Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC v. Toshiba America, Inc.

Kevique Technology LLC has filed another wave in the long-running litigation over a single patent (7,808,483) generally related to moving graphical objects displayed on the screen of a device in response to movement of that device. The new defendants are Alco Electronics (2:17-cv-00086), JLT Mobile Computers (2:17-cv-00087), Juniper Systems (2:17-cv-00088), Lexibook (2:17-cv-00089), Linsay Digital Technology (2:17-cv-00090), NVIDIA (2:17-cv-00091), PLR IP Holdings (d/b/a Polaroid) (2:17-cv-00092), Razer (2:17-cv-00093), SOFTBANK (Sprint) (2:17-cv-00094), and T-Mobile (2:17-cv-00095). At issue in the campaign are devices with touchscreens and orientation sensors; for these latest defendants, smartphones and tablet computers that they manufacture and/or sell. (The accused product identified in the complaints against Sprint and T-Mobile is a different Kyocera smartphone.) Kevique appears to be an affiliate of patent monetization firm IP Edge LLC, which began this campaign through a separate entity, Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC (LCCE), over three years ago.

Long Corner Consumer Electronics filed 14 new suits agains tablet and mobile device makers including Aluratek, Archos, Best Buy, DPI, HP, Mach Speed, Samsung, Shaghal (eMatic), Sony, Techno Source, Toshiba, Visual Land, Yifang, and ZTE. Each case asserts a single patent related to moving graphical objects displayed on the screen of a device in response to movement of that device (7,808,483). The accused products are devices with touchscreens and orientation sensors. Long Corner Consumer Electronics acquired the patent from the inventor in July 2013 and began filing litigation in November of that year. Since then, the entity has filed 30 suits asserting the ‘483 patent. The majority of cases appear to be open. Long Corner Consumer Electronics appears to be controlled by Sanjay Pant (a former Haynes and Boone attorney), who also has ties to Long Corner Security, Novelpoint Holdings, Novelpoint Learning, Novelpoint Security, and Novelpoint Tracking. 4/15, Eastern District of Texas, 2:14cv00351, 2:14cv00352, 2:14cv00353, 2:14cv00354, 2:14cv00355, 2:14cv00356, 2:14cv00357, 2:14cv00358, 2:14cv00359, 2:14cv00360, 2:14cv00361, 2:14cv00362, 2:14cv00363, 2:14cv00364