Virtual Immersion Technologies, LLC v. Exxon Mobil Corporation DC

The last case in the campaign of Virtual Immersion Technologies LLC (VIT) closed last fall, but the Equitable IP Corporation plaintiff has now resumed litigation with new suits filed against Accenture (2:22-cv-04513), CannonDesign Builders (2:22-cv-04514), Fluor (2:22-cv-04516), Johnson & Johnson (8:22-cv-01247), Safran (8:22-cv-01248), and Shell (2:22-cv-04517) in the Central District of California. A single patent is in suit. It generally relates to virtual reality entertainment systems, with infringement allegations continuing to target the use and/or provision of “virtual and augmented reality technologies and services” in multiple contexts, including marketing and training.

Virtual Immersion Technologies LLC (VIT) has fired off another round of complaints in its sole litigation campaign, begun in 2016, over a single patent generally related to virtual reality entertainment systems. The Equitable IP Corporation plaintiff has sued Balfour Beatty (6:20-cv-01048), Black and Veatch (6:20-cv-01049), and Robert Bosch (Bosch Rexroth) (6:20-cv-01048) over the use and/or provision of “virtual and augmented reality technologies and services” in multiple contexts, including marketing and training. Seven of the nine cases from the last round, filed in July, have already been dismissed, with extensions of the service deadline granted in the remaining two suits, against DPR Construction and Schneider Electric.

Virtual Immersion Technologies LLC (VIT), an entity under the apparent control of Equitable IP Corporation, has hit Exxon Mobil (1:20-cv-00966), Gilbane (1:20-cv-01212), Hochtief (Turner Construction) (1:20-cv-00974), Jacobs Engineering (1:20-cv-00969), M.A. Mortenson (d/b/a Mortenson Construction) (1:20-cv-00971), and Siemens (1:20-cv-00973) in its campaign, begun in 2016, over a single patent generally related to virtual reality entertainment systems. Targeted throughout the campaign have been the defendants’ use and/or provision of “virtual and augmented reality technologies and services”. For example, the complaint against Exxon Mobil details the alleged use of VR technology to facilitate safety training among its employees; the Siemens complaint, the alleged use of VR technology in product development software.