.
Frank A. Galdes and Mark A. Ericson are listed as the inventors of the ‘932 Patent.
Amazon has allegedly infringed and continues to infringe the ’932 Patent by making, selling or using customer service, customer support and customer care systems that provide remote access and support for consumers and businesses such as Amazon’s Mayday remote support solutions included on various Kindle Fire HDX devices, according to the suit.
Amazon’s Mayday remote support solution responds to a help request from a client, when a client makes a synchronous help request thereby alerting a responding advisor. For example, using the Amazon’s Mayday remote support solution, a response is received from a responding advisor, the display is synchronized between the Kindle and the responding advisor, and a responding advisor can control a client browser.
LTT Tech is seeking a permanent injunction against Amazon, compensatory damages, costs, expenses, interest, attorneys’ fees and other relief to which it may be entitled. A jury trial is requested.
Hao Ni of Ni Wang & Massand PLLC in Dallas is representing the plaintiff.
June 17
Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v Cellco Partnership Case No. 4:14-cv-00393
Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v Fujitsu Ten Corp of America Inc. Case No. 4:14-cv-00400
Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v Fullpower Technologies Inc. Case No. 4:14-cv-00398
Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v MITAC Digital Corp. Case No. 4:14-cv-00399
Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v Motorola Mobility LLC Case No. 4:14-cv-00397
Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v Nokia Inc. Case No. 4:14-cv-00396
Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v Reach Unlimited Corp. Case No. 4:14-cv-00394
Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v RM Acquisition LLC Case No. 4:14-cv-00395
Plaintiff Cuozzo, a New Jersey limited liability company, claims to be the owner by assignment of U.S. Patent No. 6,778,074 issued Aug. 17, 2004, for a Speed Limit Indicator and Method for Displaying Speed and the Relevant Speed Limit.
Defendants are accused of making, selling or distributing GPS-based navigation systems that provide speed limit warnings to alert drivers that they are exceeding the speed limit, the suits state.
Some of the allegedly infringing products include the VZ Navigator application, the Fujitsu Eclipse AVN726E, Fullpower MotionX, the Magellan RoadMate Commercial 9270T-LM, MOTONAV and Motorola Navigator Phone, Nokia Drive, the Trapster Application and Intelliroute TND 720.
Cuozzo is seeking compensatory damages no less than a reasonable royalty, interest, costs, injunctive relief and other relief to which it may be entitled. A jury trial is demanded.
Hao Ni of Ni Wang & Massand PLLC in Dallas is representing the plaintiff.
TYLER DIVISION
June 17
Enterprise System Technologies S.a.r.l. v Amazon.com Inc. Case No. 6:14-cv-00553
Enterprise System Technologies S.a.r.l. v Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and Motorola Mobility LLC Case No. 6:14-cv-00554
Enterprise System Technologies S.a.r.l. v Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics America Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications America LLC Case No. 6:14-cv-00555
Enterprise Systems Technologies S.a.r.l. is a foreign corporation organized under the laws of Luxembourg, located at 296-298 route de Longwy, Grand-Duche de Luxembourg.
The defendants are accused of infringing on:
U.S. Patent No. 5,870,610 for an Autoconfigurable Method and System Having Automated Downloading;
U.S. Patent No. 6,785,381 for a Telephone Having Improved Hands Free Operation Audio Quality and Method of Operation Thereof;
U.S. Patent No. 6,594,336 for a Headset/Radio Auto Sensing Jack;
U.S. Patent No. 7,454,201 for a System for Providing Message Services Through a Private Network and Mobile Station; and
U.S. Patent No. 6,236,642 for an Apparatus and Method for Network Resource Preservation.
Allegedly infringing products include communications or computing devices or components thereof, including smartphone handsets, tablet computers, e-readers, media players, laptop computers and other computing-capable consumer electronic devices such as Samsung’s Galaxy S5, Apple’s iPhone 5S, Motorola’s Moto G, Motorola’s Moto E and Apple’s MacBook Air.
Enterprise is seeking compensatory damages, interest, costs, attorneys’ fees and other equitable relief. A jury trial is demanded.
T. John Ward Jr. of Ward & Smith Law Firm in Longview and James M. Wodarski of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo PC in Boston, Mass., are representing the plaintiff.
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