Litigation against retailers began picking up in February.  Repeat filers included ArrivalStar, Data Carriers, Eclipse IP, and Hawk Technologies.

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 particular cases, 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.

T-Rex Property AB v. Fairway Outdoor Advertising, LLC, (E.D. Tex.).

Judge:              District Judge Ron Clark

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:     Fairway Outdoor Advertising, LLC

Plaintiff:        T-Rex Property AB

Pls. Cnsl:        Farney Daniels

Patents:          6,430,603 (System for direct placement of commercial advertising, public service announcements and other content on electronic billboard displays); 7,382,334 (Digital information system); and RE 39,470 (Digital information system).

Hawk Technology Systems, LLC v. Retail Services & Systems, Inc., (S.D. Fla., E.D. Mich., M.D. Fla., E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

Judges:           District Judge Jose E. Martinez; District Judge David M Lawson; Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun, III; District Judge James D. Whittemore; District Judge Marcia G. Cooke; District Judge Rodney Gilstrap

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • Retail Services & Systems, Inc.
  • Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC
  • IMG Academy, LLC
  • Johnson and Wales University
  • 24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc.
  • Accent Food Services, LLC
  • The Around the Clock Freightliner Group, LLC

Plaintiff:        Hawk Technology Systems, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:       Lipscomb Eisenberg & Baker; Law Office of Marc I Shulman; and Law Office of David Bailey

Patent:           RE 43,462 (Video monitoring and conferencing system).

Data Carriers, LLC v. Integrys Energy Group, Inc., (E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

Judges:          Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne; District Judge Robert W. Schroeder, III

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • Marathon Petroleum Corporation
  • Murphy Oil Corporation
  • OGE Energy Corp.
  • PG&E Corp.
  • The Southern Company
  • Spectra Energy Corp
  • TC Pipelines GP, Inc.
  • Western Refining Inc.
  • The Williams Companies, Inc.
  • Allergan, Inc.
  • Amgen Inc.
  • Baxter International Inc.
  • Bayer AG
  • Bayer Corporation
  • Biogen Idec Inc.

Plaintiff:        Data Carriers, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Austin Hansley PLLC

Patent:           5,388,198 (Proactive presentation of automating features to a computer user).

Location Services IP, LLC v. Waqal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al, (E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

Judge:           District Judge Rodney Gilstrap

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • Foursquare Labs, Inc.
  • AT&T Inc.
  • Telenav, Inc.
  • Yahoo! Inc.
  • Wal-Mart.com, Inc.
  • Wal-Mart.com USA, LLC
  • Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Location Services IP, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Collins Edmonds Pogorzelski Schlather & Tower

Patents:          5,839,088 (Geographic location referencing system and method); 6,202,023 (Internet based geographic location referencing system and method); 6,356,834 (Geographic location referencing system and method); and 8,935,220 (Unified geographic database and method of creating, maintaining and using the same).

Safenet, Inc. v. Uniloc USA, Inc. et al, (E.D. Tex.).

Judges:           Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell; District Judge Robert W. Schroeder, III

Claim:              Declaratory Judgment

Defendants:

  • Uniloc Luxembourg SA
  • Uniloc USA, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Safenet, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:       Fish & Richardson

Patent:           5,579,222 (Distributed license administration system using a local policy server to communicate with a license server and control execution of computer programs).

Symbology Innovations, LLC v. Frito-Lay, Inc., (E.D. Tex.).

Judges:          District Judge Rodney Gilstrap; Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • Frito-Lay, Inc.
  • JC Penney Corporation, Inc.
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Plaintiff:         Symbology Innovations, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Brown Fox Kizzia & Johnson

Patents:          8,424,752 (System and method for presenting information about an object on a portable electronic device); 8,651,369 (System and method for presenting information about an object on a portable device); and 8,936,190 (System and method for presenting information about an object on a portable electronic device).

Antennatech, LLC v. Rite Aid Corporation, (D. Del.).

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:   Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Antennatech, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Stamoulis & Weinblatt

Patent:           8,112,131 (Radiative focal area antenna transmission coupling arrangement).

BillingNetwork Patent, Inc. v. Therasoft Online, Inc., (M.D. Fla.).

Judges:            Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Jenkins; District Judge James D. Whittemore

Claim:              Infringement

Defendant:    Therasoft Online, Inc.

Plaintiff:        BillingNetwork Patent, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:        Niro Haller & Niro

Patent:           6,374,229 (Integrated internet facilitated billing, data processing and communication system).

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

Judges:           Magistrate Judge James M. Hopkins; District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg; District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks; District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • zulily, Inc.
  • Oriental Trading Company Inc.
  • Linea LA, LLC d/b/a Lineasport
  • MGN Logistics, Inc.
  • Solmar-Universal Tanker Chartering, Inc.

Plaintiffs:

  • ArrivalStar SA
  • Melvino Technologies Limited

Pls. Cnsl:        Leslie Robert Evans & Associates

Patents:          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); and 7,400,970 (System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle).

Van De Vliert v. Tam International, Inc., (E.D. Tex.).

Claim:              Infringement

Defendant:     Tam International, Inc.

Plaintiff:         David R. Van De Vliert

Pls. Cnsl:        Beik Law Firm

Patent:           8,474,525 (Geothermal liner system with packer).

Orostream LLC v. ABS-CBN International, (E.D. Tex.).

Judge:            District Judge Rodney Gilstrap

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • AOL Inc.
  • Barnesandnoble.com LLC
  • Fox News Network, LLC
  • Gaiam Inc.
  • MediaNaviCo LLC
  • MLB Advanced Media, LP
  • NFL Enterprises LLC
  • NHL Interactive CyberEnterprises, LLC
  • Popcornflix.com, LLC
  • RLJ Entertainment, Inc.
  • Target Corporation
  • Vevo LLC
  • WWE, Inc.
  • Zuffa, LLC

Plaintiff:        Orostream LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Direction IP Law

Patent:           5,828,837 (Computer network system and method for efficient information transfer).

A PTY Ltd. v. Amazon.com, Inc., (W.D. Tex., E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

Judge:            District Judge Lee Yeakel; Magistrate Judge Robert Pitman

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • Google Inc.
  • eBay, Inc.

Plaintiff:        A PTY Ltd.

Pls. Cnsl:        DiNovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy

Patent:           7,010,572 (System for handling electronic mail).

Eclipse IP LLC v. Destination XL Group, Inc., (E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

Judges:           District Judge Rodney Gilstrap; Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne

Claim:               Infringement

Defendants:

  • Destination XL Group, Inc.
  • Giftports, Inc.
  • Kewill, Inc.
  • Puma North America, Inc.
  • Laufer Group International, Ltd.

Plaintiff:        Eclipse IP LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Olavi Dunne; and Tadlock Law Firm

Patent:           7,876,239 (Secure notification messaging systems and methods using authentication indicia); and 7,479,899 (Notification systems and methods enabling a response to cause connection between a notified PCD and a delivery or pickup representative).

Laufer Group International, Ltd. v. Eclipse IP, LLC, (C.D. Cal.).

Claim:              Declaratory Judgment

Defendant:   Eclipse IP, LLC

Plaintiff:        Laufer Group International, Ltd.

Pls. Cnsl:        LeClair Ryan

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); 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); 7,479,899 (Notification systems and methods enabling a response to cause connection between a notified PCD and a delivery or pickup representative); 7,479,900 (Notification systems and methods that consider traffic flow predicament data); 7,479,901 (Mobile thing determination systems and methods based upon user-device location); 7,482,952 (Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications); 7,504,966 (Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications); 7,528,742 (Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications); 7,538,691 (Mobile thing determination systems and methods based upon user-device location); 7,561,069 (Notification systems and methods enabling a response to change particulars of delivery or pickup); 7,876,239 (Secure notification messaging systems and methods using authentication indicia); 8,068,037 (Advertisement systems and methods for notification systems); 8,232,899 (Notification systems and methods enabling selection of arrival or departure times of tracked mobile things in relation to locations); 8,242,935 (Notification systems and methods where a notified PCD causes implementation of a task(s) based upon failure to receive a notification); 8,284,076 (Systems and methods for a notification system that enable user changes to quantity of goods and/or services for delivery and/or pickup); 8,362,927 (Advertisement systems and methods for notification systems); 8,368,562 (Systems and methods for a notification system that enable user changes to stop location for delivery and/or pickup of good and/or service); 8,531,317 (Notification systems and methods enabling selection of arrival or departure times of tracked mobile things in relation to locations); 8,564,459 (Systems and methods for a notification system that enable user changes to purchase order information for delivery and/or pickup of goods and/or services); and 8,711,010 (Notification systems and methods that consider traffic flow predicament data).