The NPEs came back from their holidays with increased filings.* Frequent filers included AML IP, Cedar Lane Technologies, Communication Interface Technologies, Innovaport, Lockport, IP, Recog IP, Ridgeview IP, S3G Technology, and Sockeye Licensing.

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.

AML IP LLC v. Amazon.com Services LLC f/k/a Amazon.com Services, Inc. (W.D. Tex., N.D. Tex.).         

Judge:             District Judge David C. Godbey

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • Amazon.com Services LLC f/k/a Amazon.com Services, Inc.
  • Best Buy Co., Inc. 
  • Bloomingdales.com, LLC 
  • The Container Store, Inc. 
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation

Plaintiff:         AML IP LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Ramey

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

Cedar Lane Technologies Inc. v. Alps Alpine North America Inc. (W.D. Wash.).

Judge:             Magistrate Judge David W. Christel

Claims:           Infringement

Defendant:     Alps Alpine North America, Inc.

Plaintiff:         Cedar Lane Technologies Inc. 

Pls. Cnsl:        Mann Law Group; Rabicoff Law

Patents:          6,972,790 (Host interface for imaging arrays); 8,537,242 (Host interface for imaging arrays)

Communication Interface Technologies, LLC v. International Dairy Queen, Inc. (E.D. Tex.).

Judge:             District Judge Sean D. Jordan

Claims:           Infringement

Defendant:     International Dairy Queen, Inc.

Plaintiff:         Communication Interface Technologies, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Devlin Law Firm

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)

Innovaport LLC v. Best Buy Co., Inc. (W.D. Wis.).

Judges:          Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker; District Judge William M. Conley

Claims:          Infringement

Defendant:   Best Buy Co., Inc.

Plaintiff:        Innovaport LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Boyle Fredrickson

Patents:        8,775,260 (Apparatus and method for providing product location information to customers in a store); 8,787,933 (Apparatus and method for providing product location information to customers in a store); 9,489,690 (Apparatus and method for providing product location information to customers in a store); 9,990,670 (Apparatus and method for providing product location information to customers in a store)

Mass Bay Brewing Co., Inc. v. Locket IP LLC (D. Mass.).

Judge:             Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley

Claims:           Declaratory Judgment

Defendant:     Locket IP LLC

Plaintiff:         Mass Bay Brewing Co., Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:        Downs Rachlin Martin

Patent:           10,514,832 (Method for locating regions of interest in a user interface)

Ridgeview IP LLC v. Anthology, Inc. (E.D. Va.).

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)

Recog IP LLC v. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (W.D. Tex.).

Judge:             District Judge Alan D. Albright 

Claims:           Infringement

Defendant:    Williams-Sonoma, Inc.  

Plaintiff:         Recog IP LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Direction IP Law  

Patent:           7,296,062 (Method for generating a presentation for re-locating an information page that has already been called)

S3G Technology LLC v. Best Buy Co., Inc. (E.D. Tex., W.D. Tex.).

Judges:           District Judge Rodney Gilstrap; Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne; District Judge Alan D. Albright; Magistrate Judge Derek T. Gilliland   

Claims:           Infringement

Defendant:

  • Best Buy Co., Inc.
  • The Buckle, Inc.
  • Staples, Inc. 

Plaintiff:         S3G Technology LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Parker Bunt & Ainsworth

Patents:          10,387,140 (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); 11,210,082 (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); 10,261,774 (Modification of terminal and service provider machines using an update server machine)

Sockeye Licensing TX LLC v. Best Buy Co., Inc. (W.D.  Tex.).

Claims:     Infringement

Defendant:      Best Buy Co., Inc.

Plaintiff:   Sockeye Licensing TX LLC

Pls. Cnsl:  Rabicoff Law

Patent:      9,547,981 (System, method and apparatus for using a wireless device to control other devices)