NPEs finished the summer quietly.* Frequent filers included AML IP, Convergent Assets, I Pee Holding, Linfo IP, and S3G 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.

AML IP LLC v. Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. (multiple cases) (W.D. Tex.).

Judge:             District Judge David Counts

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. 
  • Tractor Supply Company 

Plaintiff:         AML IP LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Ramey

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

Convergent Assets LLC v. The Home Depot, Inc. (multiple cases) (E.D. Tex.).   

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • The Home Depot, Inc.
  • Walmart, Inc. 

Plaintiff:         Convergent Assets LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Direction IP Law

Patent:            11,049,138 (Systems and methods for targeted advertising)

Dynamic Data Innovations LLC v. Old Navy, LLC (E.D. Tex.).

Claims:           Infringement

Defendant:     Old Navy, LLC

Plaintiff:         Dynamic Data Innovations LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Rozier Hardt McDonough

Patent:            9,632,676 (Systems and methods for navigating a set of data objects)

Global Connect Technology, Inc. v. Christie’s International PLC (multiple cases) (E.D. Tex.).            

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:   

  • Christie’s International PLC 
  • Best Buy Co., Inc. 
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation 

Plaintiff:         Global Connect Technology, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:         Garteiser Honea

Patent:            7,246,128 (Data storage, retrieval, manipulation and display tools enabling multiple hierarchical points of view)

H2 Intellect LLC v. The Home Depot, Inc. et al (E.D. Tex.).

Judges:           District Judge Rodney Gilstrap; Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
  • Home Depot USA, Inc.
  • The Home Depot, Inc.

Plaintiff:         H2 Intellect LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Winston & Strawn

Patents:          11,948,171 (Exclusive delivery of content within geographic areas); 8,433,296 (Exclusive delivery of content within geographic areas)

I Pee Holding, LLC v. Claire’s Stores, Inc. et al (N.D. Ill.).

Judge:             District Judge Sara L. Ellis

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • CBI Distributing Corporation
  • Claire’s Stores, Inc.

Plaintiff:         I Pee Holding, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Fox Rothschild

Patent:            10,064,461 (Light string with lighting elements surrounded by decorative shroud and retained by snap-fit enclosure system)

Linfo IP, LLC v. Brompton Bicycle, Inc. (E.D.N.Y., E.D. Tex.).

Judges:           District Judge Rodney Gilstrap; Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:   

  • Brompton Bicycle, Inc.
  • Chubbies, Inc.

Plaintiff:         Linfo IP, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Ramey; Hecht Partners

Patents:          9,092,428 (System, methods and user interface for discovering and presenting information in text content); 9,430,131 (System, methods, and user interface for organizing unstructured data objects)

RavenWhite Licensing LLC v. Home Depot USA, Inc. (multiple cases) (E.D. Tex.).    

Judge:             District Judge Rodney Gilstrap; Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • Home Depot USA, Inc.
  • The Home Depot, Inc. 
  • Walmart, Inc. 
  • Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LLC

Plaintiff:         RavenWhite Licensing LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Kramer Alberti Lim & Tonkovich; Ward Smith & Hill

Patents:          10,594,823 (Method and apparatus for storing information in a browser storage area of a client device); 11,562,402 (Advertising model)

S3G Technology LLC v. Jack in the Box, Inc. (E.D. Tex.).

Judges:           District Judge Rodney Gilstrap; Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne

Claims:           Infringement

Defendant:     Jack in the Box, Inc.

Plaintiff:         S3G Technology LLC

Pls. Cnsl:         Parker Bunt & Ainsworth

Patents:          10,831,468 (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); 11,662,995 (Network efficient location-based dialogue sequence using virtual processor); 9,940,124 (Modification of terminal and service provider machines using an update server machine)