Hopewell Culture & Design [NPE] filed suit against Archos, ASUS, Dell, Micro-Star, RIM, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, and Toshiba over a patent related to software for a point-and-click user interface apparatus.  Hopewell filed one prior suit in December 2010 against 11 defendants including Adobe, Apple, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, and Samsung. Hopewell is a subsidiary of Vertigo Holdings.  Cristiano Sacchi is the named inventor on the patent-in-suit, which was assigned to Todo Partners in July 2010. The patent had previously been held by Actify, a San Francisco-based CAD system developer. Hopewell claims to be the exclusive licensee of the patent-in-suit.  9/8, Eastern District of Texas, 2:2011cv00394.