Trolls continued their summer vacation in July.  Repeat filers included Antennatech, EMG Technology, Eclipse IP, GPNE, Hawk Technology and Interface IP.

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Market Track, LLC v. Efficient Collavorative Retail Marketing, (N.D. Ill.).

Claim:            Infringement

Defendant:     Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing, LLC

Plaintiff:         Market Track, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Latham & Watkins

Patent:            7,849,083 (Automatic creation of output file from images in database).

ServiceMax v. Eclipse IP LLC, (C.D. Cal.).

Claim:            Declaratory Judgment

Defendant:     Eclipse IP, LLC

Plaintiff:         ServiceMax

Pls. Cnsl:        Durie Tangri

Patents:          7,064,681 Response systems and methods for notification systems; 7,113,110 (Stop list generation systems and methods based upon tracked PCD’s and responses from notified PCD’s); and 7,119,716 (Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications).

Hawk Technology Systems, LLC v. Tampa Bay Downs, Inc., (M.D. Fla.; W.D. Wis.; N.D. Ill.) (multiple cases).

Judges:           Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun, III; District Judge Mary S. Scriven; Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker; District Judge James D. Peterson; District Judge Andrea R. Wood; District Judge Milton I. Shadur

Claim:                        Infringement

Defendants:

  • Tampa Bay Downs, Inc.
  • Kwik Trip, Inc.
  • Benedictine University
  • De Paul University

    Plaintiff:        Hawk Technology Systems, LLC

    Pls. Cnsl:        Lipscomb Eisenberg & Baker; Schulz Law

    Patent:           RE 43,462 (Video monitoring and conferencing system); 5,860,946 (Instrument for inserting a suppository); and 7,018,992 (Hormone composition).

    GPNE Corp. v. Cassens Transport Company, (N.D. Ill.)

    Judge:             District Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

    Claim:              Infringement

    Defendant:    Cassens Transport Company

    Plaintiff:         GPNE Corp.

    Pls. Cnsl:        Niro Haller & Niro; and O’Kelly Ernst & Bielli

    Patents:          7,570,954 (Communication system wherein a clocking signal from a controller, a request from a node, acknowledgement of the request, and data transferred from the node are all provided on different frequencies, enabling simultaneous transmission of these signals); and 8,086,240 (Data communication system using a reserve request and four frequencies to enable transmitting data packets which can include a count value and termination indication information).

    Eclipse IP LLC v. Cobra Electronics Corporation, (N.D. Ill., E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

    Judge:            District Judge Ronald A. Guzman; District Judge Rodney Gilstrap; Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne

    Claim:             Infringement

    Defendants:

  • Cobra Electronics Corporation
  • Deckers Outdoor Corporation
  • ABT Electronics, Inc
  • Ashford, Inc.

    Plaintiff:        Eclipse IP LLC; Olavi Dunne; Wawrzyn; and Tadlock Law Firm

    Patents:          7,479,900 (Notification systems and methods that consider traffic flow predicament data); 7,482,952 (Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications); 7,319,414 (Secure notification messaging systems and methods using authentication indicia); 7,479,899 (Notification systems and methods enabling a response to cause connection between a notified PCD and a delivery or pickup representative); and 8,068,037 (Advertisement systems and methods for notification systems).

    Gonzalez v. Anastasia International, Inc. (E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

    Claim:                        Infringement

    Defendants:

  • Homes.com, Inc.

    Plaintiff:        Emmanuel C. Gonzalez

    Pls. Cnsl:        Locke Lord

    Patents:          7,558,807 (Host website for digitally labeled websites and method); 7,647,339 (Method for digitally labeling websites); 7,873,665 (Method for digitally labelling websites); 8,065,333 (Method for digitally labelling websites); and 8,296,325 (Method for digitally labelling websites).

    Antennatech, LLC v. BMW of North America, LLC, (D. Del.) (multiple cases).

    Claim:                        Infringement

    Defendants:

  • Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
  • Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

    Plaintiff:    Antennatech, LLC

    Pls. Cnsl:   Stamoulis & Weinblatt

    Patent:       6,885,845 (Personal communication device connectivity arrangement); and 8,180,279 (Wireless hotspot arrangement).

    Interface IP Holdings LLC v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., (D. Del.) (multiple cases).

    Claim:         Infringement

    Defendants:

  • The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

    Plaintiff:        Interface IP Holdings LLC

    Pls. Cnsl:       Black & Hamill; and Farnan

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

    Icon Laser Solutions LLC v. Gap Inc, (N.D. Tex.).

    Judge:             District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater

    Claim:              Infringement

    Defendant:    Gap, Inc.

    Plaintiff:         Icon Laser Solutions LLC

    Pls. Cnsl:        Friedman Suder & Cooke

    Patent:            5,567,207 (Method for marking and fading textiles with lasers).

    EMG Technology, LLC v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., (E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases)

    Claim:          Infringement

    Defendants:

  • Rite Aid Corporation
  • Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund
  • Toys “R” Us – Delaware, Inc.

    Plaintiff:        EMG Technology, LLC

    Pls. Cnsl:        Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell; Parker Bunt & Ainsworth

    Patents:          6,600,497 (Apparatus and method to navigate interactive television using unique inputs with a remote control); 7,194,698 (Method to advertise and search on television for web content using a simplified interface); and 7,441,196 (Apparatus and method of manipulating a region on a wireless device screen for viewing, zooming and scrolling internet content).

    Aeritas, LLC v. GameStop Corp., (N.D. Tex.).

    Judges:           District Judge Ed Kinkeade; District Judge Sam A. Lindsay

    Claim:              Infringement

    Defendant:    GameStop Corp.

    Plaintiff:         Aeritas, LLC

    Pls. Cnsl:        Law Office of David H Judson

    Patents:          7,706,819 (Mixed-mode interaction; and 8,055,285 (Mixed-mode interaction).

    Bank of America, NA v. Wolf Run Hollow, LLC., (N.D. Ill.).

    Claim:              Declaratory Judgment

    Defendant:    Wolf Run Hollow, LLC

    Plaintiff:        Bank of America, NA

    Pls. Cnsl:        Goodwin Procter; and Reed Smith

    Patent:           6,115,817 (Methods and systems for facilitating transmission of secure messages across insecure networks).