As they do most years, patent filings increased after a slow holiday / year-end season as NPEs returned to work. Frequent filers included Anuwave, Coding Technology, Flectere, Hawk Technologies, Internet Media Interactive, Secure Cam, Soundview Innovations, and Uniloc.

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Hawk Technology Systems, LLC v. Whitesboro Independent School District (E.D. Tex.).

Judge:            District Judge Rodney Gilstrap

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:     Whitesboro Independent School District

Plaintiff:         Hawk Technology Systems, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Kizzia Johnson

Patent:           RE43462 (Video monitoring and conferencing system)

Coding Technologies, LLC v. Hyland’s, Inc., et al. (C.D. Cal.; N.D. Cal.; S.D.N.Y; S.D. Cal.; E.D. Cal.) (multiple cases).

Judges:           Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte; Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen; Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley; District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel; Magistrate Judge Linda Lopez; District Judge Troy L. Nunley; Judge Deborah Barnes

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • Hyland’s, Inc.
  • TP-Link USA Corporation
  • Delta Electronics (Americas) Ltd.
  • Driscoll’s Inc.
  • Iconix Ecom, LLC d/b/a Ocean Pacific
  • Apogee Electronics Corporation
  • Brighton Collectibles, Inc.
  • Zego Inc.
  • Carbon2Cobalt
  • JLab, LLC
  • Blue Diamond Almond Growers

Plaintiff:        Coding Technologies, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Watson LLP

Patent:           8,540,159 (Method for providing mobile service using code-pattern)

Internet Media Interactive Corp. v. Morgan Stanley (S.D.N.Y.).

Claim:            Infringement

Defendant:     Morgan Stanley

Plaintiff:         Internet Media Interactive Corp.

Pls. Cnsl:        Niro Scavone Haller & Niro

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)

OHVA, Inc. v. PayStand Inc., et al. (D. Del.).

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • PayStand Inc.
  • Unified Payments, LLC

Plaintiff:        OHVA, Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:        Devlin Law Firm; Rabicoff Law

Patent:           9,679,286 (Methods and apparatus for enabling secure network-based transactions)

Secure Cam, LLC v. Arecont Vision, LLC (D. Del.; N.D. Cal.) (multiple cases).

Judge:            Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • Arecont Vision, LLC
  • Vivotek USA, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Secure Cam, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        O’Kelly Ernst & Joyce; Brandt Law Firm; Brandt Law Firm; Law Offices of Nicholas Ranallo

Patent:           6,698,021 (System and method for remote control of surveillance devices)

Flectere LLC v. Costco Wholesale Corporation, et al. (E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

Judge:            District Judge Rodney Gilstrap

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • Costco Wholesale Corporation
  • FedEx Corporation
  • Target Corporation
  • United Parcel Service, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Flectere LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Rabicoff Law

Patents:          6,272,506 (Computerized verification form processing system and method); 6,401,094 (System and method for presenting information in accordance with user preference)

Sound View Innovations, LLC v. AMC Networks, Inc. et al. (D. Del.) (multiple cases).

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • AMC Networks, Inc.
  • AMC Premiere LLC
  • Digital Store LLC
  • IFC in Theaters LLC
  • IFC TV LLC
  • Shudder LLC
  • SundanceTV LLC
  • WE tv LLC
  • CBS Corporation
  • CBS Interactive Inc.
  • CBS News Inc.
  • CBS Sports Inc.
  • Showtime Digital, Inc.
  • Showtime Networks Inc.
  • CW Network LLC
  • HSN, Inc.
  • QVC, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Sound View Innovations, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Desmarais; Phillips Goldman McLaughlin & Hall

Patents:          5,806,062 (Data analysis system using virtual databases); 6,708,213 (Method for streaming multimedia information over public networks); 6,757,796 (Method and system for caching streaming live broadcasts transmitted over a network); 9,462,074 (Method and system for caching streaming multimedia on the internet); 6,125,371 (System and method for aging versions of data in a main memory database); 6,502,133 (Real-time event processing system with analysis engine using recovery information)

Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Bitmovin, Inc., et al. (D. Del.). (multiple cases).       

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • Bitmovin, Inc.
  • Brightcove Holdings, Inc.
  • Brightcove Inc.
  • Dailymotion, Inc.
  • Dailymotion SA
  • Telestream LLC
  • Vudu, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Uniloc 2017 LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Farnan; Feinberg Day Alberti Lim & Belloli

Patents:          6,470,345 (Replacement of substrings in file/directory pathnames with numeric tokens); 6,519,005 (Method of concurrent multiple-mode motion estimation for digital video); 6,628,712 9Seamless switching of MPEG video streams); 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); 8,407,609 (System and method for providing and tracking the provision of audio and visual presentations via a computer network)

Guada Technologies LLC v. BPS Direct, LLC, et al. (D. Del).

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • BPS Direct, LLC
  • Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc.
  • Sport Supply Group, Inc.
  • Uncommongoods, LLC
  • Williams-Sonoma, 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)

Anuwave LLC v. Honeywell International Inc. (D. Del.; E.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).               

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:

  • Honeywell International Inc.
  • UVNV, Inc.
  • Vanderbilt, LLC
  • Entergy Texas, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Anuwave LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Sand Sebolt & Wernow; Devlin Law Firm; Ferraiuoli

Patent:           8,295,862 (Method and system to enable communication through SMS communication channel)