NPE activity ramped up slightly in May.* Frequent filers included Adaptive Avenue Associates, Communication Interface Technologies, eCeipt, Interface IP, Recog IP, S3G Technology, Symbology Innovations, and Tiare Technology.

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.

Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc. v. Menard, Inc. (N.D. Ill.).

Claims:           Infringement

Defendant:     Menard, Inc.

Plaintiff:         Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:        Direction IP Law

Patents:          7,171,629 (Customizable web site access system and method therefore); 7,428,707 (Customizable web site access system and method therefore)

Communication Interface Technologies, LLC v. The American Automobile Association, Inc. (multiple cases) (E.D. Tex.).           

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • The American Automobile Association, Inc.
  • AT&T Inc. 
  • H&R Block, Inc. 
  • Honeywell International Inc. 
  • Keller Williams Realty, Inc.  

Plaintiff:         Communication Interface Technologies, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Beaty Legal

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)

eCeipt LLC v. Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (multiple cases) (W.D. Tex.).  

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:   

  • Advance Auto Parts, Inc.  6-23-cv-00345 ➞
  • Zale Corporation  6-23-cv-00346 ➞

Plaintiff:         eCeipt LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        The Mort Law Firm

Patent:            8,643,875 (Receipt handling systems, print drivers and methods thereof)

Fitistics, LLC v. Fossil Group, Inc. et al (E.D. Tex.).

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • Fossil Group, Inc.
  • Fossil Partners, LP
  • Fossil Stores I, Inc.

Plaintiff:         Fitistics, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Rozier Hardt McDonough

Patents:          11,185,738 (System and method for processing information); 11,252,235 (System and method for processing information); 8,915,823 (System and method for processing information)

Interface IP Holdings LLC v. Latam Airlines Group SA (E.D. Tex.).  

Judge:             District Judge Rodney Gilstrap

Claims:           Infringement

Defendant:     Latam Airlines Group SA

Plaintiff:         Interface IP Holdings LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Findlay Craft; Bradford Black

Patents:          7,080,325 (Graphical device for comprehensive viewing and input of variable data via a browser-based display); 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)

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. v. Authentixx LLC (D. Del.).

Claims:           Declaratory Judgment

Defendant:     Authentixx LLC

Plaintiff:         Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:        Polsinelli

Patents:          10,355,863 (System and method for authenticating electronic content); 7,631,191 (System and method for authenticating a web page)

Loyal-T Systems LLC v. American Express Company et al (D.N.J.).

Judge:             District Judge Kevin McNulty

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • American Express Company
  • American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.

Plaintiff:         Loyal-T Systems LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Ohlandt Greeley Ruggiero & Perle; Cole Schotz; Pastore

Patents:          10,210,537 (System and method for managing a loyalty program via an association network infrastructure); 8,712,839 (System and method for managing a loyalty program via an association network infrastructure)

Recog IP LLC v. Sephora USA, Inc. (W.D. Tex.).

Claims:           Infringement

Defendant:     Sephora USA, 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. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. (W.D. Tex.).

Judge:             District Judge Alan D. Albright

Claims:           Infringement

Defendant:     Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 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)

Symbology Innovations, LLC v. ADT Inc. (multiple cases) (W.D. Tex., E.D. Tex.).

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • ADT Inc.
  • Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. f/k/a Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

Plaintiff:         Symbology Innovations, LLC 

Pls. Cnsl:        Garteiser Honea

Patents:          7,992,773 (System and method for presenting information about an object on a portable electronic device); 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)

Tiare Technology, Inc. v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (multiple cases) (E.D. Tex.).    

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
  • H E Butt Grocery Co. 
  • McDonald’s Corporation 
  • McDonald’s USA, LLC  
  • Starbucks Corporation 
  • Doctor’s Associates LLC f/k/a Doctor’s Associates, Inc. 
  • Franchise World Headquarters, LLC 
  • Subway Holdings, LLC 
  • Subway Sandwich Shops LLC 
  • Taco Bell Corp.  
  • Ulta Beauty, Inc. 
  • Walmart, Inc. 

Plaintiff:         Tiare Technology, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:        Davis Firm 

Patents:          10,157,414 (Patron service system and method); 11,195,224 (Patron service system and method); 8,682,729 (Patron service system and method)