Intellectual Property - Featured Cases
- HYPERPHRASE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. GOOGLE INC.
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."
Wisconsin Western District Court
Patent
Filed: April 12, 2006
Plaintiff: HYPERPHRASE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, HYPERPHRASE INC.; Defendant: GOOGLE INC.
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 7, 2008
(October 6, 2008) - iLOR, LLC v. Google, Inc.
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."
Kentucky Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: April 17, 2007
Plaintiff: iLOR, LLC, iLOR, LLC, iLOR, LLC, iLOR, LLC Defendant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. and others... Counter Claimant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc. Counter Defendant: iLOR, LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 6, 2008
(October 5, 2008) - Software Rights Archive, LLC v. Google Inc. et al
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."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 21, 2007
Plaintiff: Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC, Software Rights Archive, LLC and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 6, 2008
(October 5, 2008) - Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al v. RDR Books et al
Copyright, trademark and other claims against publisher of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized compendium of Harry Potter facts, plots, etc.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: October 31, 2007
Plaintiff: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., J. K. Rowling, J. K. Rowling and others... Defendant: RDR Books, RDR Books, RDR Books, RDR Books, Does
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 6, 2008
(October 5, 2008) - Marketing Info v. Board of Trustees, et al
Read more at the Stanford Copyright and Fair Use, Fairly Used blog.
California Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: August 18, 2006
Plaintiff: Marketing Information Masters, Inc. Defendant: - Board of Trustees of the California State University System., Robert A Rauch
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 6, 2008
(October 5, 2008) - HAROLD C. " HAL" TURNER v. 4CHAN.ORG et al
Plaintiff Harold C. Turner d/b/a Turner Radio Network d/b/a Hal Turner Radio Show alleged that Defendants 4chan.org, 7chan.org, ebaumsworld.com, nexisonline.com and abjects.com posted unauthorized copies of his radio shows online, attacked Plaintiff's server so as to make it unavailable, and placed unauthorized orders for goods, services and merchandise from third parties in Plaintiff's name.
New Jersey District Court
Copyright
Filed: January 19, 2007
Plaintiff: HAROLD C. " HAL" TURNER; Defendant: 4CHAN.ORG, 7CHAN.ORG, EBAUMSWORLD.COM, NEXISONLINE.NET, ABJECTS.COM and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 6, 2008
(October 5, 2008) - IP Innovation LLC et al v. Google, Inc.
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."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 16, 2007
Plaintiff: IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC, IP Innovation LLC and others... Defendant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 6, 2008
(October 5, 2008) - Performance Pricing, Inc. v. Google Inc. et al
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."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: September 27, 2007
Plaintiff: Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc., Performance Pricing, Inc. and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 6, 2008
(October 5, 2008) - American Airlines Inc v. Google Inc
American Airlines is suing Google for allowing companies to show ads when its trademarks, including (but not limited to) "AMERICAN AIRLINES" "AMERICAN EAGLE" "AA" "A A" "AA.COM" "AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER" "AADVANTAGE" "AMERICAN CONNECTION" "AMERICANAIRLINES" are searched on.
Texas Northern District Court
Trademark
Filed: August 16, 2007
Plaintiff: American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc, American Airlines Inc and others... Defendant: Google Inc, Google Inc, Google Inc, Google Inc
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 5, 2008
(October 4, 2008) - SmithKline Beecham Corporation et al v. Dudas et al
Virginia Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: October 9, 2007
Plaintiff: SmithKline Beecham Corporation, SmithKline Beecham PLC, Glaxo Group Limited; Defendant: Jon W. Dudas, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 5, 2008
(October 4, 2008) - Verizon California Inc. et al v. Navigation Catalyst Systems, Inc. et al.
Plaintiffs Verizon California Inc., Verizon Trademark Services LLC and Verizon Licensing Company alleged that Defendants Navigation Catalyst Systems Inc. and Basic Fusion Inc. have used an automated process to register and use over three million domain names, many of which are confusingly similar to famous or distinctive trademarks owned by others.
California Central District Court
Trademark
Filed: April 15, 2008
Plaintiff: Verizon California Inc., Verizon California Inc., Verizon California Inc., Verizon California Inc., Verizon Trademark Services LLC and others... Defendant: Navigation Catalyst Systems, Inc., Basic Fusion, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 5, 2008
(October 4, 2008) - A.V. et al v. iParadigms, LLC
Virginia Eastern District Court
Copyright
Filed: March 27, 2007
Plaintiff: A. V., K. W., E. N., M. N. Defendant: iParadigms, LLC Counter Defendant: A. V., K. W., E. N., M. N. Counter Claimant: iParadigms, LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 5, 2008
(October 4, 2008) - Sipco, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al
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."
Texas Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: September 19, 2008
Plaintiff: Sipco, LLC; Defendant: Amazon.com, Inc., Cooper Industries, Ltd., Cooper Wiring Devices, Inc., Crestron Electronics, Inc., Eaton Corporation and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 5, 2008
(October 4, 2008) - Shloss v. Joyce
copyright
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: January 25, 2007
Plaintiff: Carol Loeb Shloss; Defendant: Stephen James Joyce
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 5, 2008
(October 4, 2008) - Cambridge University Press et al v. Patton et al
Publisher lawsuit against public university that makes electronic copies of course readings available to students without paying royalty fees.
Georgia Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: April 15, 2008
Plaintiff: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press and others... Defendant: Carl V. Patton, Ronald Henry, Charlene Hurt, J. L. Albert
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 4, 2008
(October 3, 2008) - Datatreasury Corporation v. Citizens Bank of Rhode Island et al
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."
Texas Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: May 2, 2008
Plaintiff: Datatreasury Corporation; Defendant: Citizens Bank of Rhode Island, RBS Citizens, National Association, Comerica Bank, UBS AG
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 4, 2008
(October 3, 2008) - Maplewood Software Inc v. Microsoft Corporation
Plaintiff Maplewood Software, Inc. alleged that Defendant Microsoft Corporation infringed on Plaintiff's copyright in the TUPLE database.
Washington Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: February 15, 2008
Plaintiff: Maplewood Software Inc; Defendant: Microsoft Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 3, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - Apple Inc. v. Psystar Corporation
Plaintiff Apple Inc. alleged that Defendant Psystar Corporation sold in commerce a computer named the OpenMac--subsequently changed to Open Computer--which runs a modified version of the Leopard operating system without authorization from Plaintiff and in violation of the terms of the Software License Agreement governing the use of Mac OS X software and Plaintiff's intellectual property., Defendant also provided direct copies and/or modified versions of Plaintiff's software updates.
California Northern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: July 3, 2008
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 3, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - Earthcomber, LLC v. Loopt, Inc.
Illinois Northern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: October 1, 2008
Plaintiff: Earthcomber, LLC; Defendant: Loopt, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 3, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - The Football Association Premier League Limited et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al
Plaintiff filed a class action law suit against YouTube and Google for allowing users to upload and distribute media that infringed on plaintiff's copyrights.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 4, 2007
Plaintiff: The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited and others... Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 2, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - Corbis Corporation vs. Arnold Moving Company, LLC
Plaintiff licenses digital images to publishers, advertisers, design agencies, filmmakers and other creative professionals. Plaintiff alleges that WebTamers Web Promotion redesigned the website of Defendant Sterling International. In the course of the redesign, Defendant or its agents downloaded Corbis images and uploaded them to Defendant's website without authorization and without paying for them.
California Eastern District Court
Copyright
Filed: August 1, 2007
Plaintiff: Corbis Corporation, Corbis Corporation Defendant: Arnold Moving Company, LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 3, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - Gibson Guitar Corporation v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. et al
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.
Tennessee Middle District Court
Patent
Filed: March 20, 2008
Plaintiff: Gibson Guitar Corporation; Defendant: Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., MTV Networks, Electronic Arts, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 3, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - Columbia Pictures Industries Inc v. Bunnell
Plaintiffs filed a complaint against defendants for copyright infringement. Plaintiffs allege that defendants knowingly enable, encourage, induce and profit from massive online piracy of plaintiffs' copyright works through the operation of their TorrentSpy website.
California Central District Court
Filed: February 23, 2006
Plaintiff: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc, Disney Enterprises Inc, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Tristar Pictures Inc, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and others...; Defendant: Justin Bunnell, Forrest Parker, Wes Parker, Valence Media LLC, Does
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 3, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - Universal City Studios Productions LLLP et al v. RealNetworks, Inc. et al
California Central District Court
Copyright
Filed: September 30, 2008
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 3, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - Jones Day v. BlockShopper.com et al
Illinois Northern District Court
Both
Filed: August 12, 2008
Plaintiff: Jones Day; Defendant: BlockShopper.com, Brian Timpone, Edward Weinhaus
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 3, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - Riley v. Dozier Internet Law, PC
Virginia Eastern District Court
None
Filed: October 2, 2008
Plaintiff: Ronald J. Riley; Defendant: Dozier Internet Law, PC, John Dozier
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 3, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - STELOR PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. OOGLES N GOOGLES et al
Plaintiff Stelor Productions Inc. alleged that defendant Oogles N Googles infringed on plaintiff's registered trademarks to OOGLES, OOGLE, IGGLE and OOGGLE.
Indiana Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: March 11, 2005
Plaintiff: STELOR PRODUCTIONS, LLC., STELOR PRODUCTIONS, LLC., STELOR PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Defendant: OOGLES N GOOGLES, KEVIN MENDELL, DANYA MENDELL, XYZ CORPORATIONS
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 23, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - Aguiar v. Webb et al
Copyright and trademark infringement claims against documentary maker's promotional website and film trailer.
Massachusetts District Court
Copyright
Filed: September 7, 2007
Plaintiff: William V. Aguiar, III Defendant: Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb and others... Counter Claimant: Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 3, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - Loopt, Inc. v. Sponsorhouse, Inc.
California Northern District Court
Both
Filed: June 3, 2008
Plaintiff: Loopt, Inc.; Defendant: Sponsorhouse, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 3, 2008
(October 2, 2008) - Kabbalah Centre International, Inc. v. Osnat Youdkevitch et al
California Central District Court
Trademark
Filed: July 14, 2008
Plaintiff: Kabbalah Centre International, Inc., Kabbalah Centre International, Inc., Kabbalah Centre International, Inc., Kabbalah Centre International, Inc., Kabbalah Centre International, Inc. Defendant: Osnat Youdkevitch, Shaul Youdkevitch, Universal Kabbalah Communities, Inc., DOES
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 2, 2008
(October 1, 2008) - Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc. et al
Plaintiff sued Google and several "parked domain" companies for trademark infringement over the use of AdSense for Domains on websites with allegedly infringing domain names.
Illinois Northern District Court
Racketeer/Corrupt Organization
Filed: June 15, 2007
Plaintiff: Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC, Vulcan Golf, LLC and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 1, 2008
(October 1, 2008) - Illinois Computer Research, LLC v. Google Inc.
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."
Illinois Northern District Court
Patent
Filed: September 10, 2007
Plaintiff: Illinois Computer Research, LLC, Illinois Computer Research, LLC, Illinois Computer Research, LLC, Illinois Computer Research, LLC Defendant: Fish & Richardson P.C., Fish & Richardson P.C., Fish & Richardson P.C., Fish & Richardson P.C. Third Party Defendant: Scott C Harris, Scott C Harris, Scott C Harris, Scott C Harris and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 2, 2008
(October 1, 2008) - The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc.
Plaintiffs The Author's Guide. Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles and Daniel Hoffman sued Google Inc. for reproducing a digital copy of plaintiffs' works without the copyright holders' permission and in violation of the authors' rights under the copyright laws.
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: September 20, 2005
Plaintiff: The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 2, 2008
(October 1, 2008) - Capitol Records, Inc. et al v. MP3TUNES, LLC et al
New York Southern District Court
Copyright
Filed: November 9, 2007
Plaintiff: Capitol Records, Inc., Caroline Records, Inc., EMI Christian Music Group, Inc., Priority Records LLC, Virgin Records America, Inc. and others...; Defendant: MP3TUNES, LLC, Michael Robertson
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 2, 2008
(October 1, 2008) - Recorded Books, LLC v. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
Breach of contract, copyright, Lanham Act claims against OCLC/NetLibrary
Maryland District Court
Copyright
Filed: May 31, 2007
Plaintiff: Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC Defendant: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Counter Claimant: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 1, 2008
(September 30, 2008) - ESN LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et al
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."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: January 31, 2008
Plaintiff: ESN LLC; Defendant: Cisco Systems, Inc., Cisco-Linksys LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 1, 2008
(September 30, 2008) - MedioStream Inc v. Microsoft Corporation
Texas Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: September 30, 2008
Plaintiff: MedioStream Inc; Defendant: Microsoft Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 1, 2008
(September 30, 2008) - Silvers v. Google, Inc.
Plaintiff Steven A. Silvers alleged that defendant Google, Inc. infringed on plaintiff's GOOGLES mark, and sought to enjoin Google from using the GOOGLE mark in connection with the advertising, promoting, marketing and sale of children's goods and services.
Florida Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: May 4, 2005
Plaintiff: Stelor Productions, LLC Defendant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. Counter Claimant: Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. Counter Defendant: Stelor Productions,Inc., Stelor Productions,Inc., Stelor Productions, LLC, Stelor Productions, LLC, Stelor Productions, LLC, Steven Esrig, Steven Esrig, Steven Esrig, Google, Inc., Google, Inc., Google, Inc. and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 1, 2008
(September 30, 2008) - TRF Music Inc. v. Alan Ett Music Group, LLC. et al
New York Southern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: September 26, 2008
Plaintiff: TRF Music Inc.; Defendant: Alan Ett Music Group, LLC., A & E Television Networks International, L.P., Discovery Communications, Inc., Fox Entertainment Group, Inc., Lifetime Entertainment Services and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 1, 2008
(September 30, 2008) - Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire
Plaintiff Coupons, Inc. alleged that Defendant John Stottlemire intentionally circumvented technological measures used to limit the number of times a visitor to the coupons.com website may print a coupon.
California Northern District Court
Copyright
Filed: July 2, 2007
Plaintiff: Coupons, Inc.; Defendant: John Stottlemire
Last Docket Report Change Found: October 1, 2008
(September 30, 2008) - Burck v. Mars, Incorporated et al
Plaintiff Robert Burck d/b/a The Naked Cowboy alleges that Defendants Mars, Inc. and Chute Gerdeman, Inc. infringed his trademark in his get-up, featuring a white cowboy hat, white boots, white underpants and an acoustic guitar.
New York Southern District Court
Trademark
Filed: February 11, 2008
Plaintiff: Robert Burck; Defendant: Mars, Incorporated, Chute Gerdeman, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 30, 2008
(September 29, 2008) - i.think inc v. Minekey Inc et al
Plaintiff i.think inc. alleged that Defendants Minekey, Inc. and Delip Andra infringed on Plaintiff's service mark by using the iThink mark in connection with online opinion polls on Internet networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Hi5 and Friendster.
Texas Northern District Court
Trademark
Filed: February 1, 2008
Plaintiff: i.think inc; Defendant: Minekey Inc, Delip Andra, Internet Unlimited LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 30, 2008
(September 29, 2008) - Northeastern University et al v. Google, Inc.,
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."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: November 6, 2007
Plaintiff: Northeastern University, Northeastern University, Northeastern University, Northeastern University, Northeastern University and others... Defendant: Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,, Google, Inc.,
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 30, 2008
(September 29, 2008) - Willis v. Electronic Arts, Inc. et al
Nevada District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: September 29, 2008
Plaintiff: Gerald Willis; Defendant: Electronic Arts, Inc., EA Sports
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 30, 2008
(September 29, 2008) - ESN LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc et al
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."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: October 15, 2007
Plaintiff: ESN LLC; Defendant: Cisco Systems Inc, Cisco-Linksys LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 29, 2008
(September 28, 2008) - WIAV Solutions LLC v. Research In Motion, Ltd. et al
Virginia Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: September 26, 2008
Plaintiff: WIAV Solutions LLC; Defendant: Research In Motion, Ltd., Research in Motion Corp., Apple Inc., Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 29, 2008
(September 28, 2008) - Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Google, Inc. et al
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."
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: February 12, 2008
Plaintiff: Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC; Defendant: Google, Inc., Microsoft Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 29, 2008
(September 28, 2008) - Datatreasury Corporation v. City National Corporation et al
Texas Eastern District Court
Patent
Filed: April 18, 2006
Plaintiff: Datatreasury Corporation; Defendant: City National Corporation, City National Bank
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 29, 2008
(September 28, 2008) - Trafficschool.com.Inc v. Drivers Ed Direct LLC
California Central District Court
Filed: November 28, 2006
Plaintiff: Trafficschool.com.Inc, Trafficschool.com.Inc, Trafficschool.com.Inc, Trafficschool.com.Inc, Drivers Ed Direct LLC and others... Defendant: Edriver Inc, Edriver Inc, Edriver Inc, Edriver Inc, Online Guru Inc and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 19, 2008
(September 28, 2008) - Viacom International Inc. et al v. YouTube, Inc. et al
Plaintiff Viacom International, Inc., et al. sought to compel production of documents by non-party Respondents Artis Capital Management L.P., Sequoia Capital Operations LLC and TriplePoint Capital LLC.
California Northern District Court
Filed: June 20, 2008
Plaintiff: Viacom International Inc., Comedy Partners, Country Music Television, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, Black Entertainment Television and others...; Defendant: YouTube, Inc., YouTube, LLC, Google, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 29, 2008
(September 28, 2008) - Apple Inc. v. Atico International USA Inc. et al
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."
Delaware District Court
Both
Filed: May 14, 2008
Plaintiff: Apple Inc.; Defendant: Atico International USA Inc., New Atico International Limited Corporation
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 29, 2008
(September 28, 2008) - Web Tracking Solutions, Inc. et al v. Google, Inc.
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."
New York Eastern District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: July 31, 2008
Plaintiff: Web Tracking Solutions, Inc., Daniel Wexler; Defendant: Google, Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 26, 2008
(September 25, 2008) - Amiga Inc v. Hyperion VOF
Plaintiff Amiga Inc. alleges that it entered into an (OEM) License and Software Development Agreement with defendant Hyperion VOF for the development of Amiga's next generation operating system software, Amiga OS 4. Plaintiff further alleges defendant breached the agreement by marketing OS 4 outside the scope of the license, granting third parties the right to distribute OS 4 and use Amiga trademarks, refusing to turn over the source code and object code for OS 4, and failing to deliver OS 4 within the timeline specified in the contract.
Washington Western District Court
Trademark
Filed: April 26, 2007
Plaintiff: Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc and others... Defendant: Hyperion VOF Counter Claimant: Hyperion VOF Counter Defendant: Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Amiga Inc, Itec LLC and others...
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 24, 2008
(September 23, 2008) - Jones Day v. Maverick LLC
Ohio Northern District Court
Trademark
Filed: May 11, 2006
Plaintiff: Jones Day, Jones Day, Jones Day, Jones Day Defendant: Maverick LLC
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 23, 2008
(September 22, 2008) - Man & Machine, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al
Plaintiff Man & Machine, Inc. alleged that Defendants Apple, Inc.'s use and proposed continued use of the trademark MIGHTY MOUSE violates Plaintiff's rights in its own MIGHTY MOUSE trademark. Plaintiff also alleged that any license to use the MIGHTY MOUSE trademark Apple purports to have received from Defendants CBS Corporation and CBS Operations, Inc. is invalid due to Plaintiff's preexisting, superior rights to use of the MIGHTY MOUSE trademark in connection with computer mouses.
Maryland District Court
Plaintiff
Filed: September 18, 2008
Plaintiff: Man & Machine, Inc.; Defendant: Apple, Inc., CBS Corporation, CBS Operations Inc.
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 19, 2008
(September 18, 2008) - Hasbro, Inc. v. RJ Softwares et al
Plaintiff Hasbro, Inc. alleged that Defendants RJ Softwares, Rajat Agarwalla and Jayant Agarwalla infringed on Plaintiff's trademark and copyright by creating and publicly displaying an online game that copies the essential and original elements of the Scrabble board game and promoting and profiting from it in commerce in the United States under the confusingly similar Scrabulous name.
New York Southern District Court
None
Filed: July 24, 2008
Plaintiff: Hasbro, Inc.; Defendant: RJ Softwares, Rajat Agarwalla, Jayant Agarwalla
Last Docket Report Change Found: September 12, 2008
(September 11, 2008)