Early Stage Patent Infringement (May 30, 2011)
Last week, there were over 40 new cases file:
1. Tric Tools, Inc. v. RAM Hydraulic Manufacturing, LLC
Case: 4:11-cv-02499 filed on 5/23/2011 in Northern District of California
Plaintiff(s): Tric Tools, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Weisberg & Miller
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Craig Sheridan Miller; William Steven Weisberg
Defendant(s): RAM Hydraulic Manufacturing, LLC
2. Transzap, Inc. v. Supply Chain Connect, LLC
Case: 1:11-cv-01361 filed on 5/23/2011 in District of Colorado
Plaintiff(s): Transzap, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Polsinelli Shughart PC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Keith J. Grady; Joseph J. Mellon
Defendant(s): Supply Chain Connect, LLC
Patent(s): 7,945,498
7,451,107 - Business-to-business electronic commerce clearinghouse
3. Lastar, Inc. v. Covid, Inc.
Case: 3:11-cv-00176 filed on 5/23/2011 in Southern District of Ohio
Plaintiff(s): Lastar, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Law Office of David A. Shough; Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): David A. Shough; John Reed of
Defendant(s): Covid, Inc.
Patent(s): 7563131 - Integrated wall plate assembly and premise wiring system incorporating the same
4. Invensas Corporation v. Renesas Electronics Corporation
Case: 1:11-cv-00448 filed on 5/23/2011 in District of Delaware
Plaintiff(s): Invensas Corporation
Plaintiff law firm(s): Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP; Irell & Manella LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Philip A. Rovner; Jonathan A. Choa; Morgan Chu; Jonathan H. Steinberg; Joseph M. Lipner; Melissa R. McCormick; Benjamin H. Hattenbach; Brian D. Ledahl; Kenneth J. Weatherwax
Defendant(s): Renesas Electronics Corporation
Patent(s): 6,396,140
6,566,167 - PBGA electrical noise isolation of signal traces
6,777,802 - Integrated circuit package substrate with multiple voltage supplies
6,825,554 - PBGA electrical noise isolation of signal traces
5. Integren Holdings Pte. Ltd. v. GO800, LLC et. al.
Case: 1:11-cv-03526 filed on 5/23/2011 in Southern District of New York
Plaintiff(s): Integren Holdings Pte. Ltd.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Ostrow Kaufman & Frankl LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Seth H. Ostrow; Antonio Papageorgiou; Jeanpierre J. Giuliano; Matthew L. Kaufman
Defendant(s): GO800, LLC; GOIP Global, Inc.
6. Excelsior Medical Corp. v. Ivera Medical Corp.
Case: 3:11-cv-02972 filed on 5/23/2011 in District of New Jersey
Plaintiff(s): Excelsior Medical Corp.
Plaintiff law firm(s): McCarter & English LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Michael R. Friscia; Thomas J. Goodwin; Jonathan M.H. Short; Mark H. Anania
Defendant(s): Ivera Medical Corp.
Patent(s): 7780794 - Medical implement cleaning device
7. Digital Technology Licensing, LLC. v. Sprint Nextel Corp.
Case: 2:11-cv-02290 filed on 5/23/2011 in District of Kansas
Plaintiff(s): Digital Technology Licensing, LLC.
Defendant(s): Sprint Nextel Corp.
8. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP et. al. v. IntelliPharmaCeutics Corporation
Case: 3:11-cv-02973 filed on 5/23/2011 in District of New Jersey
Plaintiff(s): AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; AstraZeneca UK Limited
Plaintiff law firm(s): McCarter & English LLP; Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto; Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): John E. Flaherty; Jonathan M.H. Short; Henry J. Renk; Bruce C. Haas; Steven C. Kline; Charles E. Lipsey; Mark J. Feldstein
Defendant(s): IntelliPharmaCeutics Corporation
Patent(s): 5948437 - Pharmaceutical compositions using thiazepine
9. Trent West v. Quality Gold, Inc.
Case: 3:11-cv-02531 filed on 5/24/2011 in Northern District of California
Plaintiff(s): Trent West
Plaintiff law firm(s): King & Kelleher LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Edward V. King Jr.; Dirk Van Ausdall
Defendant(s): Quality Gold, Inc.
10. Trodat GmbH et. al. v. 2062532 Ontario Inc. dba TCI Stamps et. al.
Case: 1:11-cv-00962 filed on 5/24/2011 in District of Columbia
Plaintiff(s): Trodat GmbH; Trodat USA LLC
Plaintiff law firm(s): Arent Fox LLP; Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Aziz Burgy; Paul H. Kochanski; Gregory S. Gewirtz
Defendant(s): 2062532 Ontario Inc. dba TCI Stamps; Michael A. Gazzola; Christopher C. Court
Patent(s): 7873548
11. Original Creations, Inc. v. Ready America, Inc. et. al.
Case: 1:11-cv-03453 filed on 5/24/2011 in Northern District of Illinois
Plaintiff(s): Original Creations, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Michael P. Mazza LLC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Michael P. Mazza; Dana L. Drexler
Defendant(s): Ready America, Inc.; Trademark Global, Inc.; Life+Gear, Inc.
Patent(s): RE41060
12. Milestone Co Ltd. et. al. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
Case: 2:11-cv-00865 filed on 5/24/2011 in Western District of Washington
Plaintiff(s): Milestone Co Ltd.; Satoshi Do
Plaintiff law firm(s): Badgley Mullins; Clearman Prebeg LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Donald H. Mullins; Matthew J.M. Prebeg; Stephen W. Abbott; Christopher W. Faucett
Defendant(s): Nintendo of America, Inc.
Patent(s): 6888686 - Lens for image pickup
13. Lastar, Inc. v. Trippe Manufacturing Co.
Case: 3:11-cv-00177 filed on 5/24/2011 in Southern District of Ohio
Plaintiff(s): Lastar, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Law Office of David A. Shough
Plaintiff lawyer(s): David A. Shough
Defendant(s): Trippe Manufacturing Co.
Patent(s): 7,741,562 - Wall plate assembly with integral universal serial bus module
7,915,529
14. Virginia James v. Miche Bag LLC
Case: 1:11-cv-00963 filed on 5/24/2011 in District of Columbia
Plaintiff(s): Virginia James
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Virginia James
Defendant(s): Miche Bag LLC
Defendant law firm(s): Hogan Lovells Us Llp
Defendant lawyer(s): Thomas John Widor
15. Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Sunbeam Products, Inc. dba Jarden Consumer Solutions
Case: 3:11-cv-00345 filed on 5/24/2011 in Eastern District of Virginia
Plaintiff(s): Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Christian & Barton LLP; McShea Tecce PC; Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Craig T. Merritt; Henry I. Willett III; Nichole B. Vanderslice; Frederick A. Tecce; Stephen E. Murray; Bijal Shah-Creamer
Defendant(s): Sunbeam Products, Inc. dba Jarden Consumer Solutions
Patent(s): 7,485,831 - Slow cooker
7,947,928
16. CompuSpace L.C. v. LDM Products, Inc.
Case: 4:11-cv-00949 filed on 5/24/2011 in Eastern District of Missouri
Plaintiff(s): CompuSpace L.C.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Bryan Cave LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Benjamin J. Sodey; David A. Roodman
Defendant(s): LDM Products, Inc.
Patent(s): 7,944,699
7,782,625 - Server rack blanking panel and system
17. John E. Brown v. Moore & Hansen, PLLP et. al.
Case: 0:11-cv-01333 filed on 5/24/2011 in District of Minnesota
Plaintiff(s): John E. Brown
Plaintiff law firm(s): Lindquist & Vennum PLLP; Mansfield Tanick & Cohen PA
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Bruce H. Little; James P. McCarthy; Terrence J. Fleming; Seymour J. Mansfield; Charles A. Horowitz
Defendant(s): Moore & Hansen, PLLP; James R. Hakomaki
Patent(s): 7364500 - Sanding apparatus and method of manufacture
18. Crorey Creations, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Case: 2:11-cv-12265 filed on 5/24/2011 in Eastern District of Michigan
Plaintiff(s): Crorey Creations, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane PC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Thomas N. Young; Francine Nesti
Defendant(s): Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Patent(s): 7946631
19. Graphic Packaging International, Inc. v. C.W. Zumbiel Co.
Case: 1:11-cv-01686 filed on 5/24/2011 in Northern District of Georgia
Plaintiff(s): Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Kirk W. Watkins; Michael A. Cicero
Defendant(s): C.W. Zumbiel Co.
Patent(s): 7946451
20. Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
Case: 2:11-cv-00265 filed on 5/24/2011 in Eastern District of Texas
Plaintiff(s): Commil USA, LLC
Plaintiff law firm(s): Sayles Werbner
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Richard A. Sayles; Mark S. Werbner; Mark D. Strachan
Defendant(s): Cisco Systems, Inc.
Patent(s): 6430395
21. Seismic Structural Design Associates, Inc. v. M. Arthur Gensler Jr. and Associates, Inc. et. al.
Case: 2:11-cv-04472 filed on 5/24/2011 in Central District of California
Plaintiff(s): Seismic Structural Design Associates, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Stephen R. Mick
Defendant(s): M. Arthur Gensler Jr. and Associates, Inc.; Nabih Youssef Associates, Inc.
Patent(s): 7,047,695 - Steel frame stress reduction connection
6,237,303 - Steel frame stress reduction connection
5,680,738 - Steel frame stress reduction connection
22. Standard Textile Co. Inc. v. Sobel Westex et. al.
Case: 1:11-cv-03035 filed on 5/25/2011 in District of New Jersey
Plaintiff(s): Standard Textile Co. Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik LLP; Wood Herron & Evans LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Charles P. Kennedy; Natalie S. Richer of Lerner; Theodore R. Remaklus; Kurt L. Grossman
Defendant(s): Sobel Westex; Sobel Westex Inc.
Patent(s): 7726348 - Woven sheeting with spun yarns and synthetic filament yarns
23. Masterobjects, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc.
Case: 3:11-cv-02539 filed on 5/25/2011 in Northern District of California
Plaintiff(s): Masterobjects, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Hosie Rice LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Spencer Hosie; Diane S. Rice; George F. Bishop; William P. Nelson
Defendant(s): Yahoo! Inc.
24. Leaper Footwear v. Adidas America
Case: 2:11-cv-00470 filed on 5/25/2011 in District of Utah
Plaintiff(s): Leaper Footwear
Plaintiff law firm(s): Kirton & McConkie; Polasek, Quisenberry & Errington, LLC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Jackie Pilling; James B. Belshe; James T. Burton; John T. Polasek; C. Dale Quisenberry; Jeffrey S. David
Defendant(s): Adidas America
Patent(s): 5720200 - Performance measuring footwear
25. Kone Corporation v. ThyssenKrupp USA Inc. et. al.
Case: 1:11-cv-00465 filed on 5/25/2011 in District of Delaware
Plaintiff(s): Kone Corporation
Plaintiff law firm(s): Cross & Simon LLC; Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Sean T. O'Kelly; Michael K. Mutter; Quentin R. Corrie; Michael B. Marion
Defendant(s): ThyssenKrupp USA Inc.; ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation; ThyssenKrupp Elevator Capital; Corporation; ThyssenKrupp Elevator Manufacturing Corporation; ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas Corporation
Patent(s): 6685002 - Method of escalator modernization
26. Ira Green, Inc. v. J.L. Darling Corp.
Case: 1:11-cv-00214 filed on 5/25/2011 in District of Rhode Island
Plaintiff(s): Ira Green, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Scott & Bush Ltd.
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Craig M. Scott; Christine K. Bush; Anastasia A. Dubrovsky
Defendant(s): J.L. Darling Corp.
Patent(s): 6863940 - Weatherproof sheets for copying, printing and writing and methods related thereto
27. Hellene V. Hiner v. Valeri Koukhtiev
Case: 4:11-cv-01982 filed on 5/25/2011 in Southern District of Texas
Plaintiff(s): Hellene V. Hiner
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Hellene V. Hiner
Defendant(s): Valeri Koukhtiev
Patent(s): 7629527 - Machine and method for teaching music and piano
28. Genetic Technologies Limited v. Agilent Technologies, Inc. et. al.
Case: 1:11-cv-01389 filed on 5/25/2011 in District of Colorado
Plaintiff(s): Genetic Technologies Limited
Plaintiff law firm(s): Sheridan Ross PC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Robert R. Brunelli; Benjamin B. Lieb; Todd P. Blakely; Hiwot M. Covell
Defendant(s): Agilent Technologies, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Eurofins STA Laboratories, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline, PLC; Hologic, Inc.; Merial L.L.C.; Navigenics, Inc.; Neogen Corporation; Pfizer, Inc.; 454 Life Sciences Corporation
Patent(s): 5612179 - Intron sequence analysis method for detection of adjacent and remote locus alleles as haplotypes
29. Gary S. Graifman v. Topps Company Inc.
Case: 2:11-cv-03011 filed on 5/25/2011 in District of New Jersey
Plaintiff(s): Gary S. Graifman
Plaintiff law firm(s): Kantrowitz Goldhamer & Graifman PC; Diamond Law Office LLC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Barry S. Kantrowitz; Paul Diamond
Defendant(s): Topps Company Inc.
Patent(s): D242645
D242646
30. Visual Interactive Phone Concepts, Inc. v. United States Cellular Corporation
Case: 2:11-cv-12313 filed on 5/25/2011 in Eastern District of Michigan
Plaintiff(s): Visual Interactive Phone Concepts, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Mantese and Rossman, PC; Barbara Mandell of Kohn & Associates PLLC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Brendan H. Frey; Ian M. Williamson; Gerard V. Mantese; Kenneth I. Kohn; Barbara Mandell
Defendant(s): United States Cellular Corporation
Patent(s): 5,724,092 - Videophone interactive mailbox facility system and method of processing information
5,606,361 - Videophone interactive mailbox facility system and method of processing information
31. Visual Interactive Phone Concepts, Inc. v. AT&T, Inc.
Case: 2:11-cv-12303 filed on 5/25/2011 in Eastern District of Michigan
Plaintiff(s): Visual Interactive Phone Concepts, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Mantese and Rossman, PC; Kohn & Associates PLLC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Brendan H. Frey; Ian M. Williamson; Gerard V. Mantese; Kenneth I. Kohn; Barbara Mandell
Defendant(s): AT&T, Inc.
Patent(s): 5,724,092 - Videophone interactive mailbox facility system and method of processing information
5,606,361 - Videophone interactive mailbox facility system and method of processing information
32. Steven Richards v. BP Exploration & Production Inc. et. al.
Case: 1:11-cv-00470 filed on 5/25/2011 in District of Delaware
Plaintiff(s): Steven Richards
Plaintiff law firm(s): MacElree Harvey, Ltd.
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Christopher J. Curtin
Defendant(s): BP Exploration & Production Inc.; Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Defendant law firm(s): Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson, P.A.; Pinckney, Harris & Weidinger, LLC
Defendant lawyer(s): Paul A. Bradley; Joanne P. Pinckney; Michael A. Weidinger
33. TransPerfect Global, Inc. et. al. v. MotionPoint Corporation
Case: 3:11-cv-02546 filed on 5/25/2011 in Northern District of California
Plaintiff(s): TransPerfect Global, Inc.; TransPerfect Translations International, Inc.; Translations.com, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): George Hopkins Guy, III; Jacob Marcus Heath; Jacob Adam Snow; Michael F. Heafey
Defendant(s): MotionPoint Corporation
34. Medsquire LLC v. Spring Medical Systems Inc et. al.
Case: 2:11-cv-04504 filed on 5/25/2011 in Central District of California
Plaintiff(s): Medsquire LLC
Plaintiff law firm(s): Hennigan Dorman LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Lawrence M. Hadley; Roderick G. Dorman
Defendant(s): Spring Medical Systems Inc; Quest Diagnostics Inc.; Nextgen Healthcare Information Systems Inc.; Henry Schein Medical Systems Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Company; Aprima Medical Software Inc.; eClinicalworks LLC; Med3000 Inc.; Pulse Systems Inc.; Compulink Business Systems Inc.; Nextech Systems Inc.; Navinet Inc.; successEHS Inc.; athenaHealth Inc.
Patent(s): 5682526 - Method and system for flexibly organizing, recording, and displaying medical patient care information using fields in a flowsheet
35. Tempur-Pedic Management, Inc. et. al. v. The Lovesac Corporation et. al.
Case: 2:11-cv-00020 filed on 5/26/2011 in Western District of Virginia
Plaintiff(s): Tempur-Pedic Management, Inc.; Tempur-Pedic North America, LLC
Plaintiff law firm(s): Penn Stuart & Eskridge; Greenberg Traurig LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Cameron S. Bell; Wade W. Massie; Victor H. Polk Jr.; Zachary C. Kleinsasser
Defendant(s): The Lovesac Corporation; Advanced Foam Recycling, Ltd.; Amalgamate Processing, Ltd.
Patent(s): 7,051,389 - Comfort pillow
7,415,742 - Comfort pillow
36. Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc. et. al.
Case: 1:11-cv-00476 filed on 5/26/2011 in District of Delaware
Plaintiff(s): Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Jack B. Blumenfeld; Maryellen Noreika; William F. Lee; Lisa J. Pirozzolo; David A. Manspeizer; William G. McElwain
Defendant(s): Par Pharmaceutical Inc.; Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc.
Patent(s): 7915307
37. Pozen Inc. v. Sun Pharma Global FZE
Case: 6:11-cv-00272 filed on 5/26/2011 in Eastern District of Texas
Plaintiff(s): Pozen Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Vinson & Elkins; Ireland, Carroll & Kelley, PC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Stephen M. Hash; Otis W. Carroll, Jr.; Collin M. Maloney
Defendant(s): Sun Pharma Global FZE
Patent(s): 6,586,458 - Methods of treating headaches using 5-HT agonists in combination with long-acting NSAIDs
6,060,499 - Anti-migraine methods and compositions using 5-HT agonists with long-acting NSAIDs
38. Galderma Laboratories Inc. et. al. v. Impax Laboratories Inc.
Case: 1:11-cv-00477 filed on 5/26/2011 in District of Delaware
Plaintiff(s): Galderma Laboratories Inc.; Galderma Laboratories LP; Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP; Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Jack B. Blumenfeld; Maryellen Noreika; Gerald J. Flattmann Jr.; Christine Willgoos
Defendant(s): Impax Laboratories Inc.
Patent(s): 7749532 - Once daily formulations of tetracyclines
39. Cooler Fun LLC v. Michael Chiapperini et. al.
Case: 4:11-cv-00964 filed on 5/26/2011 in Eastern District of Missouri
Plaintiff(s): Cooler Fun LLC
Plaintiff law firm(s): Redpoint
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Anthony C. Martin
Defendant(s): Michael Chiapperini; Paul Goode
Patent(s): D426698 - Beverage container for attaching to a person
40. Abbott Laboratories et. al. v. Ben Venue Laboratories Inc.
Case: 1:11-cv-00474 filed on 5/26/2011 in District of Delaware
Plaintiff(s): Abbott Laboratories; Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Plaintiff law firm(s): Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP; Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Mary B. Graham; Erich W. Struble; Michael A. Morin; David P. Frazier; Robert F. Shaffer
Defendant(s): Ben Venue Laboratories Inc.
Patent(s): 6,136,799 - Cosolvent formulations
5,587,497 - 19-nor-vitamin D compounds
6,361,758 - Cosolvent formulations
41. Visual Interactive Phone Concepts, Inc. v. Google, Inc.
Case: 2:11-cv-12348 filed on 5/27/2011 in Eastern District of Michigan
Plaintiff(s): Visual Interactive Phone Concepts, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Mantese Honigman Rossman & Williamson PC; Kohn & Associates PLLC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Gerard V. Mantese; Ian M. Williamson; Brendan H. Frey; Kenneth I. Kohn; Barbara Mandell
Defendant(s): Google, Inc.
42. Visual Interactive Phone Concepts, Inc. v. Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless
Case: 2:11-cv-12349 filed on 5/27/2011 in Eastern District of Michigan
Plaintiff(s): Visual Interactive Phone Concepts, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Mantese Honigman Rossman & Williamson PC; Kohn & Associates PLLC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Gerard V. Mantese; Ian M. Williamson; Brendan H. Frey; Kenneth I. Kohn; Barbara Mandell
Defendant(s): Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless
43. Telecommunication Systems, Inc. v. Alfred B. Levine
Case: 8:11-cv-01460 filed on 5/27/2011 in District of Maryland
Plaintiff(s): Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Murphy & King PC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Edward A. Pennington; Sid Pandit; Stephanie D. Scriggs
Defendant(s): Alfred B. Levine
44. TDW Delaware, Inc. et. al. v. CIRCOR Energy Products, Inc. et. al.
Case: 4:11-cv-00333 filed on 5/27/2011 in District of Oklahoma
Plaintiff(s): TDW Delaware, Inc.; T.D. Williamson, Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Gable & Gotwals
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Craig Alan Fitzgerald; Scott Randall Rowland
Defendant(s): CIRCOR Energy Products, Inc.; Pipeline; Engineering & Supply Co, Ltd.; Sagebrush Pipeline Equipment Company, Inc.
45. Procter & Gamble Company v. Vi-Jon Inc.
Case: 1:11-cv-00347 filed on 5/27/2011 in Southern District of Ohio
Plaintiff(s): Procter & Gamble Company
Plaintiff law firm(s): Dinsmore & Shohl LLP; Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Mark A. VanderLaan; Thomas L. Duston; Kevin D. Hogg; Gregory J. Chinlund; Maureen B. Gorman
Defendant(s): Vi-Jon Inc.
46. Body Science LLC v. Boston Scientific Corporation et. al.
Case: 1:11-cv-03619 filed on 5/27/2011 in Northern District of Illinois
Plaintiff(s): Body Science LLC
Plaintiff law firm(s): Dykema Gossett PLLC
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Jeffrey A Pine; Robbie R Harmer; Allan J. Sternstein; Michael Stolarski; Timothy K. Sendek
Defendant(s): Boston Scientific Corporation; LifeWatch Services Inc.; LifeWatch Corp.; Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.; Polar Electro, Inc.; A&D Company, Limited; A&D Engineering, Inc.
47. Vizio Inc. v. Coby Electronics Corp. et. al.
Case: 2:11-cv-04381 filed on 5/26/2011 in Central District of California
Plaintiff(s): Vizio Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Jones Day
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Kevin G. McBride; Stephen G. Ng; Steven John Corr
Defendant(s): Coby Electronics Corp.; Curtis International Ltd.; E and S International Enterprises Inc.; On Corp US Inc.; Sceptre Inc.; Westinghouse Digital LLC
Patent(s): 5,511,082 - Punctured convolutional encoder
5,511,096 - Quadrature amplitude modulated data for standard bandwidth television channel
5,745,522 - Randomizer for byte-wise scrambling of data
5,703,887 - Synchronization and error detection in a packetized data stream
5,621,761 - Rotationally invariant trellis coding incorporating transparent binary convolutional codes
48. Visto Corporation d/b/a Good Technology v. LRW Technologies, Inc. F/K/A LRW Digital Inc.
Case: 2:11-cv-00271 filed on 5/27/2011 in Eastern District of Texas
Plaintiff(s): Visto Corporation d/b/a Good Technology
Plaintiff law firm(s): McKool Smith
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Samuel Franklin Baxter; Theodore Stevenson, III; Jill F. Lynch; Steven J. Pollinger; Geoffrey L. Smith
Defendant(s): LRW Technologies, Inc. F/K/A LRW Digital Inc.
Patent(s): 6,151,606 - System and method for using a workspace data manager to access, manipulate and synchronize network data
6,023,708 - System and method for using a global translator to synchronize workspace elements across a network
49. Vizio Inc. v. Coby Electronics Corp. et. al.
Case: 8:11-cv-00783 filed on 5/26/2011 in Central District of California
Plaintiff(s): Vizio Inc.
Plaintiff law firm(s): Jones Day
Plaintiff lawyer(s): Kevin G. McBride; Stephen G. Ng; Steven John Corr
Defendant(s): Coby Electronics Corp.; Curtis International Ltd.; E and S International Enterprises Inc.; On Corp US Inc.; Sceptre Inc.; Westinghouse Digital LLC
Patent(s): 5,511,082 - Punctured convolutional encoder
5,511,096 - Quadrature amplitude modulated data for standard bandwidth television channel
5,745,522 - Randomizer for byte-wise scrambling of data
5,703,887 - Synchronization and error detection in a packetized data stream
5,621,761 - Rotationally invariant trellis coding incorporating transparent binary convolutional codes
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