Eclipse IP [NPE] filed two separate suits against 1^st in Video-Music World and Nissan, alleging that the 1^st in Video’s electronic order, purchase, and product return status messaging system and Nissan’s NavTraffic navigation system infringe two or five patents (depending on the defendant) related to computer-based notification systems.   The patents asserted in previous cases by Eclipse IP have also been related to computer-based notification systems, and were assigned by the inventor, Scott A. Hortstemeyer, to Martin Kelly Jones of ArrivalStar [NPE] before being assigned to Eclipse IP.  Scott A. Horstemeyer is reportedly a partner/attorney at the IP law firm, Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer & Risley LLP.  9/5, Central District of California, assigned to Judge George H. Wu and referred to Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick, 2:2012cv07599; 9/7, Western District of North Carolina, no judge yet assigned, 3:2012cv00581.