October 11, 2012- On October 9th, Eastern District of Texas Judge Leonard Davis consolidated 13 individual suits filed in March 2012 by Soverain Software against e-commerce technology providers and online retailers for all pre-trial issues with the exception of venue. The two in-suit patents received reexamination certificates in 2007. In 2005, Amazon paid a reported $40 million to settle with Soverain. 6:2012cv141; 6:2012cv142; 6:2012cv143; 6:2012cv144; 6:2012cv145; 6:2012cv146, 6:2012cv147; 6:2012cv148; 6:2012cv149; 6:2012cv150; 6:2012cv151; 6:2012cv152; 6:2012cv153.