October was fairly busy. Frequent fliers included Advanced Transactions, Aeritas, AML IP, Bassfield IP, Communication Interface Technologies, Digi Portal, Noblewood IP, and Ridgeview IP.

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 your suggestions for improving the report.

* Note I am catching up on a backlog because of some very busy IP litigation over the last year or so.

Advanced Transactions, LLC v. Marco’s Pizza Holdings, LLC et al (E.D. Va.).

Claims:          Infringement

Defendants:

  • Marco’s Franchising, LLC
  • Marco’s Pizza Holdings, LLC

Plaintiff:        Advanced Transactions, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Daignault Iyer

Patents:         10,783,529 (Third-party provider method and system); 7,065,555 (System and method related to generating and tracking an email campaign); 7,386,594 (System and method related to generating an email campaign); 7,693,950 (System and method related to generating and tracking an email campaign); 7,979,057 (Third-party provider method and system); 8,150,736 (Global electronic commerce system); 8,175,519 (Third-party provider method and system); 9,747,608 (Third-party provider method and system)

Aeritas, LLC v. Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. et al (W.D. Tex.).

Judge:             District Judge Alan D. Albright 

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:    

  • Panda Express, Inc. 
  • Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. 

Plaintiff:        Aeritas, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        The Mort Law Firm

Patents:         7,706,819 (Mixed-mode interaction); 8,055,285 (Mixed-mode interaction); 9,888,107 (Mixed-mode interaction)

AML IP LLC v. Ace Hardware Corporation (multiple cases) (W.D. Tex.).         

Claims:          Infringement

Defendants:

  • Ace Hardware Corporation 
  • BPS Direct, LLC d/b/a Bass Pro Shops 
  • Small Luxury Hotels of the World Management, Inc. 

Plaintiff:        AML IP LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Ramey LLP

Patent:           6,876,979 (Electronic commerce bridge system)

Bassfield IP LLC v. Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. (multiple cases) (W.D. Tex.).            

Claims:          Infringement

Defendants:

  • Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. 
  • Total Quality Logistics, LLC 

Plaintiff:        Bassfield IP LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Direction IP Law

Patent:           6,641,053 (Foreground/background document processing with dataglyphs)

Communication Interface Technologies, LLC v. International Dairy Queen, Inc. (multiple cases) (C.D. Cal.).

Judges:           District Judge Dolly M. Gee; Magistrate Judge Michael R. Wilner; Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick; District Judge Stephen V. Wilson; Judge Christina A. Snyder   

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • International Dairy Queen, Inc.
  • Lego System A/S
  • Starbucks Corporation 

Plaintiff:        Communication Interface Technologies, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Law Offices of Seth W. Wiener

Patents:         6,574,239 (Virtual connection of a remote unit to a server); 8,266,296 (Application-layer evaluation of communications received by a mobile device); 8,291,010 (Virtual connection of a remote unit to a server)

Diatek Licensing LLC v. LEGO System A/S (W.D. Tex.).

Judge:            District Judge Alan D. Albright 

Claims:          Infringement

Defendant:     Lego System A/S  

Plaintiff:        Diatek Licensing LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Kent & Risley

Patents:         7,079,752 (Process for recording a scrambled MPEG stream); 8,195,828 (Method for discontinuous transmission, in sections, of data in a network of distributed stations, as well as a network subscriber station as a requesting appliance for carrying out a method such as this, and a network subscriber station as a source appliance for carrying out a method such as this)

Digi Portal LLC v. FedEx Corporation (multiple cases) (D. Del.).           

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • FedEx Corporation
  • Getaround, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Digi Portal LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Direction IP Law; Napoli Shkolnik

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)

Distributed Media Solutions, LLC v. AMC Networks Inc. (D. Del.).

Claims:          Infringement

Defendant:     AMC Networks, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Distributed Media Solutions, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Stamoulis & Weinblatt; King & Wood Mallesons

Patents:         6,697,811; 7,133,922; 7,739,714; 8,046,672 (Method and system for delivering technology agnostic rich media content within an email, banner ad, and web page); 8,122,004 (Generating and providing rich media presentations optimized for a device over a network); 8,437,389; 8,482,384

Noblewood IP LLC v. AutoZone, Inc. (W.D. Tex.).

Judge:            District Judge Orlando L. Garcia

Claims:          Infringement

Defendant:     AutoZone, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Noblewood IP LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        The Mort Law Firm

Patent:           7,941,553 (Method and device for streaming a media file over a distributed information system)

Optinetix (Israel) Ltd. v. Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (E.D. Tex.).

Judge:            District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III

Claims:          Infringement

Defendant:     Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Optinetix (Israel) Ltd.

Pls. Cnsl:        Budo Law

Patent:           7,349,668 (Systems and methods for embedding commercial information into broadcast media)

Ridgeview IP LLC v. Anthology Inc. (N.D. Tex.).

Judge:            District Judge Karen Gren Scholer

Claims:          Infringement

Defendant:     Anthology, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Ridgeview IP LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Garteiser Honea

Patent:           6,983,270 (Method and apparatus for displaying database search results)

Ridgeview IP LLC v. Cvent Inc. (W.D. Tex.).

Claims:          Infringement

Defendant:     Cvent Inc.

Plaintiff:        Ridgeview IP LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Garteiser Honea

Patent:           6,983,270 (Method and apparatus for displaying database search results)