QFO Labs, Inc. v. Brookstone Stores, Inc.
- 0:17-cv-01100
- Filed: 04/07/2017
- Closed: 09/29/2017
- Latest Docket Entry: 09/29/2017
- PACER
Cause of Action
Willful Patent Infringement
Market Sector
Consumer Electronics and PCs
Court
Referred Judges
Assigned Judge
Previously Presiding
Joan N. Ericksen (until 05/30/2017)
Docket Entries
News
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November 6, 2017
Former drone-maker QFO Labs, Inc. has announced that it will shift from product manufacturing to patent licensing, filing suit against Amazon (0:17-cv-05014), Best Buy (0:17-cv-05011), and Target (0:17-cv-05012) in the process. The complaints allege infringement of three patents through the provision of various drones made by Parrot along with related mobile apps that use a smartphone’s orientation sensor to control the drones. Parrot has been engaged in litigation with QFO Labs since August of last year following the termination of a partnership between the plaintiff and retailer Brookstone, which once sold QFO Labs’ drones but dropped them in favor of Parrot’s in 2014.