September patent filings increased from the summer months, as they usually do. Kids go back to school, adults wrap up summer vacations and NPEs get back to filing suits.. Frequent filers included Billingnetwork Patent, Consolidated Transaction Processing, Geographic Location Innovations, Guada Technologies, Interface IP Holdings, Internet Media Interactive, Modern Font Applications, and Symbology.

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Interface IP Holdings LLC v. Public Joint Stock Company, Aeroflot – Russian Airlines (W.D. Tex.).

Judge:          District Judge Alan D. Albright

Claims:         Infringement

Defendant: Public Joint Stock Company, Aeroflot – Russian Airlines

Plaintiff:      Interface IP Holdings LLC

Pls. Cnsl:     Law Offices of Bradford Black; Olavi Law

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

Modern Font Applications LLC v. PetSmart, Inc. (D. Utah).

Judges:        Magistrate Judge Cecilia M. Romero; Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead

Claims:         Infringement

Defendants:          

  • PetSmart, Inc.
  • Domino’s Pizza, LLC

Plaintiff:      Modern Font Applications LLC

Pls. Cnsl:     Kunzler Bean & Adamson

Patent:         9,886,421 (Allowing operating system access to non-standard fonts in a network document)

Proxense, Inc. v. Macy’s, Inc. (N.D. Ill.).

 Judge:          District Judge Virginia M. Kendall

Claims:         Infringement

Defendant: Macy’s, Inc.

Plaintiff:      Proxense, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:     McCaulley Dowell

Patent:         8,340,672 (Wireless network synchronization of cells and client devices on a network)

Symbology Innovations, LLC v. Nabisco, Inc. (D. Del.).

Claims:        Infringement

Defendant: Nabisco, Inc.

Plaintiff:      Symbology Innovations, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:     Sand Sebolt & Wernow; Stamoulis & Weinblatt

Patent:         8,424,752 (System and method for presenting information about an object on a portable electronic device)

realZOOM LLC v. Sephora USA, Inc. (E.D. Tex.).

Claims:         Infringement

Defendant: Sephora USA, Inc.

Plaintiff:      realZOOM LLC

Pls. Cnsl:     SML Avvocati

Patent:         7,774,712 (Methods and systems for displaying an enlarged image)

Geographic Location Innovations LLC v. Kydia Inc. d/b/a Beyondmenu (multiple cases) (N.D. Ill.).

Claims:        Infringement

Defendants:

  • Kydia Inc. d/b/a Beyondmenu
  • GrubHub, Inc.

Plaintiff:      Geographic Location Innovations LLC

Pls. Cnsl:     Rabicoff Law

Patent:         7,917,285 (Device, system and method for remotely entering, storing and sharing addresses for a positional information device)

Internet Media Interactive Corp. v. Shutterfly, Inc. (S.D.N.Y., S.D. Fla.).

 Judges:        District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg; Magistrate Judge Bruce E. Reinhart

Claims:        Infringement

Defendants:          

  • Shutterfly, Inc.
  • Trans Union LLC

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)

Consolidated Transaction Processing LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. (D. Del.).

Claims:         Infringement

Defendant: Amazon.com, Inc.

Plaintiff:      Consolidated Transaction Processing LLC

Pls. Cnsl:     Devlin Law Firm

Patents:       8,374,956 (Internet transactions based on user-specific information); 8,396,743 (Sending targeted product offerings based on personal information); 8,533,047 (Internet business transaction processor); 8,712,846 (Sending targeted product offerings based on personal information); 8,775,255 (Internet business transaction processor)

Billingnetwork Patent, Inc. v. Zoho Corporation (N.D. Cal., C.D. Cal.).

Claims:         Infringement

Defendant:

  • Zoho Corporation
  • Onward Systems, Inc.

Plaintiff:      Billingnetwork Patent, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:     Noble IP; Haller Law; Law Offices of Marc Libarle

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

Guada Technologies LLC v. Deere & Company (D. Del.).

Claims:         Infringement

Defendant: Deere & Company

Plaintiff:      Guada Technologies LLC

Pls. Cnsl:     Direction IP Law; Stamoulis & Weinblatt

Patent:         7,231,379 (Navigation in a hierarchical structured transaction processing system)

Digi Portal LLC v. Redfin Corporation, et al. (multiple cases) (D. Del.).

Claims:         Infringement

Defendants:

  • Redfin Corporation
  • Zomato USA, LLC
  • TripAdvisor, Inc.

Plaintiff:      Digi Portal LLC

Pls. Cnsl:     Direction IP Law; Stamoulis & Weinblatt

Patents:       5,983,227 (Dynamic page generator); 7,171,414 (Dynamic page generator); 7,565,359 (Dynamic page generator); 8,352,854 (Dynamic page generator); 9,626,342 (Dynamic page generator)

S3G Technology LLC v. RE/MAX, LLC (E.D. Tex.).

Judge:          District Judge Sean D. Jordan

Claims:         Infringement

Defendant: RE/MAX, LLC

Plaintiff:      S3G Technology LLC

Pls. Cnsl:     Parker Bunt & Ainsworth

Patents:       10,261,774 (Modification of terminal and service provider machines using an update server machine); 8,572,571 (Modification of terminal and service provider machines using an update server machine); 9,081,897 (Modification of terminal and service provider machines using an update server machine); 9,304,758 (Modification of terminal and service provider machines using an update server machine); 9,940,124 (Modification of terminal and service provider machines using an update server machine)

Saros Licensing LLC v. The Coca-Cola Company (D. Del.).

Claims:         Infringement

Defendant: The Coca-Cola Company

Plaintiff:      Saros Licensing LLC

Pls. Cnsl:     Stamoulis & Weinblatt; Rabicoff Law

Patent:         6,480,753 (Communications, particularly in the domestic environment)

Helios Streaming, LLC et al v. Crackle, Inc. et al. (D. Del.).

Claims:        Infringement

Defendants:

  • Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc.
  • Crackle, Inc.
  • Crackle Plus, LLC
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
  • Sony Pictures Television Inc.

Plaintiffs:

  • Helios Streaming, LLC
  • Ideahub, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:     Devlin Law Firm

Patents:       10,270,830 (Apparatus and method for providing streaming content using representations); 10,277,660 (Apparatus and method for providing streaming content); 10,313,414 (Apparatus and method for providing streaming content using representations); 10,356,145 (Method and device for providing streaming content); 10,362,130 (Apparatus and method for providing streaming contents); 10,375,373 (Method and apparatus for encoding three-dimensional (3D) content); 8,645,562 (Apparatus and method for providing streaming content); 8,909,805 (Apparatus and method for providing streaming content); 9,325,558 (Apparatus and method for providing streaming contents); 9,467,493 (Apparatus and method for providing streaming content)