Technology Licensing Company (TLC) filed suit against Apple alleging that the defendant’s PCs and laptops with DVD players infringe a patent related to the display of animation sequences.  TLC has filed over 40 suits since 2004. According to the complaint, TLC has licensed the patent-in-suit to more than 35 manufacturers and sellers of DVD players.  RPX reviewed the patent-in-suit on the open market (Kulas – Acq) in March 2009. 12/3, Northern District of California, assigned to Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero, 3:2012cv06124.