December was typically slow, as NPEs presumably took time away for the holidays.  Frequent filers included Coding Technologies (in a declaratory action), Hawk Technology Realtime Data, Spider Search Analytics, and Symbology.

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Realtime Data LLC d/b/a IXO v. Egnyte, Inc. (D. Del.) (multiple cases).

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • Egnyte, Inc.
  • iXsystems, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Realtime Data LLC d/b/a IXO

Pls. Cnsl:        Bayard; and Russ August & Kabat

Patents:          8,717,203 (Data compression systems and methods); 9,054,728 (Data compression systems and methods); 9,116,908 (System and methods for accelerated data storage and retrieval); and 9,667,751 (Data feed acceleration).

Hawk Technology Systems, LLC v. Affinity Gaming (D. Col.).

Judge:             Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:     Affinity Gaming

Plaintiff:        Hawk Technology Systems, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Lockridge Grindal Nauen; and Rosenblatt & Gosch

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

Map Mobile, LLC v. Burger King Corporation (E.D. Tex.).

Judge:             District Judge Rodney Gilstrap

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:     Burger King Corporation

Plaintiff:        Map Mobile, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Parker Bunt & Ainsworth; and Pia Anderson Moss Hoyt

Patent:            9,532,164 (Mashing mapping content displayed on mobile devices).

Symbology Innovations LLC v. BankFinancial, National Association f/k/a BankFinancial, FSB (N.D. Ill.; E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

Judge:             District Judge Edmond E. Chang

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • BankFinancial, National Association f/k/a BankFinancial, FSB
  • Bounce Energy, Inc.
  • CITGO Petroleum Corporation
  • Eaton Corporation
  • Stewart Information Services Corporation

Plaintiff:        Symbology Innovations LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Andreou & Casson; Ferraiuoli; and Cunningham Swaim

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); 8,936,190 (System and method for presenting information about an object on a portable electronic device); and 7,992,773 (System and method for presenting information about an object on a portable electronic device).

Dynamic Applet Technologies, LLC v. Mattress Firm, Inc. (E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

Judges:           District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III; Magistrate Judge Kimberly C. Priest Johnson

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • Mattress Firm, Inc.
  • Sleepy’s, LLC
  • PetSmart, Inc.
  • Urban Outfitters, Inc.
  • Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.
  • Belk eCommerce LLC
  • Belk, Inc.
  • Nine West Holdings, Inc.
  • Hollister Co.

Plaintiff:        Dynamic Applet Technologies, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Devlin Law Firm

Patent:            6,446,111 (Method and apparatus for client-server communication using a limited capability client over a low-speed communications link).

VOIT Technologies, LLC v. Guardian Industrial Supply, LLC (W.D. Tex.; S.D. Fla.) (multiple cases).

Judges:           District Judge William J. Zloch; District Judge Beth Bloom

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • Guardian Industrial Supply, LLC
  • LiveAnew, LLC
  • Golf Cart King, LLC
  • Etrend Media Group, LLC
  • Lord Daniel Sportswear, Inc.
  • Lord Daniel Sportswear Limited Company

Plaintiff:        VOIT Technologies, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Lipscomb & Partners

Patent:            6,226,412 (Secure digital interactive system for unique product identification and sales).

Internet Media Interactive Corporation v. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. et al. (N.D. Ill.) (multiple cases).

Judges:           District Judge Jorge L. Alonso; District Judge John Z. Lee

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • Allscripts Healthcare, LLC
  • Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
  • First Busey Corporation

Plaintiff:        Internet Media Interactive Corp.

Pls. Cnsl:        Haller Law

Patent:            6,049,835 (System for providing easy access to the World Wide Web utilizing a published list of preselected Internet locations together with their unique multi-digit jump codes).

Mantissa Corporation v. First Federal Savings Bank of Champaign-Urbana (N.D. Ill.) (multiple cases).

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • First Federal Savings Bank of Champaign-Urbana
  • Great American Bancorp, Inc.
  • First Financial Bank, NA
  • First Financial Corporation
  • Old Second Bancorp, Inc.
  • Old Second National Bank
  • Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union

Plaintiff:        Mantissa Corporation

Pls. Cnsl:        Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li; and Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane

Patent:            9,361,658 (System and method for enhanced protection and control over the use of identity).

Identity Software Pty. Ltd. v. Ignite FirstRain Solutions, Inc. (W.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • Ignite FirstRain Solutions, Inc.
  • Medallia, Inc.
  • TrendKite, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Identity Software Pty. Ltd.

Pls. Cnsl:        DiNovo Price

Patent:            6,272,495 (Method and apparatus for processing free-format data).

Spider Search Analytics LLC v. Connotate, Inc. (D. Del.) (multiple cases).

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • Connotate, Inc.
  • io Corporation

Plaintiff:        Spider Search Analytics LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Farnan; and Hardy Parrish Yang

Patents:          7,454,430 (System and method for facts extraction and domain knowledge repository creation from unstructured and semi-structured documents); and 8,620,848 (System and method for facts extraction and domain knowledge repository creation from unstructured and semi-structured documents).