ArrivalStar [NPE] and Melvino Technologies [NPE] filed two separate suits against City of Raleigh and Concord Kannapolis Area Transit, alleging that the defendants’ bus tracking systems infringe seven patents related to GPS notification and vehicle monitoring.  Since 2006, ArrivalStar has filed more than 100 patent suits against over 200 defendants.  Martin Kelly Jones is the named inventor on the patents-in-suit and ArrivalStar’s founder and CEO.  6/15, Middle District of North Carolina, no judge yet assigned, 1:2012cv00599; Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge Louise Wood Flanagan, 5:2012cv00347.