Location Services IP, LLC v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association et al DC

The number of defendants in the sole litigation campaign of Location Services IP, LLC (LSI) has approached 50, after the NPE filed four new complaints, one each against Chick-Fil-A (2:16-cv-01177), Dunkin’ Donuts (2:16-cv-01178), GasBuddy (2:16-cv-01179), and 7-Eleven (2:16-cv-01176). Three patents (6,202,023; 6,356,834; 8,935,220) generally related to location-based mapping services, with the accused products throughout the campaign having been location-aware mobile apps and websites with location-mapping features.

Location Services IP, LLC (LSI) filed its first suits of 2016, adding Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBS) (2:16-cv-00194), UnitedHealth Group (2:16-cv-00195), and Doctor’s Associates (Subway) (2:16-cv-00193) to its campaign targeting location-aware mobile apps and websites with location-mapping features. LSI kicked off its sole litigation campaign in February 2015, and has since then sued nearly 30 companies over a group of related patents that generally concern location-based mapping services (5,839,088; 6,047,236; 6,202,023; 6,356,834; 8,935,220). This week’s filings accuse Subway’s website, and BCBS’s and UnitedHealth’s mobile apps, of infringing the ‘023, ‘834, and ‘220 patents.