Landmark Networks, LLC v. Ubisoft Entertainment, SA et al

Landmark Networks, LLC, a subsidiary of Monument Patent Holdings, LLC, has filed suit against Electronic Arts (3:17-cv-04121) over a family of two patents (6,018,720; 6,856,966), generally related to accounting for the purchase and delivery of a product (here, gaming software) over a network. The NPE’s latest lawsuit comes on the heels of a joint stipulated dismissal (with prejudice) of its last open case, a suit against Valve, which had been transferred in May from the Eastern District of Texas to the Western District of Washington in light of TC Heartland.

Landmark Networks, LLC, a subsidiary of Monument Patent Holdings, LLC, has filed a second case to the litigation campaign that it began in December 2016, adding Sony (6:17-cv-00107) to prior defendant Valve (6:16-cv-01382). Both complaints assert two patents (6,018,720; 6,856,966) generally related to accounting for the purchase and delivery of a product (here, gaming software) over a network. The NPE accuses the defendants of infringement through the operation of their entertainment platforms (PlayStation/PlayStation Store and Steam, respectively). Valve has filed a motion to dismiss for improper venue (explicitly to preserve its rights in advance of a US Supreme Court ruling in the TC Heartland case) or, in the alternative, to transfer venue to the Western District of Washington, which, Valve notes, is connected to Japan by multiple direct flights to Seattle.

Monument Patent Holdings, LLC has initiated another new campaign, this one through its Landmark Networks, LLC subsidiary. The NPE has asserted two patents (6,018,720; 6,856,966), accusing Valve (6:16-cv-01382) of infringement through the operation of its Steam entertainment platform. The patents-in-suit generally relate to accounting for the purchase and delivery of a product (here, gaming software) over a network.