Joao Bock Transaction Systems, LLC v. Scottrade, Inc. DC

NavBlazer, LLC has filed separate Western District of Texas lawsuits against Apple (6:20-cv-00085), LG Electronics (LGE) (6:20-cv-00095), and Samsung (6:20-cv-00089), each complaint asserting both members of a two-patent family generally related to GPS vehicle navigation. The defendants are accused of infringement through the provision of mobile devices equipped with GPS and apps that account for traffic conditions when providing navigation guidance (i.e., for Apple, various iPhones and iPads together with Apple Maps; and for Samsung and LGE, various mobile device series, each together with the Google Maps app). While these suits are the first for NavBlazer, they are not the first for the inventor behind the plaintiff; Raymond Anthony Joao is no stranger to the assertion of patents in federal court.

Joao Bock Transaction Systems [NPE] filed two separate suits against OptionsHouse, Peak6 Investments, and Scottrade, alleging that the defendants’ websites infringe three patents related to providing financial transaction authorization.  Joao Bock Transaction Systems has filed nine prior suits against over 40 companies, including Comerica Bank, First National Bank, and USAmeriBank.  Joao Bock Transaction Systems has two regionally named affiliates, Joao Bock Transaction Systems of Texas and Joao Bock Transaction Systems of California. Raymond Joao and Robert Bock are the named inventors on the patents-in-suit, which were assigned to Joao Bock Transaction Systems in December 2008.  8/17, Northern District of Georgia, assigned to Judge Richard W. Story, 1:2012cv02858; Judge Amy Totenberg, 1:2012cv02859.