April 19, 2017
As the 2016 wave of its litigation campaign dissipates, Better Mouse Company, LLC has filed four more cases, one against Amazon, E-Blue, and Wal-Mart (2:17-cv-00314) and one each against HP (2:17-cv-00316), Razer (2:17-cv-00317), and Toshiba (2:17-cv-00318). The same single patent (7,532,200), generally related to a computer mouse with a switch that changes the mouse’s sensitivity/resolution, has been asserted in these new complaints, which target gaming mice made and sold by E-Blue, HP, Razer, and Toshiba. The NPE appears to have accused Amazon and Wal-Mart of infringement through the sale of certain such mice: the E-Blue Mazer II, Mioni x Naos 3200, Toshiba’s OCZ Equalizer, and the UtechSmart Mars and Venus.
April 5, 2016
A January 2016 loss at trial has not deterred Better Mouse Company, LLC. The Texas-based NPE has rebooted the litigation campaign begun in March 2014 by filing eight new cases two years later, one each against DOV Enterprises (d/b/a Sharkk) (2:16-cv-00326), Etekcity (2:16-cv-00270), Kworld (d/b/a Gamdias) (2:16-cv-00271), PC Gear Head (d/b/a Gear Head) (2:16-cv-00272), SDI Technologies (d/b/a iHome) (2:16-cv-00327), Sentey (2:16-cv-00328), THQ (Inland Products) (2:16-cv-00330), and UtechSmart (2:16-cv-00331). A single patent (7,532,200) generally related to a computer mouse with a switch that changes the mouse’s sensitivity/resolution has been asserted against defendants’ computer peripherals.