March was moderately busy with several frequent fliers, including: ArrivalStar, Eclipse IP and Princeton Digital. 

As usual, I prepared the report in partnership with and using Docket Navigator and its powerful database.  Docket Navigator is a valuable resource, and the place to go if you want to keep track of new patent litigation filings or want to know what is happening in a particular case, how your Judge has historically handled a particular type of motion, or a particular plaintiff’s litigation history.

Finally, please let me know if you have thoughts about the report or changes you would like to see.  I am preparing it as a service for retailers and their supply chain who may want an overview of the patent litigation landscape.  So, I am very open to ways to improve the report for you.

Lodsys Group, LLC v. 4imprint, Inc., (E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases). 

Judge:             District Judge Rodney Gilstrap

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • 4imprint, Inc.
  • BullionVault, Inc.
  • PromoManagers Inc.
  • Retail Concepts, Inc.
  • Steris Corporation
  • Loews Hotels Holding Corp.
  • OpticsPlanet, Inc.
  • Supervalu Inc.
  • Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Plaintiff:         Lodsys Group, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Kelley Goldfarb Huck & Roth; and The Davis Firm

Patents:          7,222,078 (Methods and systems for gathering information from units of a commodity across a network); and 7,620,565 (Customer-based product design module).

 

PaymentOne Corporation v. Home Depot USA, Inc., (N.D. Cal.). 

Judge:             Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley

Claim:             Infringement 

Defendant:     Home Depot USA, Inc.

Plaintiff:         PaymentOne Corporation

Pls. Cnsl:        Colt / Wallerstein; and Niro Haller & Niro

Patents:          7,848,500 (Method and apparatus to validate a subscriber line); 7,848,504 (Method and apparatus to validate a subscriber line); and 8,379,815 (Method and apparatus to validate a subscriber line).

 

Interface IP Holdings LLC v. Alaska Air Group, Inc., (D. Del.) (multiple cases). 

Claim:             Infringement 

Defendants:

  • Alaska Air Group, Inc.
  • CNBC LLC
  • LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.
  • National Railroad Passenger Corporation
  • Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.

Plaintiff:         Interface IP Holdings LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Black Chang & Hamill; and Farnan

Patents:          7,406,663 (Graphical input device with dynamic field width adjustment for input of variable data via a browser-based display); and 7,500,201 (Data input method and system with multi-sub-field matching of user entries into a graphical input device).

 

CreateAds LLC v. AWeber Systems, Inc., (D. Del.) (multiple cases). 

Claim:             Infringement 

Defendants:

  • AWeber Systems, Inc.
  • Constant Contact, Inc.
  • Mediawide LLC
  • MyPublisher, Inc.
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation
  • CVS Caremark Corporation
  • Rite Aid Corporation
  • Shutterfly, Inc.
  • VerticalResponse, Inc.

Plaintiff:         CreateAds LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Bayard; and Russ August & Kabat

Patent:            5,535,320 (Method of generating a visual design).

 

Princeton Digital Image Corporation v. CBS Interactive Inc., et al, (D. Del.) (multiple cases). 

Claim:             Infringement 

Defendants:

  • AGCM, Inc
  • AG.com, Inc.
  • AG Interactive, Inc.
  • CBS Interactive, Inc.
  • Avon Products, Inc.
  • Buy.Com Inc.
  • Cabela’s Incorporated
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation
  • Drugstore.com, Inc.
  • HSN Interactive, LLC
  • IAC/InterActiveCorp
  • Nordstrom.com, Inc.
  • Nordstrom.com, LLC
  • Nordstrom, Inc.
  • Scholastic Corporation
  • Toys ‘R’ Us, Inc.
  • Neiman Marcus, Inc.
  • The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
  • 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc.
  • PPR Americas Inc.

Plaintiff:         Princeton Digital Image Corporation

Pls. Cnsl:        O’Kelly Ernst & Bielli

Patent:            4,813,056 (Modified statistical coding of digital signals).

 

ArrivalStar SA et al v. Tumi, Inc., (S.D. Fla.) (multiple cases). 

Judge:             District Judge Joan A. Lenard

Claim:             Infringement 

Defendants:

  • Tumi, Inc.
  • ACE Hardware Corporation
  • Sportsman’s Warehouse
  • Armani Exchange
  • The Burton Corporation
  • Rite Aid Corporation

Plaintiffs:

  • ArrivalStar SA
  • Melvino Technologies Limited

Pls. Cnsl:        McMahon Law Firm

Patents:          6,486,801 (Base station apparatus and method for monitoring travel of a mobile vehicle); 6,714,859 (System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle); 6,904,359 (Notification systems and methods with user-definable notifications based upon occurance of events); 6,952,645 (System and method for activation of an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting status of vehicle travel); 7,030,781 (Notification system and method that informs a party of vehicle delay); and 7,400,970 (System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle).

 

Parallel Iron, LLC v. Cloudera, Inc. et al, (D. Del.). 

Claim:             Infringement 

Defendants:

  • Cloudera, Inc.
  • eBay Inc.
  • Groupon, Inc.
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • Nokia, Inc.
  • PayPal, Inc.
  • Qualcomm Incorporated
  • Rackspace US, Inc.
  • Trulia, Inc.
  • Twitter, Inc.
  • Visa, Inc.
  • Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Plaintiff:         Parallel Iron, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Bayard; and Russ August & Kabat

Patents:          7,197,662 (Methods and systems for a storage system); 7,543,177 (Methods and systems for a storage system); and 7,958,388 (Methods and systems for a storage system).

 

Eclipse IP LLC v. Harley-Davidson, Inc., (E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases). 

Claim:             Infringement 

Defendants:

  • Harley-Davidson, Inc.
  • Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
  • Callaway Golf Company

Plaintiff:         Eclipse IP LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Gillam & Smith; and Harman Law

Patent:            7,479,900 (Notification systems and methods that consider traffic flow predicament data); 7,119,716 (Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications); 7,319,414 (Secure notification messaging systems and methods using authentication indicia); 7,482,952 (Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications); and 7,876,239 (Secure notification messaging systems and methods using authentication indicia).

 

Lennon Image Technologies, LLC v. Tacori Enterprises, (E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases). 

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • Tacori Enterprises
  • Luxottica Group SpA
  • Luxottica Retail North America, Inc.
  • Luxottica US Holdings Corporation
  • Safilo America, Inc.
  • Safilo Group S P A
  • Safilo USA, Inc.
  • Bloomingdales, Inc.
  • Macy’s, Inc.
  • Ditto Technologies, Inc.
  • Fraimz LLC
  • Lumondi Inc.

Plaintiff:         Lennon Image Technologies, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Buether Joe & Carpenter

Patent:            6,624,843 (Customer image capture and use thereof in a retailing system).