November filings dropped, as the NPEs settled in for the holidays. Frequent filers included Guada Technologies, Guyzar, Internet Media Interactive, Sapphire Crossing, Symbology Innovations, and Uniloc.

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Uniloc 2017 LLC, et al. v. ESPN, Inc., et al. (C.D. Cal.; N.D. Cal.).

Judge:             Magistrate Judge Thomas S Hixson

Claims:          Infringement

Defendants:

  • ESPN, Inc.
  • Hulu, LLC
  • Box, Inc.

Plaintiffs:

  • Uniloc 2017 LLC
  • Uniloc Licensing USA LLC

Pls. Cnsl.:       Feinberg Day Alberti Lim & Belloli; Prince Lobel Tye

Patents:          6,519,005 (Method of concurrent multiple-mode motion estimation for digital video); 6,895,118 (Method of coding digital image based on error concealment); 9,721,273 (System and method for aggregating and providing audio and visual presentations via a computer network); 6,470,345 (Replacement of substrings in file/directory pathnames with numeric tokens)

Sapphire Crossing LLC v. Groupon, Inc. (N.D. Ill.).

Judge:            District Judge Jorge L. Alonso

Claims:         Infringement

Defendant:  Groupon, Inc.

Plaintiff:       Sapphire Crossing LLC

Pls. Cnsl.:     Rabicoff Law

Patent:          6,891,633 (Image transfer system)

Confident Technologies, Inc. v. Best Buy Co., Inc. (S.D. Cal.).

Judges:          District Judge Larry Alan Burns; Magistrate Judge Linda Lopez

Claims:          Infringement

Defendant:  Best Buy Co., Inc.

Plaintiff:       Confident Technologies, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl.:     San Diego IP Law Group

Patent:          8,621,578 (Methods and systems for protecting website forms from automated access)

realZOOM LLC v. Nike, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.).    

Claims:           Infringement

Defendants:

  • Nike, Inc.
  • Pier 1 Imports (US), Inc.

Plaintiff:        realZOOM LLC

Pls. Cnsl.:       SML Avvocati PC

Patent:           7,774,712 (Methods and systems for displaying an enlarged image)

Internet Media Interactive Corp. v. Lifeway Foods, Inc. (N.D. Ill.).

Judge:            District Judge Charles P. Kocoras

Claims:           Infringement

Defendant:     Lifeway Foods, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Internet Media Interactive Corp.

Pls. Cnsl.:       Haller Law

Patent:           6,049,835 (System for providing easy access to the World Wide Web utilizing a published list of preselected Internet locations together with their unique multi-digit jump codes)

 Symbology Innovations LLC v. Converse, Inc., et al. (D. Del.).

Claims:          Infringement

Defendants:

  • Converse, Inc.
  • Vital Farms, Inc.
  • Pilot Corporation of America

Plaintiff:        Symbology Innovations LLC

Pls. Cnsl.:       Devlin Law Firm; Ferraiuoli

Patent:           8,936,190 (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)

Guyzar LLC v. Yelp Inc., et al. (D. Del.).    

Claims:          Infringement

Defendants:

  • Yelp Inc.
  • Gold’s Gym International, Inc.
  • Rockstar Games, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Guyzar LLC

Pls. Cnsl.:       Devlin Law Firm; Rabicoff Law

Patent:           5,845,070 (Security system for internet provider transaction)

Guada Technologies LLC v.  Boar’s Head Provision Co., Inc., et al. (D. Del.).

Claims:          Infringement

Defendants:

  • Boar’s Head Provision Co., Inc.
  • CafePress Inc.
  • Fresh Direct Holdings, Inc.
  • Teespring, Inc.
  • Wayfair Inc.

Plaintiff:        Guada Technologies LLC

Pls. Cnsl.:       Direction IP Law; Devlin Law Firm

Patent:            7,231,379 (Navigation in a hierarchical structured transaction processing system)