ChriMar Systems filed five new cases against defendants Aastra, Alcatel-Lucent, AMX, Grandstream, and Samsung. ChriMar is asserting a new patent in the suits (8,155,012). The patent asserted in five previous ChriMar cases, was found invalid in a ruling from ChriMar v. Foundry Networks. ChriMar acquired the patent-in-suit from the inventor in August 2011. 11/8, Eastern District of Texas, 6:13-cv-00879, 6:13-cv-00880, 6:13-cv-00881, 6:13-cv-00882, 6:13-cv-00883.