Alcorn Communications filed suit against PR Newswire Association alleging that the defendants’ method for structured generation of news release (PR Newswire Service) infringes two patents related to a structured news release generation and distribution system (6,289,350 and 6,363,390).  Alcorn Communications has filed 6 prior suits against Direct IQ, EZ Publishing, Implix USA, PulsePoint, VerticalResponse, and Vocus. Eileen C. Shapiro and Steven J. Mintz are the named inventors on the patents-in-suit, which were assigned to Kolomoki Mounds in June 2010.  1/18, District of Delaware, 1:2013cv00109.