Intellectual Property - Patent

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Eolas Technologies Incorporated v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et alOctober 6, 2009December 18, 2009
Beneficial Innovations, Inc. v. Careerbuilder, LLC et alJune 1, 2009December 18, 2009
Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC v. Forest River IncOctober 24, 2008December 18, 2009
Guerrilla Marketing Under False Pretenses Might Be Passing Off--Heartland v. Forest River. By Professor Eric Goldman. Technology & Marketing Law Blog.
Software Rights Archive, LLC v. Google Inc. et alNovember 21, 2007December 18, 2009
Plaintiff Software Rights Archive, LLC alleges that Defendants Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., AOL LLC and Lycos, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,544,352 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Indexing, Searching and Displaying Data."
IP Innovation LLC et al v. Google, Inc.November 16, 2007December 18, 2009
Plaintiffs IP Innovation LLC and Technology Licensing Corp. alleges that defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patents No. 5,276,785 entitled "Moving Viewpoint With Respect to a Target in a Three Dimensional Workspace" and No. 5,675,819 entitled "Document Information Retrieval Using Global Word Co-Occurrence Patterns."
PA Advisors, LLC v. Google Inc. et alNovember 2, 2007December 18, 2009
Plaintiff PA Advisors, LLC allege that Defendants infringed no U.S. Patent No. 6,199,067 entitled "System and Method for Generating Personalized User Profiles and for Utilizing the Generated User Profiles to Perform Adaptive Internet Searches."
EMG Technology, LLC v. Apple, Inc.November 24, 2008December 17, 2009
EMG Technology lawsuit accuses Apple of infringing U.S. Patent No. 7,441,196 in the way the iPhone navigates the Internet.
ESN LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et alJanuary 31, 2008December 17, 2009
Plaintiff ESN, LLC alleged that Defendants Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco-Linksys, LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,283,519 entitled "Distributed Edge Switching System for Voice-Over-Packet Multiservice Network."
Performance Pricing, Inc. v. Google Inc. et alSeptember 27, 2007December 17, 2009
Plaintiff Performance Pricing, Inc. sued Google Inc., AOL LLC, Microsoft Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. for infringing U.S. Patent No. 6,978,253 entitled "Systems and Methods for Transacting Business Over a Global Communications Network such as the Internet."
TechRadium v. Twitter, Inc.August 4, 2009December 16, 2009
Texas company TechRadium sues Twitter for violating their patents: Nos. 7,130,389, 7,496,183, and 7,519,165.
Google Inc. v. Traffic Information LLCJune 9, 2009December 16, 2009
Function Media, L.L.C. v. Google, Inc. et alJuly 3, 2007December 16, 2009
Plaintiff alleges that Google's AdSense and AdWords technologies, Google Print Ads, and Yahoo's Publisher and Content Match technologies infringe on its patents.
Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC v. Softlayer Technologies, Inc. et alJune 16, 2009December 15, 2009
BetaNet, LLC v. Adobe Systems, Inc et alDecember 14, 2009December 14, 2009
Plaintiff BetaNet LLC alleges that Defendants infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,222,134 and 5,103,476, both entitled "Secure System for Activating Personal Computer Software at Remote Locations."
Nokia Corporation v. Apple Inc.October 22, 2009December 14, 2009
Xpoint Technologies Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation et alAugust 21, 2009December 14, 2009
Aloft Media, LLC v. Oracle Corporation et alJuly 14, 2009December 11, 2009
Google Inc. et al v. Egger et alJuly 1, 2008December 11, 2009
Plaintiffs Google Inc., AOL LLC, Yahoo! Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc. and Lycos, Inc. seek a declaratory judgment that they have not infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 5,544,352, 5,832,494 and 6,233,571 (Method and Apparatus for Indexing, Searching and Displaying Data), that such patents are invalid, and that Defendants L. Daniel Egger, Software Rights Archive, LLC and Site Technologies, Inc. do not own the patents.
Northeastern University et al v. Google, Inc.,November 6, 2007December 11, 2009
Plaintiffs Northwestern University and Jarg Corporation allege that Defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,694,593 entitled "Distributed Computer Database System and Method."
API Technologies, LLC v. Facebook, Inc. et alMay 12, 2009December 10, 2009
Actus, LLC v. Bank of America Corp. et alApril 9, 2009December 10, 2009
Clark v. The Walt Disney Company et alOctober 17, 2008December 10, 2009
Plaintiff Aaron Clark alleged that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,548,272 entitled "Talking Poster" by manufacturing, distributing and licensing the Hannah Montana Talking Poster and Cheetah Girls Talking Poster.
Aloft Media, LLC v. SAP AG et alJuly 14, 2009December 8, 2009
Web Tracking Solutions, Inc. et al v. Google, Inc.July 31, 2008December 8, 2009
Plaintiffs Web Tracking Solutions, Inc. and Daniel Wexler alleged that Defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,960,409 entitled "Third-Party On-Line Accounting System and Method Therefor."
Timebase Pty Ltd v. Thomson Corporation, TheMarch 28, 2007December 8, 2009
Plaintiff Timebase Pty Ltd. sued defendant The Thomson Corporation for infringing U.S. Patent No. 6,233,592 entitled "System for electronic publishing."
Red Bend Software, Inc. et al v. GoogleOctober 26, 2009December 7, 2009
Plaintiffs allege that Defendant Google Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,546,552 entitled "Difference Extraction Between Two Versions of Data-Tables Containing Intra-References." Specifically, Plaintiffs allege that Defendant's implementation of its differential compression algorithm for making Google Chrome updates significantly smaller ("Courgette") infringes on one or more claims of the '522 patent. Additionally, Plaintiffs charge that Google's publication and distribution of the source code for the algorithm induces others' infringement of one or more claims of the '522 patent.
Association For Molecular Pathology et al v. United States Patent and Trademark Office et alMay 12, 2009December 4, 2009
St Clair Intellectual Property Consultants Inc. v. Apple Inc.October 26, 2009December 2, 2009
Personalized User Model LLP v. Google Inc.July 16, 2009November 24, 2009
Elan Microelectronics Corporation v. Apple, Inc.April 7, 2009November 24, 2009
Polaris IP, LLC v. Google Inc. et alAugust 27, 2007November 24, 2009
Polaris IP, LLC sued Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Amazon.com Inc., A9.com, Inc., Borders, Inc., Borders Group Inc., AOL LLC, America Online, Inc., IAC/InteractiveCorp., and IAC Search and Media, Inc. for patent infringement involving U.S. Patent No. 6,411,947 entitled "Automatic Message Interpretation and Routing System." Plaintiff alleges that defendants are infringing on the patent by implementing various websites that comprise interpreting electronic messages with rule base and case base knowledge engines.
Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc.November 19, 2008November 3, 2009
Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Google, Inc. et alFebruary 12, 2008October 21, 2009
Plaintiff Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC alleges that Defendants Google, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,043,450 entitled "Paid Search Engine Bid Management."
HYPERPHRASE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. GOOGLE INC.April 12, 2006October 5, 2009
Plaintiffs HyperPhrase Technologies LLC and HyperPhrase Inc. alleged that Defendant Google Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,434,567 entitled "Method for Specifying Enterprise-wide Database Address Formats," No. 6,507,837 entitled "Tiered and Content Based Database Searching," No. 6,516,321 entitled "Method for Database Address Specification," and No. 5,903,889 entitled "System and Method for Translating, Collecting and Archiving Patient Records for Automated Data Storage and Retrieval."
Aloft Media, LLC v. Yahoo!, Inc. et alJuly 8, 2009September 22, 2009
Aloft Media, LLC v. Yahoo! Inc. et alDecember 30, 2008September 18, 2009
Plaintiff Aloft Media, LLC alleged that Defendants Yahoo!, Inc., Google, Inc. and AOL LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,472,351 entitled "Mobile E-Mail Manager Interface with Integrated Instant Messaging and Phone Call Initiator Feature."
Performance Pricing, Inc. v. Google Inc. et alAugust 28, 2009September 18, 2009
Google, Inc. v. EMSAT Advanced Geo-Location Technology, LLC et alMay 29, 2009September 16, 2009
Aloft Media, LLC v. Google, Inc.November 19, 2008September 10, 2009
Plaintiff Aloft Media, LLC alleged that Defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,194,691 entitled "Network Browser Window with Adjacent Identifier Selector Interface for Storing Web Content."
Klausner Technologies Inc v. Verizon Wireless et alAugust 26, 2008August 11, 2009
Plaintiff Klausner Technologies, Inc. alleged that Defendants infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 5,572,576 and 5,283,818 entitled "Telephone Answering Device Linking Displayed Data with Recorded Audio Message."
Cygnus Systems, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, et alDecember 23, 2008July 31, 2009
Picsel (Research) Ltd. et al v. Apple Inc.February 13, 2009July 20, 2009
GraphOn Corporation v. Google Inc.August 13, 2008June 5, 2009
Plaintiff GraphOn Corporation alleged that Defendant Google Inc. infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 6,324,538 and 6,850,940 entitled "Automated On-Line Information Services and Directory, Particularly for the World Wide Web," and U.S. Patent Nos. 7,028,034 and 7,269,591 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Providing a Dynamically-Updating Pay-For-Service Web Site."
Certicom Corporation et al v. Sony Corporation et alMay 30, 2007May 27, 2009
Plaintiffs Certicom Corp. and Certicom Patent Holding Corp. alleged that Defendants Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony Electronics Inc. and Sony DADC US Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,563,928 entitled "Strengthened Public Key Protocol."
BabyAge..com, Inc. v. Leachco, Inc.August 30, 2007May 6, 2009
Online Retailer's Link to House Brand from Manufacturer's Product Page Might Infringe--BabyAge v. Leachco. By Eric Goldman. Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Bid for Position, LLC v. AOL, LLC et alDecember 13, 2007April 27, 2009
Plaintiff Bid for Position, LLC alleges that Defendants AOL, LLC, Google, Inc., Microsoft Corporation and MIVA, INc. infringed on Patent No. 7,225,151 entitled "Online Auction Bid Management System and Method."
Soilworks LLC v Midwest Industrial Supply IncSeptember 7, 2006April 16, 2009
Plaintiff Soilworks, LLC alleged that Defendant Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc. violated the Lanham Act, the Arizona Deceptive Trade Practices Act and Arizona common law by disparaging Plaintiff and its products and falsely representing that Plaintiff is infringing patent rights of Defendant.
Priest et al v Google Inc.December 11, 2008April 13, 2009
21 srl v. Apple Inc. et alDecember 23, 2008April 3, 2009
PACid Group, LLC v. Apple Inc. et alMarch 30, 2009March 30, 2009
Accolade Systems LLC v. Micron Technology Inc et alMarch 24, 2009March 24, 2009
Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Apple, Inc.March 24, 2009March 24, 2009
Clear With Computers, LLC v. Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. et alFebruary 27, 2009February 27, 2009
Plaintiff Clear With Computers, LLC alleged that Defendants infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,615,342 entitled "Electronic Proposal Preparation System" by methods practiced on various websites, making and using supply chain methods, sales methods, sales systems, and inventory systems.
Motorola Inc v. Research In Motion Limited et alJanuary 13, 2009January 14, 2009
DVDPlay Inc. v. Redbox Automated Retail LLCOctober 28, 2008October 28, 2008
Media Queue, LLC v. Netflix, Inc. et alOctober 24, 2008October 27, 2008
Plaintiff Media Queue, LLC alleged that Defendants Netflix, Inc., Blockbuster, Inc., GameFly, Inc., Greencine, LLC and Greencine Holdings, LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,389,243 entitled "Notification System and Method for Media Queue."
WIAV Solutions LLC v. Research In Motion, Ltd. et alSeptember 26, 2008September 26, 2008
Google Inc. v. Netlist, Inc.August 29, 2008September 4, 2008
Illinois Computer Research, LLC v. Google Inc.September 10, 2007August 15, 2008
Plaintiff Illinois Computer Research, LLC alleges that defendant Google Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,111,252 entitled "Enhancing Touch and Feel on the Internet."
Hysitron Incorporated v. MTS Systems CorporationMarch 14, 2007August 11, 2008
Plaintiff Hysitron Incorporated alleged that Defendant MTS Systems Corporation infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 6,026,677 and 5,553,486 entitled "Apparatus for Microindentation Hardness Testing and Surface Imaging Incorporating a Multi-Plate Capacitor System."
Gibson Guitar Corporation v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. et alMarch 20, 2008August 8, 2008
Plaintiff Gibson Guitar Corporation alleges that Defendants Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., MTV Networks and Electronic Arts, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,990,405 entitled "System and Method for Generating and Controlling a Simulated Musical Concert Experience." The suit relates to the Guitar Hero and Rock Band series of products.
Digital Background Corporation v. Apple, Inc.July 30, 2008August 5, 2008
Plaintiff Digital Background Corporation alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,764,306 entitled "Real-Time Method of Digitally Altering a Video Data Stream to Remove Portions of the Original Image and Substitute Elements to Create a New Image." Defendant Apple Inc. counterclaimed and requested declaratory judgment that the '306 patent claims are invalid, unenforceable and not infringed.
Stragent, LLC v. Nokia Inc. et alJuly 29, 2008July 30, 2008
Plaintiff Stragent, LLC alleged that Defendants Nokia, Inc., Nokia Corporation, Motorola, Inc., Palm, Inc., Research in Motion, Ltd., Research in Motion Corporation, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Sony Ericcson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc., American Online, Inc., AOL LLC, AT&T, Inc., Google, Inc., Microsoft Corporation and Yahoo!, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,665,722 entitled "Store-and-forward packet radio system and method."
Anascape, Ltd v. Nintendo of America, Inc.July 18, 2008July 29, 2008
Typhoon Touch Technologies, Inc et al v. Motion Computing, Inc et alDecember 5, 2007July 16, 2008
Plaintiff Typhoon Touch Technologies Inc. and Nova Mobility Systems Inc. alleged that Defendants Dell, Inc., Xplore Technologies Corporation of America, San Dune Ventures, Inc., Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Lenovo (United States) Inc., Panasonic Corporation of North America, Apple Inc., HTC America, Inc., Palm, Inc., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Nokia Inc. and LG Electronics USA, Inc. for infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,379,057 and 5,675,362 entitled "Portable Computer with Touch Screen and Computer System Employing Same."
CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. v. FACEBOOK, INC. et alJuly 3, 2007July 16, 2008
Plaintiff Cross Atlantic Capital Partners Inc. alleges that defendant Facebook, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,518,629 B2 entitled "System for creating a community for users with common interests to interact in."
Aloft Media LLC v. Microsoft CorporationFebruary 22, 2008July 15, 2008
Plaintiff Aloft Media LLC alleges that Defendant Microsoft Corp. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,901,393 entitled "System, Method and Computer Program Product for a Customer-Centric Collaborative Protocol."
NetJumper Sofware L. L. C. v. Google, IncorporatedFebruary 2, 2004July 15, 2008
Plaintiff NetJumper, L.L.C. sued defendant Google, Inc. for patent infringement and alleged that Google Toolbar and Google Viewer infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,890,172 and U.S. Patent No. 6,226,655, both entitled "Method and Apparatus for Retrieving Data from a Network Using Linked Location Identifiers." Defendant Google counterclaimed for trademark infringement.
Mirror Worlds, LLC v. Apple, Inc.March 14, 2008July 14, 2008
Plaintiff Mirror Worlds LLC alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,006,227 and 6,638,313 B1 entitled "Document Stream Operating System" and 6,725,427 B2 entitled "Document Stream Operating System with Document Organizing and Display Facilities," 6,768,999 B2 entitled "Enterprise, Stream-Based Information Management System"
Everything Baseball Limited, LLC v. Wilson Sporting Goods Company et alJuly 7, 2008July 9, 2008
Plaintiff Everything Baseball Limited, LLC alleged that Defendants Wilson Sporting Goods Company, Hunt Wilson International Ltd., Schutt Sports, Inc., Easton-Bell Sports, Inc., Hillerich & Bradsby Co., Ampac Enterprises, Inc., Rawlings Sporting Goods, Inc., Adidas AG, Reebok International Ltd., Riddell Sports Inc., Diamond Sports Co. Inc. and Nocona Athletic Goods Company infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,161,226 entitled "Baseball Chest Protector".
Restricted Spending Solutions, LLC v. Apple, Inc.February 6, 2008June 30, 2008
Plaintiff Restricted Spending Solutions LLC alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,143,064 entitled "Controlled Entertainment Spending Account."
Klausner Technologies Inc v. Apple Inc et alMarch 19, 2008June 20, 2008
Plaintiff Klausner Technologies, Inc. alleges that Defendants Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,283,818 entitled "Telephone Answering Device Linking Displayed Data with Recorded Audio Message."
Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. et alJune 6, 2007June 2, 2008
Plaintiff alleges that defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,681,120 entitled "Mobile Entertainment and Communication Device."
Zapmedia Services, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.March 12, 2008May 20, 2008
Plaintiff ZapMedia Services Inc. alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,020,704 entitled "System and method for distributing media assets to user devices via a portal synchronized by said user devices " and 7,343,414 entitled "GUI driving media playback device."
Apple Inc. v. Atico International USA Inc. et alMay 14, 2008May 15, 2008
Plaintiff Apple Inc. alleged that Defendants Atico International USA Inc. and New Atico International Limited Corporation manufactured and sold iPod accessories which were not licensed or otherwise sponsored by Apple. Defendants also allegedly infringed U.S. Patent No. 7,305,506 entitled "Method and System for Transferring Status Information Between a Media Player and an Accessory," Nos. D551,212, D551,213, and D552,085 entitled "Dock Insert," and No. D558,738 entitled "Docking Station."
Datatreasury Corporation v. Citizens Bank of Rhode Island et alMay 2, 2008May 2, 2008
Plaintiff DataTreasury Corporation alleged that Defendants Citizens Bank of Rhode Island, RBS Citizens, National Association, UBS AG and Comerica Bank infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,910,988 and 6,032,137 entitled "Remote Image Capture With Centralized Processing and Storage," 5,265,007 entitled "Central Check Clearing System," and 5,717,868 entitled "Electronic Payment Interchange Concentrator."
Bascom Global Internet Services, Inc. v. AOL LLC et alApril 30, 2008April 30, 2008
Plaintiff BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc. alleged that Defendants AOL LLC and Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,987,606 entitled "Method and System for Content Filtering Information Retrieved from an Internet Computer Network."
Milan v. Apple IncorporatedApril 24, 2008April 25, 2008
Plaintiff Henry Milan alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,991,483 B1 entitled "Flash Memory Drive with Quick Connector."
Tafas v. Dudas et alAugust 22, 2007March 12, 2008
Plaintiff Triantafyllos Tafas sought to prevent Defendants Jon Dudas and the United States Patent and Trademark Office from implementing Section 1.75 and 1.78 of certain new federal regulations published by the USPTO at 72 Fed. Reg. No. 161 on August 21, 2007 entitled Changes To Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications; Final Rule.
F & G Research, Inc v. Google, IncNovember 29, 2007March 6, 2008
Plaintiff F & G Research, Inc. alleges that Defendant Google Inc. infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,313,229 entitled "Mouse and Method for Concurrent Cursor Position and Scrolling Control."
F & G Research, Inc. v. Google, Inc.June 22, 2006March 6, 2008
Plaintiff F & G Research, Inc. sued Google, Inc. for patent infringement over U.S. Patent No. 5,313,229 entitled "Mouse and Method for Concurrent Cursor Position and Scrolling Control."
Cisco Sys Inc et al v. ESN LLCOctober 16, 2007March 4, 2008
Plaintiff Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco-Linksys LLC sought a declaratory judgment that they do not infringe any valid and enforceable claim of U.S. Patent No. 7,283,519.
Aloft Media LLC v. Microsoft CorporationFebruary 22, 2008February 22, 2008
Plaintiff Aloft Media, LLC alleged that Defendant Microsoft Corporation infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,305,625 entitled "Data Networking System and Method for Interfacing a User."
Valueclick Inc v. Revenue Science IncMarch 28, 2007February 12, 2008
Beneficial Innovations, Inc. v. AOL, LLC. et alDecember 20, 2007February 11, 2008
Plaintiff Beneficial Innovations, Inc. alleges that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,712,702 entitled "Method and System for Playing Games on a Network" and 6,183,336 entitled "Network Gaming System."
iLOR, LLC v. Google, Inc.April 17, 2007February 7, 2008
Plaintiff iLOR, LLC alleges that Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,206,839 entitled "Method for Adding a User Selected Function to a Hyperlink."
WI-Lan, Inc. v. Acer, Inc. et alOctober 31, 2007February 6, 2008
Plaintiff Wi-LAN Inc. sued Defendants Suppliers, Broadcom Corporation, Intel Corporation, Atheros Communications, Inc., Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc. and Circuit City Stores, Inc. for infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 5,282,222 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Multiple Access Between Transceivers in Wireless Communications Using OFDM Spread Spectrum" and RE37,802 entitled "Multicode Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum."
AutoText Technologies, Inc. v. Apple, inc. et alNovember 9, 2007January 9, 2008
Plaintiff AutoText Technologies, Inc. alleges Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,305,205 entitled "Computer-Assisted Transcription Apparatus."
LOTTOTRON, INC. v. MICROSOFT CORPORATIONOctober 22, 2007November 26, 2007
Plaintiff Lottotron, Inc. alleged that defendant Microsoft Corporation's online poker and casino games infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,921,865, 5,910,047 and 5,415,416 all entitled "Computerized Lottery Wagering System" and U.S Patent No.,5,816,919 entitled "Computer Lottery Wagering System".
ESN LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc et alOctober 15, 2007November 20, 2007
Plaintiff ESN, LLC alleged that Defendants Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco-Linksys, LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,283,519 entitled "Distributed Edge Switching System for Voice-Over-Packet Multiservice Network."
Microlinc, LLC v. Intel Corporatioh et alNovember 7, 2007November 15, 2007
Plaintiff Microlinc, LLC alleges that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,009,488 entitled "Computer Having Packet-Based Interconnect Channel."
Spark Network Services, Inc. v. Match.Com, LP et alJanuary 30, 2007November 15, 2007
Plaintiff Spark Network Services, Inc. alleged that defendants Match.com, LP, eHarmony.com, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,272,467 B1 entitled "System for Data Collection and Matching Compatible Profiles."
Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Yahoo! Inc.September 13, 2007November 8, 2007
Plaintiff Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC alleged that defendant Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,043,450 entitled "Paid Search Engine Bid Management."
Antor Media Corporation v. Metacafe, Inc.March 27, 2007November 5, 2007
Plaintiff Antor Media Corporation alleged that MetaCafe, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,734,961 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Information Recorded on Information Storage Means from a Central Server to Subscribers via a High Data Rate Digital Telecommunications Network."
REFINED RECOMMENDATION CORPORATION v. NETFLIX, INC.October 16, 2007October 22, 2007
Plaintiff Refined Recommendation Corporation alleges that Netflix, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,606,102 entitled "Optimizing Interest Potential."
SmithKline Beecham Corporation et al v. Dudas et alOctober 9, 2007October 15, 2007
Digital Reg of Texas, LLC v. Hustler.com et alOctober 5, 2007October 15, 2007
Plaintiff Digital Reg of Texas, LLC alleged that defendants Hustler.com (a/k/a LFP Internet Group, LLC), LFP, Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Audible, Inc., Sony Corp. of America, Sony Connect, Inc., Macrovision Corp. and Blockbuster Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,389,541 entitled "Regulating Access to Digital Content."
Leaper Footwear v. Nike et alOctober 1, 2007October 15, 2007
Plaintiff Leaper Footwear, LLC alleged that defendants Nike, Inc. and Apple, Inc. developed and marketed a "Nike + iPod Sport Kit" that infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,720,200 entitled "Performance Measuring Footwear."
Beneficial Innovations, Inc. v. Blockdot, Inc. et alJune 20, 2007October 15, 2007
Plaintiff alleges that defendants have infringed US Patent No. 6,712,702 covering a method and system for playing games on a network.
Web Telephony, LLC. v. Verizon Communications, Inc. et alMarch 14, 2007October 15, 2007
Plaintiff Web Telephony, LLC alleges that defendants have infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,445,694 and 6,785,266, both entitled "Internet controlled telephone system."
Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffmann-LaRoche LTD et alNovember 8, 2005October 15, 2007
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. et alOctober 14, 2005October 15, 2007
Plaintiff Stanford University alleged that defendants Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. and Roche Diagnostic Systems, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,968,730 entitled "Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for Monitoring Antiviral Therapy and Making Therapeutic Decisions in the Treatment of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome" and 6,503,705 entitled "Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for Monitoring Antiviral Therapy and Making Therapeutic Decisions in the Treatment of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome."
PartsRiver, Inc. v. Shopzilla, Inc. et alOctober 3, 2007October 12, 2007
Plaintiff PartsRiver, Inc. alleged that defendants Shopzilla, Inc., ValueClick, Inc., Pricerunner Limited, Yahoo! Inc., PriceGrabber.com, Inc., eBay, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,275,821 entitled "Method and System for Executing a Guided Parametric Search."
NTP, Inc. v. Sprint Nextel Corp.September 7, 2007October 12, 2007
Plaintiff NTP, Inc. alleged that Sprint Nextel Corp. infringed on U.S Patent Nos. 5,438,611 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors Originating from Outside of the Electronic Mail System and Method of Operation thereof," 5,479,472 entitled "System for Interconnecting Electronic Mail Systems by RF Communications and Method of Operation thereof," 5,436,960 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors and Method of Operation thereof," 5,625,670 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," 5,819,172 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Radios," 6,317,582 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," and 6,317,592 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processor," and 5,631,946 entitled "System for Transferring Information from a RF Receiver to a Processor Under Control of a Program Store by the Processor and Method of Operation thereof".
Anascape, Ltd v. Microsoft Corp. et alJuly 31, 2006October 12, 2007
Plaintiff Anascape, Ltd. sued defendants Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo of America, Inc., and alleged that defendants infringed on various patents related to video game consoles and video game controllers.
Apple Computer Inc. v. Burst.com, Inc.January 4, 2006October 12, 2007
Plaintiff Apple Computer, Inc. sued defendant Burst.com, Inc. and sought a declaratory judgment that U.S. Patent Nos. 4,963,995 entitled "Audio/Video Transceiver Apparatus Including Compression Means," 5,164,839 entitled "Method for handling audio/video source information", 5,995,705 entitled "Burst transmission apparatus and method for audio/video information" are invalid and are not infringed by Apple.
IP Innovation, LLC. et al v. Red Hat Inc. et alOctober 9, 2007October 11, 2007
Plaintiff IP Innovation LLC and Technology Licensing Corporation alleged that defendants Red Hat Inc. and Novell Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,072,412 entitled "User Interface With Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects," 5,533,183 entitled "User Interface With Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects," and 5,394,521 entitled "User Interface With Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects."
NTP, Inc. v. Cellco PartnershipSeptember 7, 2007October 11, 2007
Plaintiff NTP, Inc. alleged that defendant Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,436,960 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors and Method of Operation thereof," 5,438,611 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors Originating from Outside of the Electronic Mail System and Method of Operation thereof," 5,625,670 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," 5,819,172 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Radios," 6,067,451 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," 6,317,592 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processor," 5,479,472 entitled "System for Interconnecting Electronic Mail Systems by RF Communications and Method of Operation thereof," and 5,631,946 entitled "System for Transferring Information from a RF Receiver to a Processor Under Control of a Program Store by the Processor and Method of Operation thereof".
Mediostream, Inc. v. Acer America Corporation et alAugust 28, 2007October 11, 2007
Plaintiff MedioStream, Inc. alleges that defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,009,655 B2 entitled "Method and System for Direct Recording of Video Information onto a Disk Medium."
The Procter & Gamble Company v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc.August 27, 2007October 11, 2007
Plaintiff Procter & Gamble Company sued defendant Kraft Foods Global, Inc. for infringing US Patent No. 7,169,418 entitled "Packaging system to provide fresh packed cofee."
William Reber, L.L.C. v. Helio L.L.C.April 30, 2007October 11, 2007
Plaintiff William Reber L.L.C alleges that Defendant Helio L.L.C. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,701,258 entitled "Wireless Pager with Prestored Images and Methods and Systems for Use thereof."
1st Technology LLC v. Rational Enterprises Ltda. et alSeptember 7, 2006October 11, 2007
Plaintiff 1st Technology LLC alleged that defendants Rational Enterprises Ltda., Rational Poker School Limited, Bodog Entertainment Group S.A., Bodog.net, Bodog.com and FutureBet Systems Ltd. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,564,001 entitled "Method and System for Interactively Transmitting Multimedia Information Over a Network Which Requires Reduced Bandwidth."
Sprint Communications Company LP v. Vonage Holdings Corp., et alOctober 4, 2005October 11, 2007
Plaintiff Sprint Communications Company L.P. alleged that theglobe.com, Inc., Voiceglo Holdings, Inc. and Vonage Holdings Corp. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,304,572 entitled "Method, System and Apparatus for Telecommunications Control," 6,663,561 entitled "Method, System and Apparatus for Telecommunications Control," 6,463,052 entitled "Method, System and Apparatus for Telecommunications Control," 6,452,932 entitled "Method, System and Apparatus for Telecommunications Control," 6,473,429 entitled "Broadband Telecommunications System," 6,298,064 entitled "Broadband Telecommunications System," and 6,665,294 entitled "Broadband Telecommunications System."
NTP, Inc. v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.September 7, 2007October 10, 2007
Plaintiff NTP, Inc. alleged that T-Mobile USA, Inc. infringed on U.S Patent Nos. 5,438,611 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors Originating from Outside of the Electronic Mail System and Method of Operation thereof," 5,479,472 entitled "System for Interconnecting Electronic Mail Systems by RF Communications and Method of Operation thereof," 5,436,960 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors and Method of Operation thereof," 5,625,670 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," 5,819,172 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Radios," 6,317,582 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," and 6,317,592 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processor," and 5,631,946 entitled "System for Transferring Information from a RF Receiver to a Processor Under Control of a Program Store by the Processor and Method of Operation thereof".
Vonage Holdings Corp. v. Nortel Networks Inc. et alAugust 17, 2007October 10, 2007
Plaintiff Vonage Holdings Corp. sought a declaratory judgment that defendant's patents are invalid, void and/or unenforceable. The case involved U.S. Patent Nos. 6,091,808 entitled "Methods of an Apparatus for Providing Telephone Call Control and Information," 6,445,695 entitled "System and Method for Supporting Communications Services on Behalf of a Communications Device Which Cannot Provide Those Services Itself," and 7,050,861 entitled "Controlling a Destination Terminal from an Originating Terminal."
Wolf v. Brightroom, Inc. et alJune 8, 2007October 10, 2007
Plaintiff alleged that defendants Brightroom, Inc., Island Photography, Inc., Elizabeth M. Kreutz, Bird's Eye View, Inc., Digilabs, Inc., Printroom, INc., Smugmug, Inc. and Hour Photos, Inc. d/b/a Master Photos U.S.A. infringed on U.S Patent No. 7,047,214 entitled "Process for Providing Event Photographs for Inspection, Selection and Distribution Via a Computer Network."
AdvanceMe Inc v. RapidPay LLCNovember 9, 2005October 10, 2007
Plaintiff AdvanceMe Inc. alleges that defendant RapidPay LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,941,281 entitled "Automated Payment." The patent covers systems and methods of automated loan repayment.
NTP, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility, LLCSeptember 7, 2007October 9, 2007
Plaintiff NTP, Inc. alleged that AT&T Mobility, LLC infringed on U.S Patent Nos. 5,438,611 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors Originating from Outside of the Electronic Mail System and Method of Operation thereof," 5,479,472 entitled "System for Interconnecting Electronic Mail Systems by RF Communications and Method of Operation thereof," 5,436,960 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors and Method of Operation thereof," 5,625,670 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," 5,819,172 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Radios," 6,317,582 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processors," and 6,317,592 entitled "Electronic Mail System with RF Communications to Mobile Processor," and 5,631,946 entitled "System for Transferring Information from a RF Receiver to a Processor Under Control of a Program Store by the Processor and Method of Operation thereof".
FotoMedia Technologies, LLC v. AOL, LLC. et alJune 18, 2007October 9, 2007
Plaintiff FotoMedia Technologies, LLC alleged that AOL LLC, American Online, Inc., PhotoBucket.com, Inc., Shutterfly, Inc., CNET Networks, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,018,774 entitled "Method and System for Creating Messages Including Image Information," 6,542,936 B1 entitled "System for Creating Messages Including Image Information," and 6,871,231 B2 entitled "Role-Based Access to Image Metadata."
MARS, INC. v. NATRACEUTICAL, S.A. et alApril 3, 2007October 9, 2007
Mars, Inc. alleges that Natraceutical, S.A. and Natra U.S., Inc. infringed certain patents held by Mars concerning the production of cocoa with enriched polyphenol content, which purportedly conveys vascular health benefits to consumers of chocolate.
Tavory v. NTP, Inc.September 20, 2006October 9, 2007
Plaintiff Oren Tavory sued defendant NTP, Inc., seeking to be joined as an inventor to six patents owned by NTP, as well as damages for copyright infringement and unjust enrichment.
1st Technology LLC v. IQ-Ludorum, PLC, et alMarch 15, 2006October 9, 2007
DOW JONES REUTERS BUSINESS INTERACTIVE, LLC v. ABLAISE LTD. et alJune 1, 2006October 5, 2007
Plaintiff Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive, LLC d/b/a Factiva seeks a declaratory judgment against defendants Ablaise Ltd. and General Investions Institute A, Inc. that plaintiff has not infringed any claim of U.S. Patent No. 6,961,737 patent entitled "Serving Signals" and that the 6,961,737 patent is invalid.
Selex Communications, Inc. v. Jajah, Inc.April 12, 2007October 3, 2007
Datatreasury Corporation v. Wells Fargo & Company et alFebruary 24, 2006September 28, 2007
Nike, Inc. v. Geox USA, Inc. et alJuly 19, 2007September 24, 2007
High Maintenance Bitch LLC v. B A Barker IncJune 8, 2007September 13, 2007
1st Media LLC v. Napster, Inc. et alJanuary 16, 2007September 12, 2007
Plaintiff 1st Media LLC alleges that Defendants Napster, Inc., RealNetworks,Inc., kSolo, Inc., and Slep-Tone Entertainment Corporation d/b/a Sound Choice Accompaniment Tracks infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,464,946 entitled "System and Apparatus for Interactive Multimedia Entertainment."
Reiber et al v. Western Digital Corp. et alSeptember 10, 2007September 11, 2007
Lycos, Inc. v. Tivo, Inc. et alAugust 9, 2007September 10, 2007
Plaintiff Lycos, Inc. alleges that defendants Tivo, Inc., Netflix, Inc. and Blockbuster, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,867,799 entitled "Information system and method for filtering a massive flow of information entities to meet user information classification needs: and 5,983,214 entitled "System and method employing individual user content-based data and user collaborative feedback data to evaluate the content of an information entity in a large information communication network."
Datatreasury Corporation v. Small Value Payments CompanyMarch 2, 2004September 10, 2007
High Maintenance Bitch LLC v. Innovative Spotlight IncJune 8, 2007September 5, 2007
Plaintiff High Maintenance Bitch, LLC alleged that defendant Innovative Spotlight, Inc. infringed on U.S Patent Nos. D475,163, D468,491 and D475,162, entitled "Dog collar."
AdvanceMe Inc v. AMERIMERCHANT LLCFebruary 27, 2006August 31, 2007
Plaintiff AdvanceMe Inc. alleges that defendant AmeriMerchant, LLC infringed on US Patent No. 6,941,281 entitled "Automatic payment."
Yellowone Investments v. Verizon Communications, Inc et alNovember 15, 2006August 30, 2007
Plaintiff alleges that Verizon's city pages and superpages websites violated its patent covering location-based search.
High Maintenance Bitch LLC v. Uptown Dog Club IncJune 8, 2007August 22, 2007
Plaintiff High Maintenance Bitch, LLC alleged that defendant Uptown Dog Club, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. D475,163 and D468,491 and D475,162.
Datatreasury Corporation v. City National Corporation et alApril 18, 2006August 14, 2007
Revenue Science, Inc. v. Valueclick, Inc. et alMay 23, 2007July 18, 2007
TiVo, Inc. v. Forgent Networks, Inc.May 17, 2007July 18, 2007
Reebok International Ltd. v. Nike, Inc.April 3, 2007July 2, 2007
Netflix, Inc. v. Blockbuster, Inc.April 4, 2006June 26, 2007
IP Innovation LLC. et al v. Apple, Inc.April 18, 2007June 13, 2007
Plaintiffs IP Innovation LLC and Technology Licensing Corporation allege that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,072,412 entitled "User Interface with Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects."
1st Technology LLC v. Riptown.Com MediaDecember 28, 2006June 13, 2007
Skyline Software Systems, Inc. v. Keyhole, Inc et alJune 5, 2006June 11, 2007
Plaintiff Skyline Software Systems, Inc. sued defendant Keyhole, Inc. for patent infringement. Plaintiff alleges that Google Earth and other products provided by defendants infringe on U.S. Patent No. 6,496,189 entitled "Remote landscape display and pilot training."
Compression Labs Inc. v. Creo Inc. et alApril 19, 2005June 5, 2007
Yahoo Inc. v. Compression Labs Inc. et alMarch 25, 2005June 5, 2007
Google Inc. v. Compression Labs Inc et alSeptember 17, 2004June 5, 2007
Plaintiff Google Inc. filed a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672 entitled "Coding system for reducing redundancy" owned by defendants Compression Labs, Inc., Forgent Networks, Inc. and General Instruments Corporation is invalid. Defendants have alleged that their patent covers the international standard adopted by the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) for compression, decompression, transmission and storage of digital still images.
Verizon Services Corp. et al v. Vonage Holdings Corp. et alJune 12, 2006April 18, 2007
The Cartoon Network LP. LLLP et al v. CSC Holdings, Inc. et alMay 26, 2006April 18, 2007
Plaintiffs The Cartoon Network LP, LLLP and Cable News Network LP alleged that Defendants CSC Holdings, Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corporation infringed on its copyrights by copying and storing programming on its servers and transmitting that programming to its subscribers on demand.
Timebase Pty Ltd. v. The Thomson CorporationJanuary 24, 2007April 5, 2007
Viewpointe Archive Services, LLC v. Datatreasury CorporationSeptember 29, 2005April 4, 2007
NETALOG, INC. v. SANRIO CO., LTD., et alJune 1, 2006March 15, 2007
Immunocept, LLC, et al v. Fulbright & JaworskiMay 6, 2005July 26, 2006
Ideaflood Inc v. About Inc et alMay 13, 2005February 6, 2006
1st Technology LLC VS Sportingbet PLC., etalJune 27, 2005January 11, 2006
Acacia Media Technologies Corporation v. Club Jenna, Inc. et alDecember 21, 2005January 10, 2006
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc et al v. Forgent Networks, Inc.September 19, 2005November 9, 2005
CitiGroup, Inc. et al v. Datatreasury CorporationSeptember 2, 2005September 29, 2005
Ideaflood, Inc v. America's Online, et alJanuary 23, 2004July 27, 2005
Compression Labs, Inc. v. Microsoft CorporationApril 21, 2005June 29, 2005
Ideaflood, Inc. v. Google, Inc.October 4, 2004March 21, 2005
Plaintiff Ideaflood, Inc. sued defendant Google, Inc. and alleged that Google's blogging service infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,687,746 B1 entitled "System apparatus and method for hosting and assigning domain names on a wide area network." Plaintiff alleged that the patent covers a service for hosting domains and assigning domain names to users, were the domain name is defined, in part, by the user.
Compression Labs Incorporated v. Dell, Inc et alApril 23, 2004February 28, 2005
Plaintiff Compression Labs, Incorporated alleged that Dell Incorporated, International Business Machines Corporation and Toshiba America, Incorporated infringed on U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672 entitled "Coding System for Reducing Redunancy."
Compression Labs Incorporated v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et alApril 22, 2004February 28, 2005
Plaintiff Compression Labs, Incorporated alleged that defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672 entitled "Coding System for Reducing Redundancy."
Google Inc. v. Skyline Software Systems Inc.November 18, 2004January 3, 2005
Plaintiff Google Inc. filed a declaratory judgment action against defendant Skyline Software Systems, Inc. regarding defendant's U.S. Patent No. 6,496,189 entitled "Remote landscape display and pilot training." Defendant had previously sued Keyhole, Inc., a company acquired by plaintiff, for patent infringement regarding the same patent.
Overture Services, Inc. v. Google Inc.April 23, 2002August 9, 2004
Plaintiff Overture Services Inc. alleged that defendant Google Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,269,361 entitled "System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine."
Parallel Networks, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. et alApril 6, 2009 
Implicit Networks, Inc. v. Sybase, Inc. et alApril 3, 2009 
Backweb Technologies, Ltd v. Microsoft CorporationMarch 20, 2009 
YIP (Winnie) v. HALLMARK GIFT LAND et alMarch 20, 2009 
The Tobin Family Education and Health Foundation et al v Amazon.Com, Inc.March 17, 2009 
Media Queue, LLC v. Netflix, Inc. et alMarch 10, 2009 
Software Tree LLC v. Red Hat Inc. et alMarch 3, 2009 
Plaintiff Software Tree LLC alleged that Defendants infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,163,776 entited "System and method for exchanging data and commands between an object oriented system and relational system."
Microsoft Corporation v. TomTom NV et alFebruary 25, 2009 
Odom v. Microsoft CorporationFebruary 25, 2009 
PartsRiver, Inc. v. Shopzilla, Inc. et alFebruary 25, 2009 
Arendi Holding Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation et alFebruary 24, 2009 
FREYBURGER LLC v. Microsoft CorporationFebruary 24, 2009 
Calabrese Stemer LLC et al v. Visa, Inc.February 19, 2009 
Shifferaw v. EMSON USA et alFebruary 19, 2009 
Wireless v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et alFebruary 13, 2009 
Curators of the University of Missouri v. Suppes et alJanuary 26, 2009 
Global Innovation Technology Holdings, LLC et al v. Acer America Corp. et alJanuary 15, 2009 
Motorola Inc v. Research In Motion Limited et alJanuary 14, 2009 
IconFind v. Yahoo!January 13, 2009 
Xpoint Technologies Inc. v. Intel Corporaton et alJanuary 12, 2009 
Information Protection and Authentication of Texas, LLC v. Symantec Corp. et alDecember 30, 2008 
MSTG, Inc. v. Research in Motion LimitedDecember 30, 2008 
Prism Technologies v. Research in Motion, Ltd. et alDecember 29, 2008 
Quito Enterprises, LLC v. Netflix, Inc. et alDecember 26, 2008 
Acer America Corp. et al v. WI-Lan, Inc.,December 17, 2008 
Stambler v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. et alDecember 4, 2008 
Desenberg v. Google, Inc.November 21, 2008 
Research In Motion Limited v. Eastman Kodak CompanyNovember 20, 2008 
LML Patent Corporation v. JP Morgan Chase & Co. et alNovember 19, 2008 
Spansion LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et alNovember 17, 2008 
Plaintiff Spansion LLC alleged that Defendants Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,455,888 entitled "Memory Cell Structure for Elimination of Oxynitride (ONO) Etch Residue and Polysilicon Stringers," U.S. Patent No. 6,509,232 entitled "Formation of STI (Shallow Trench Isolation) Structures Within Core and Periphery Areas of Flash Memory Device," U.S. Patent No. 5,831,901 entitled "Method of Programming a Memory Cell to Contain Multiple Values," U.S. Patent No. 5,911,202 entitled "Method for Reducing Program Disturb During Self-Boosting in a NAND Flash Memory," U.S. Patent No. 6,433,383 entitled "Methods and Arrangements for Forming a Single Interpoly Dielectric Layer in a Semiconductor Device," and U.S. Patent No. 6,246,610 entitled "Symmetrical Program and Erase Scheme to Improve Erase Time Degradation in NAND Devices."
Motiva LLC v. Nintendo Co Ltd et alNovember 10, 2008 
Plaintiff Motiva LLC alleged that Defendants Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,292,151 entitled "Human Movement Measurement System."
Balthaser Online, Inc. v. Network Solutions LLC et alNovember 4, 2008 
Plaintiff Balthaser Online Inc. alleged that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,000,180 entitled "Methods, Systems and Processes for the Design and Creation of Rich-Media Applications via the Internet."
ADC Technology Inc v. Microsoft Corporation et alOctober 27, 2008 
California Institute of Technology v. Canon U.S.A., Inc. et alOctober 15, 2008 
Plaintiff California Institute of Technology alleged that Defendants infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,990,506 entitled "Active Pixel Sensors with Substantially Planarized Color Filtering Elements."
Nike, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.October 13, 2008 
Earthcomber, LLC v. Loopt, Inc., et al,October 1, 2008 
MedioStream Inc v. Microsoft CorporationSeptember 30, 2008 
Procter & Gamble Company v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc.September 23, 2008 
Plaintiff The Proctor & Gamble Company alleged that Defendant Kraft Foods Global, Inc. infringed U.S. Patent No. 7,169,418 and 7,169,419, both entitled "Packaging System to Provide Fresh Packed Coffee."
Sipco, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. et alSeptember 19, 2008 
Plaintiff SIPCO, LLC alleged that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,891,838 entitled "System and Method for Monitoring and Controlling Residential Devices" and U.S. Patent No. 7,103,511 entitled "Wireless Communication Networks for Providing Remote Monitoring of Devices."
Stragent LLC v. Microsoft Corporation et alSeptember 9, 2008 
Motorola Inc v. Research In Motion Limited et alSeptember 3, 2008 
Ipex, LLC v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et alAugust 25, 2008 
Plaintiff Ipex, LLC alleged that Defendants Adobe Systems Incorporated, Xythos Software, Inc., Active Software, Inc., Open Text, Inc. Docscorp LLC and West Publishing Corporation infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,918,082 entitled "Electronic Document Proofing System."
Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et alAugust 20, 2008 
Plaintiff Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. alleged that Defendant Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 7,139,983 entitled "Interactive Content Guide for Television Programming," and 7,158,118, 7,262,760 and 7,414,611 entitled "3D Pointing Devices with Orientation Compensation and Improved Usability."
OLA llc v. Builder Homesite Inc et alAugust 20, 2008 
Odom v. Microsoft CorporationAugust 18, 2008 
Plaintiff Gary Odom alleged that Defendant Microsoft Corporation infringed U.S. Patent No. 7,363,592 entitled "Tool Group Manipulations."
Cellco Partnership et al v. Klausner Technologies, Inc.August 13, 2008 
Digital Security Systems Corporation, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et alAugust 11, 2008 
Plaintiff Digital Security Systems Corporation, LLC alleged that Defendants infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,052,780 entitled "Computer System and Process for Accessing an Encrypted and Self-Decrypting Digital Information Product While Restricting Access to Decrypted Digital Information."
Microsoft Corporation v. Primax Electronics LTD.July 31, 2008 
WIAV Solutions, L.L.C. v. Research In Motion, Ltd. et alJuly 30, 2008 
SimpleAir Holdings, Inc. v. clearTXT, Inc. et alJuly 28, 2008 
Plaintiff SimpleAir Holdings, Inc. alleged that Defendants clearTXT, Inc., Mobile MEdia Technologies, LLC and Yahoo! Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,035,914 entitled "System and Method for Transmission of Data."
Pagemelding, Inc. v. Feeva Technology, Inc. et alJuly 21, 2008 
Foster-Miller, Inc. et al v. Shotspotter, Inc.July 18, 2008 
Plaintiffs Foster-Miller, Inc., Planning Systems, Inc. and the Johns Hopkins University d/b/a the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory alleged that Defendant Shotspotter, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,965,541 entitled "Gun Shot Digital Imaging System."
Implicit Networks Inc. v. International Business Machines Corporation et alJuly 15, 2008 
Plaintiff Implicit Networks Inc. alleged that Defendants International Business Machines Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAP America Inc. and Adobe Systems Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,324,685 entitled "Applet Server that Provides Applets in Various Forms" and U.S. Patent No. 6,976,248 entitled "Application Server Facilitating with Client's Computer for Applets along with Various Formats".
Tailgate Nation, Inc. et al v. Top Marketing USA et alJuly 11, 2008 
Konami Digital Entertainment Co, Ltd. et al v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. et alJuly 9, 2008 
Plaintiffs Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. and Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. alleged that Defendants Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., MTV Networks, Co. and Viacom, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,390,923 entitled "Music Playing Game Apparatus, Performance Guiding Image Display Method, and Readable Storage Medium Storing Performance Guiding Image Forming Program," No. 6,425,822 entitled "Music Game with Selectable Controller Inputs" and No. 6,645,067 entitled "Music Staging Device Apparatus, Music Staging Game Method, and Readable Storage Medium."
Gotuit Media Corporation v. Microsoft CorporationJuly 2, 2008 
Google Inc. et al v. Egger et alJuly 1, 2008 
Saxon Innovations, LLC v. Apple, Inc. et alJune 26, 2008 
Aloft Media LLC v. Yahoo!, Inc. et alJune 25, 2008 
Plaintiff Aloft Media, LLC alleges that Defendants Yahoo!, Inc., AT&T, Inc. and AOL LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,117,443 entitled "Network Browser Graphical User Interface for Managing Web Content," U.S. Patent No. 7,194,691 entitled "Network Browser Window with Adjacent Identifier Selector Interface for Storing Web Content." The allegedly infringing products include the AT&T Yahoo! Browser and the AOL Explorer Version 1.5.
Clear With Computers, LLC v. Apple, Inc., et alJune 18, 2008 
Nintendo of America Inc v. Nyko Technologies IncJune 10, 2008 
YIP, et al V. BEARHANDS, LTD.June 10, 2008 
Girafa.Com,Inc. v. Alexa Internet, Inc. et alJune 2, 2008 
Clear With Computers, LLC v. Belkin International, Inc. et alMay 13, 2008 
Prism Technologies v. PayPalApril 30, 2008 
Fullview, Inc. v. Microsoft CorporationApril 29, 2008 
Plaintiff FullView, Inc. alleged that Defendant Microsoft Corporation infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,700,711 entitled "Panoramic Viewing System with a Composite Field of View."
Datatern, Inc. v. Bank of America Corporation et alApril 21, 2008 
Plaintiff DataTern Inc. alleges that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,937,402 entitled "System for Enabling Access to a Relational Database from an Object Oriented Program."
Pitchware, Inc. v. Monster Worldwide, Inc. et alApril 7, 2008 
Plaintiff Pitchware, Inc. alleges that Defendants have infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,043,454 entitled "Method and Apparatus for a Cryptographically Assisted Commercial Network System Designed to Facilitate Idea Submission, Purchase and Licensing and Innovation Transfer."
Ultra Products, Inc. v. Antec, Inc. et alApril 4, 2008 
Martin v. Nintendo of America Inc.March 7, 2008 
Aloft Media LLC v. Nokia Inc. et alMarch 6, 2008 
GraphOn Corporation v. Classified Ventures, LLC et alMarch 6, 2008 
Figa v. Apple Inc.February 22, 2008 
Plaintiff Romek Figa d/b/a Abraham & Son alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 4,924,496 entitled "Automatic Incoming Telephone Call Originating Number and Party Display System."
Refined Recommendation Corporation v. Netflix, Inc.February 22, 2008 
Plaintiff Refined Recommendation Corporation alleges that Defendant Netflix Inc. has infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,606,102 entitled "Optimizing Interest Potential."
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. et al v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd et alFebruary 19, 2008 
Driessen et al v. Starbucks et alFebruary 19, 2008 
Plaintiffs James L. and Marguerite A. Driessen alleged that Defendants Starbucks Corporation and Apple Computer, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,003,500 entitled "Retail Point of Sale (RPOS) Apparatus for Internet Merchandising."
Martin v. Apple Inc.February 15, 2008 
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION v. Intel CorporationFebruary 5, 2008 
Plaintiff Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation alleges that Defendant Intel Corporation infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,781,752 entitled "Table Based Data Speculation Circuit for Parallel Processing Computer."
Implicit Networks Inc v. Advanced Micro Devices Inc et alFebruary 4, 2008 
Jenkins v. Motylzka et alJanuary 30, 2008 
Plaintiff John A. Jenkins d/b/a Jenkz Innovative Designs, LLC seeks an order that Defendants Gary Motylyka and eBay Inc. cease and desist from selling products protected by US Design Patent No. D548,660 S, entitled "Chrome Sleeve that Covers the Top and Sides of the Grille in Front of the Radiator of an Automobile."
Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Apple Inc. et alJanuary 22, 2008 
Plaintiff Minerva Industries, Inc. alleges that Apple, Inc. and AtlanticRT, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,321,783 entitled "Mobile Entertainment and Communication Device."
Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Research In Motion Corporation et alJanuary 22, 2008 
Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. et alJanuary 22, 2008 
National Numismatic Certification, LLC et al v. Ebay, Inc. et alJanuary 10, 2008 
Plaintiffs National Numismatic Certification, LLC, ASA Accugrade, Inc., PCI Coin Grading, inc., Sovereign Entities Grading Service, Inc., Treasure Gallery, Inc. and Centsles, Inc. alleges that Defendants eBay Inc., American Numismatic Association and Professional Numismatists Guild defamed them by developing a "certified" coins policy that only permits the listing of coins on eBay as certified if they were graded by approved grading services. Plaintiff alleges that this policy implies that coins graded by non-approved grading services are counterfeit.
Global Patent Holdings, LLC v. Panthers BRHC LLCJanuary 8, 2008 
Parallel Networks, LLC v. Netflix, Inc. et alDecember 28, 2007 
Plaintiff Parallel Networks, LLC alleges that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,894,554 (System for Managing Dynamic Web Page Generation Requests by Intercepting Request At Web Server and Routing to Page Server Thereby Releasing Web Server to Process Other Requests) and 6,415,335 B1 (System and method for managing dynamic web page generation requests).
Girafa.com Inc. v. Amazon Web Services LLC et alDecember 5, 2007 
Plaintiff Girafa.com, Inc. alleges that Defendants Amazon Web Services LLC, Amazon.com, Inc., Alexa Internet, Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., Snap Technologies, Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Smartdevil Inc., Exalead, Inc. and Exalead S.A. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,864,904 entitled "Framework for Providing Visual Context to WWW Hyperlinks." The patent covers a method and system for displaying an image of a website when hovering over a hyperlink.
Global Patent Holdings, LLC v. ADT Security Services, Inc. et alDecember 5, 2007 
Klausner Technologies, Inc. v. Apple Inc. et alDecember 3, 2007 
Autobytel Inc v. Insweb Corporation et alNovember 30, 2007 
Plaintiff Autobytel Inc. alleges that Defendants Insweb Corporation, LeadPoint Inc., Internet Brands Inc. and Auto Internet Marketing Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,282,517 entitled "Real Time Communication of Purchase Requests."
z4 Technologies, Inc v. Microsoft CorporationNovember 29, 2007 
NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS, INC. v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES et alNovember 27, 2007 
Chopra v. Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP et alNovember 21, 2007 
Cambridge Technology Development, Inc. v. Microsoft CorporationNovember 16, 2007 
Digital Background Corporation v. Apple, Inc.November 14, 2007 
TimeBase Pty Ltd. v. Thomson Corporation, The et alNovember 7, 2007 
Plaintiff TimeBase Pty Ltd. alleged that Defendants The Thomson Corporation, West Publishing Corporation, and West Services, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,293,228 entitled "MALTweb Multi-Axis Viewing Interface and Higher Level Scoping."
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford Hospital and Clinics et al v. Advanced Biological Laboratories, S.A.October 24, 2007 
American Science and Engineering, Inc. v. Autoclear, LLC et alSeptember 13, 2007 
Reiber et al v. Western Digital Corp. et alSeptember 10, 2007 
GraphOn Corporation v. Juniper Networks, Inc.August 28, 2007 
Plaintiff GraphOn Corporation alleged that Defendant Juniper Networks, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,826,014, 6,061,798, 7,028,336 entitled "Firewall System for Protecting Network Elements Connected to a Public Network."
GraphOn Corporation v. AutoTrader.com, Inc.August 24, 2007 
Plaintiff GraphOn Corporation alleged that Defendant AutoTrader.com, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,324,538 and 6,850,940 entitled "Automated On-Line Information Service and Directory, Particularly for the World Wide Web."
Instabook Corporation v. Amazon.com et alAugust 24, 2007 
Constellation IP, LLC v. Allstate Corporation et alAugust 23, 2007 
IN RE: DESLORATADINE PATENT LITIGATION - MDL1851August 17, 2007 
Global Patent Holdings, LLC v. CDW Corporation et alAugust 8, 2007 
Blackboard, Inc. v. iParadigms, LLCAugust 3, 2007 
In re: Rembrandt Technologies LP Patent LitigationJune 21, 2007 
Callaway Golf Company v. Acushnet CompanyJune 8, 2007 
GraphOn Corporation v. Juniper Networks, Inc.May 31, 2007 
Plaintiff GraphOn Corporation alleged that Defendant Juniper Networks, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,826,014 and 6,061,798 entitled "Firewall System for Protecting Network Elements Connected to a Public Network," and 7,028,336 entitled "Firewall Providing Enhanced Network Security and User Transparency."
WizKids Inc v. Wizards of the Coast IncMay 25, 2007 
In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent LitigationMarch 30, 2007 
i4i Limited Partnership v. Microsoft CorporationMarch 8, 2007 
GovDeals, Inc. v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeFebruary 9, 2007 
NTP, Inc. v. Palm, Inc.November 6, 2006 
STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC. v. LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.October 30, 2006 
Cavs USA Inc v. ACE Karaoke CorporationOctober 13, 2006 
Chamberlain Group, Inc., The v. Skylink Group, The et alSeptember 25, 2006 
Akamai Technologies, Inc. et al v. Limelight Networks, Inc.September 5, 2006 
Klausner Technologies, Inc. v. Vonage Holdings Corp. et alJuly 11, 2006 
Douglas v. Talk America IncJune 16, 2006 
HYPERPHRASE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC vs. GOOGLE INC.April 12, 2006 
Graphon Corp v. Autotrader.com, LLC, et alNovember 22, 2005 
Plaintiff GraphOn Corp. alleged that Defendants AutoTrader.com, Inc. and AutoTrader.com, LLC infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,324,538 and 6,850,940 entitled "Automated On-Line Information Service and Directory, Particularly for the World Wide Web."
Klausner Technologies, Inc. v. America Online, Inc. et alJune 15, 2005 
In re: ACACIA MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CORP.,March 17, 2005 
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