Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems, LLC v. Nest Labs, Inc. DC
- 3:19-cv-01913
- Filed: 04/09/2019
- Closed: 05/02/2019
- Latest Docket Entry: 05/01/2019
- PACER
Docket Entries
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May 19, 2021
Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems, LLC (RBDS), one of many NPEs controlled by prolific inventor and frequent plaintiff Leigh M. Rothschild, has continued its sole litigation campaign, launched in March 2015, into 2021, with suits against Schoology (7:21-cv-04250), Verizon (7:21-cv-04322), and ViacomCBS (Showtime Networks) (7:21-cv-04306) in the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff asserts a single patent generally related to the storage of broadcast content, with infringement allegations targeting features related to recording and streaming media content in the defendants’ respective media platforms.
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April 19, 2019
Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems, LLC (RBDS), an affiliate of prolific inventor and frequent plaintiff Leigh M. Rothschild, has extended into 2019 a campaign begun back in March 2015, adding April suits filed against Alphabet (Nest Labs) (3:19-cv-01913), Amcrest Industries (4:19-cv-01211), Honeywell (1:19-cv-00703), and Manything Systems (3:19-cv-01917) to cases brought against D-Link Systems, Mubi, Y-Cam Solutions, and Zmodo in February of this year. These new complaints continue RBDS’s recent infringement focus on the provision of smart home systems, specifically those offering storage of security video footage. The sole patent-in-suit broadly relates to the storage of broadcast content.
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February 7, 2018
Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems, LLC (RBDS), an affiliate of prolific inventor and frequent plaintiff Leigh M. Rothschild, has added its first 2018 cases to the campaign that it began back in March 2015. The new defendants are APX Group (Vivint) (2:18-cv-00102) and Link Interactive (1:18-cv-00014), sued in the District of Utah, and Frontpoint Security Solutions (1:18-cv-00187), sued in the District of Delaware. The sole patent patent-in-campaign broadly relates to the storage of broadcast content, with the latest infringement accusations focused on the provision of smart home systems, specifically those offering storage of security video footage.