Joao Bock Transaction Systems, LLC v. Hamilton State Bank

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 filed four separate suits against Georgia’s Own Credit Union, Hamilton State Bank, The Bank of Georgia, and United Community Bank alleging that the defendants’ online banking products infringe two patents related to a system that provides financial transaction authorization (6,047,270, 7,096,003).  Joao Bock Transaction Systems has filed 13 prior suits against over 40 companies, including Charles Schwab, Comerica, First National, OptionsHouse, Scottrade, Sleepy Hollow, and USAmeriBank. Raymond Joao and Robert Bock are the named inventors on the patent-in-suit, which was assigned to Joao Bock Transaction Systems in December 2008.  1/15, Northern District of Georgia, assigned to Richard W. Story, 1:2013cv00147; 1/16, Northern District of Georgia, assigned to William C. O’Kelley, 2:2013cv00010. Northern District of Georgia, assigned to Judge Timothy Batten Sr., 3:13cv00007; Northern District of Georgia, assigned to Judge William O’Kelley, 2:13cv00008.