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Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas

Patents

MARSHALL DIVISION

June 29

Symbology Innovations v. Adams Extract 2:15-cv-01169

Symbology Innovations, LLC v. Aetna, Inc. 2:15-cv-01170-JRG-RSP

Plano-based Symbology Innovations, LLC is the plaintiff.

The company pursues legal action in response to alleged infringement of United States Patents Nos. 8,424,752 (the ‘752 Patent), 8,651,369 (the ‘369 Patent), and 8,936,190 (the ‘190 Patent).

Attorney Jay Brett Johnson of the law firm Brown Fox Kizzia & Johnson PLLC in Dallas is representing Symbology.

June 30

Cypaleo, LLC v. Huawei Technologies USA Inc. 2:15-cv-01188-JRG-RSP

Cypaleo, LLC v. Kyocera Communications, Inc. 2:15-cv-01189-JRG-RSP

Cypaleo, LLC v. LG Electronics, Inc. et al 2:15-cv-01190-JRG-RSP

Cypaleo, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al 2:15-cv-01191-JRG-RSP

Cypaleo, LLC v. Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc. et al 2:15-cv-01192-JRG-RSP

Cypaleo, LLC v. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc. 2:15-cv-01193-JRG-RSP

Cypaleo, LLC v. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. et al 2:15-cv-01194-JRG-RSP

Cypaleo, LLC v. ZTE Corporation et al 2:15-cv-01195-JRG-RSP

Plaintiff Cypaleo asserts ownership of U.S. Patent No. 5,638,427, the ‘427 Patent, titled “Operator-controlled Interactive Communication Device”.

Attorney Jay Brett Johnson of the law firm Brown Fox Kizzia & Johnson PLLC in Dallas is representing the complainant.

Bessette et al v. CVS Health Corporation et al 2:15-cv-01196-JRG-RSP

Bessette et al v. Walgreen Co. 2:15-cv-01197-JRG-RSP

Bessette et al v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al 2:15-cv-01198-JRG-RSP

Canadian resident Luc Bessette and Austin-based Bessette Intellectual Property, LLC claim infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,775,670 (“the ’670 Patent”), 7,856,456 (“the ’456 Patent”) and 8,296,333 (“the ’333 Patent”).

The ‘670 Patent, titled “Method and Apparatus for the Management of Data Files”, was issued on August 10, 2004. The ‘456 Patent, titled “System and Method for Electronically Managing Medical Data Files”, was issued on December 21, 2010. The ‘333 Patent, titled “Microorganism Neutralization Device and Method”, was issued on October 23, 2012.

The complainants are represented by Dallas attorneys Neal Massand, Stevenson Moore, V and Hao Ni.

Solocron Education, LLC v. Grovo Learning, Inc. 2:15-cv-01199-JRG

Solocron Education, LLC v. Mindflash Technologies, Inc. 2:15-cv-01200-JRG

Solocron Education, LLC v. Big Step Consulting Inc. 2:15-cv-01201-JRG

Solocron seeks to stop infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,263,439 (“the ‘439 Patent”) which teaches specific audit and verification methods and processes where verification information is encoded with electronic course media to verify a user and/or promote the secure and controlled delivery of electronic course materials.

The ‘439 patent is entitled "Verification System for Non-Traditional Learning Operations." The ‘439 patent issued on July 17, 2001, based on a patent application filed on February 9, 1999. The ‘439 patent claims priority to Provisional Patent Application No. 60/024,627, filed on August 27, 1996.

Attorney Elizabeth L. DeRieux of the law firm Capshaw DeRieux LLP in Gladewater is representing the plaintiff.

July 1

Location Services IP, LLC v. OpenTable, Inc. 2:15-cv-01207-JRG

Location Services IP, LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Uber 2:15-cv-01208-JRG

Location Services IP, LLC v. YP Holdings LLC et al 2:15-cv-01209-JRG

Location Services IP, LLC v. GrubHub Inc. d/b/a Grubhub Seamless d/b/a Grubhub d/b/a Seamless d/b/a AllMenus et al 2:15-cv-01210-JRG

Location Services IP, LLC v. TripAdvisor LLC 2:15-cv-01211-JRG

Location Services IP, LLC v. Yelp Inc. 2:15-cv-01212-JRG

Location Services IP, LLC v. Zillow, Inc. et al 2:15-cv-01213-JRG

Location Services IP, LLC v. Lyft, Inc. 2:15-cv-01214-JRG

Plano-based Location Services is the plaintiff.

At issue of the litigation is U.S. Patent Nos. 6,202,023 (the “‘023 patent”), 8,935,220 (the “‘220 patent”), and 6,356,834 (the “‘834 patent”).

The ‘023 Patent, titled “Internet Based Geographic Location Referencing System and Method”, was issued on March 13, 2001. The ‘023 Patent is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/188,153 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 6,047,236), which is a continuation of Application No. 08/701,586 (issued as the ‘088 Patent).

The ‘220 Patent, titled “Unified Geographic Database and Method of Creating, Maintaining, and Using the”, was issued on January 13, 2015. The ‘220 Patent is a continuation-in-part of abandoned Application No. 10/701,961, which is a continuation of abandoned Application No. 09/707,213, which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/257,462 (issued as the ‘023 Patent), which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/188,153 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 6,047,236), which is a continuation of Application No. 08/701,586 (issued as the ‘088 Patent).

The ‘834 Patent, titled “Geographic Location Referencing System and Method”, was issued on March 12, 2002. The ‘834 Patent is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/540,398 (issued as the ‘122 Patent), which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 09/188,153 (issued as U.S. Patent No. 6,047,236), which is a continuation of Application No. 08/701,586 (issued as the ‘088 Patent).

Attorney John J. Edmonds of the law firm Collins Edmonds Pogorzelski Schlather & Tower, PLLC in Houston is representing the plaintiff.

July 2

Perdiem Co LLC v. GPS Logic, LLC 2:15-cv-01216-JRG-RSP

PerdiemCo LLC v. TV Management, Inc. d/b/a GPS North America 2:15-cv-01217-JRG-RSP

PerdiemCo, LLC. v. thingtech LLC 2:15-cv-01218-JRG-RSP

PerdiemCo, LLC. v. LiveViewGPS, Inc. 2:15-cv-01219-JRG-RSP

PerdiemCo, LLC. v. Forward Thinking Systems LLC 2:15-cv-01220-JRG-RSP

Plaintiff PerdiemCo is based in Marshall.

PerdiemCo asserts ownership of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,223,012 (“the ’012 patent”), 8,493,207 (“the ’207 patent”), 8,717,166 (“the ’166 patent”), 9,003,499 (“the ’499 patent”), and 9,071,931 (“the ’931 patent”).

The ‘012 Patent, titled “System and Method for Conveying Object Location Information”, was issued on July 17, 2012.

The ‘207 Patent, titled “Location Information Sharing System and Method for Conveying Location Information based on User Authorization”, was issued on July 23, 2013.

The ‘166 Patent, titled “System and Method for Conveying Location Information via a Plurality of Information-Sharing Environments”, was issued on May 6, 2014.

The ‘499 Patent, titled “System and Method for Conveying Event Information Based on Varying Levels of Administrative Privilege Under Multiple Levels of Access Controls”, was issued on April 7, 2015.

The ‘931 Patent, titled “Location Tracking System with Interfaces for Setting Group Zones, Events and Alerts Based on Multiple Levels of Administrative Privileges”, was issued June 30, 2015.

Attorney James Mark Mann of the law firm Mann Tindel & Thompson in Houston is representing the plaintiff.

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