March patent filings saw a slight uptick from the first months of the year. Frequent filers included Express Mobile, Geographic Location Innovations, Hawk Technology, Internet Media Interactive, Lupercal and Landmark Technology.

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Dyfan, LLC v. Target Corporation (W.D. Tex.).

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:     Target Corporation

Plaintiff:        Dyfan, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Toler Law Group

Patents:          10,194,292 (System for location based triggers for mobile devices); 9,973,899 (System for location based triggers for mobile devices)

Shopify Inc. et al v. Express Mobile, Inc. (D. Del).

Claims:          Declaratory Judgment; Infringement

Defendant:     Express Mobile, Inc.

Plaintiffs:      

  • Shopify (USA) Inc.
  • Shopify Inc.

Pls. Cnsl:        Durie Tangri; McCarter & English

Patents:          6,546,397 (Browser based web site generation tool and run time engine); 7,594,168 (Browser based web site generation tool and run time engine); 9,063,755 (Systems and methods for presenting information on mobile devices); 9,471,287 (Systems and methods for integrating widgets on mobile devices)

Internet Media Interactive Corp. v. Moen Incorporated (D. Del).

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:     Moen Incorporated

Plaintiff:        Internet Media Interactive Corp.

Pls. Cnsl:        O’Kelly Ernst & Joyce; 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)

Landmark Technology A, LLC v. Specialty Bottle, Inc. et al. (W.D. Wash.).

Judge:             Magistrate Judge Mary Alice Theiler

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • Specialty Bottle, Inc.
  • Specialty Bottle Supply, LLC

Plaintiff:         Landmark Technology A, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Banie & Ishimoto

Patent:           7,010,508 (Automated multimedia data processing network)

Blackbird Tech LLC d/b/a Blackbird Technologies v. HSBC Bank USA, NA (D. Del.).

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:     HSBC Bank USA, NA

Plaintiff:        Blackbird Tech LLC d/b/a Blackbird Technologies

Pls. Cnsl:        Stamoulis & Weinblatt; Blackbird Tech LLC

Patents:          7,958,214 (Method for secure transactions utilizing physically separated computers); 8,285,832 (Method for secure transactions utilizing physically separated computers) 9,424,848 (Method for secure transactions utilizing physically separated computers)

Hawk Technology Systems, LLC v. JetBlue Airways Corporation (N.D. Tex.).

Judge:            District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:    JetBlue Airways Corporation

Plaintiff:        Hawk Technology Systems, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Kizzia Johnson

Patent:           RE43462 (Video monitoring and conferencing system)

Lupercal LLC v. Citibank, NA, et al. (W.D. Tex.) (multiple cases).

Claim:             Infringement

Defendants:

  • Citibank, NA
  • PlainsCapital Bank

Plaintiff:        Lupercal LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        The Mort Law Firm

Patent:           9,386,094 (System, method and apparatus for media submission)

Geographic Location Innovations LLC v. The Talbots, Inc. (E.D. Tex.).

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:     The Talbots, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Geographic Location Innovations LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Kizzia Johnson

Patent:           7,917,285 (Device, system and method for remotely entering, storing and sharing addresses for a positional information device)

Consolidated Transaction Processing LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. (D. Del.) (multiple cases).

Claim:            Infringement

Defendants:

  • com, Inc.
  • eBay Inc.
  • Etsy, Inc.
  • com, Inc.
  • Walmart Inc.

Plaintiff:         Consolidated Transaction Processing LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Devlin Law Firm

Patents:          8,374,956 (Internet transactions based on user-specific information); 8,396,743 (Sending targeted product offerings based on personal information); 8,533,047 (Internet business transaction processor); 8,712,846 (Sending targeted product offerings based on personal information); 8,775,255 (Internet business transaction processor)

Secure Cam, LLC v. Hill-Rom Company, Inc. (N.D. Ill.).

Judge:            District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:     Hill-Rom Company, Inc.

Plaintiff:        Secure Cam, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Rabicoff Law

Patent:           7,257,158 (System for transmitting video images over a computer network to a remote receiver)

First-Class Monitoring, LLC v. United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (E.D. Tex.).

Claim:             Infringement

Defendant:     United Parcel Service of America, Inc.

Plaintiff:        First-Class Monitoring, LLC

Pls. Cnsl:        Stamoulis & Weinblatt

Patent:           6,014,089 (Method for transmitting data using a digital control channel of a wireless network)