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Proxense Targets LG Pay, Digital Keys, and Wi-Fi Connectivity
New Patent Litigation
With its latest lawsuit, filed against LG Electronics (LGE) (6:24-cv-00302) in the Western District of Texas, Proxense, LLC debuts in its campaign three patents generally related to securing computing systems with a “personal digital key”. Infringement allegations for these patents focus on the provision of its Ultra-Small “Digital Key Module”, allegedly developed through subsidiary LG Innotek’s participation as a “‘core’ member of the Car Connectivity Consortium”. Proxense accuses LGE of infringing four other patents, already familiar in this campaign, through the provision of LG Pay on certain mobile devices and of televisions and laptops utilizing the Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, and/or Wi-Fi 7 wireless standards.
June 2, 2024
Gatekeeper Solutions Expands Turbulent Campaign
New Patent Litigation
Its last case dismissed on May 1, 2024 by Northern District of Illinois Judge John Robert Blakey for failure to prosecute and failure to comply with court orders, Gatekeeper Solutions, Inc. has sued Forcepoint (1:24-cv-00601), this time in the Western District of Texas. Both complaints were filed by Joseph J. Zito, alternately of Whitestone Law and DNL Zito, not by Gatekeeper’s former counsel, William P. Ramey III of Ramey LLP. This campaign is one embroiled in the shift from Ramey to Zito that occurred as the relationship between Ramey and litigation finance and services firm AiPi soured; however, nowhere—including in districts that impose heightened disclosure requirements—has Gatekeeper identified AiPi as an interested party.
June 1, 2024
Pointwise Ventures Tags Alphabet and Amazon in Visual Search Tools Campaign
New Patent Litigation
Alphabet (Google) (6:24-cv-00293) and Amazon (2:24-cv-00751) are the latest defendants to be added to the sole litigation campaign that Pointwise Ventures LLC launched in March of this year. Across the eleven complaints filed to date, the plaintiff asserts a single patent generally related to a “pointing and identification” device. The defendants are accused of infringement through the support of visual search tools; for Google, over the Google Lens tool; and for Amazon, over the Amazon Lens “Shop the look” tool as integrated into Amazon mobile app.
May 31, 2024
Yillio Files Second Case over “Route-Based Advertising” Patents
New Patent Litigation
In a new Northern District of Texas complaint, Yillio, Inc. has accused Uber (3:24-cv-01178) of infringing three patents through the provision of location-based advertisement features within its ridesharing and food delivery platforms. Three patents generally related to providing advertisements based on “geographic proximity to the route identified by the user” are in suit. In a prior case, Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright denied a motion challenging Yillio’s standing to sue over two of them, characterizing one argument from prior defendant Mapme as relating to validity, not standing, and therefore as premature at the motion to dismiss stage.
May 29, 2024
Proxense Hits Intel, Ups Number of Patents-in-Suit
New Patent Litigation
Proxense, LLC has added a Western District of Texas case against Intel (6:24-cv-00283) to a campaign with suits currently active against Alphabet (Google), Apple, and Microsoft there. District Judge Alan D. Albright has just handed down two claim construction orders, one in the case against Google and the other in the case against Microsoft. A single patent from the five now in suit against Intel appears in those orders, while the other four are new to the campaign. Targeted against Intel is the provision of devices, ranging from processors to wireless adapters, that support Wi-Fi 6 and later, as well as those that provide Trusted Platform Module (TPM) functionality as required by the Microsoft Windows 11 operating systems.
May 25, 2024
Turn of Sterling Computers to Patent Litigation No Fluke
New Patent Litigation
Sterling Computers Corporation has followed up an April 2024 case against Microsoft with a pair of suits in May, one against Meta Platforms (1:24-cv-00551) and the other against X (f/k/a Twitter) (1:24-cv-00552), both also filed in the Western District of Texas and both over a single patent generally related to determining a “relevance score” for electronic content sent to a user. The defendants are accused of infringement through the use of content recommendation and ranking systems on the Facebook and X social media platforms, respectively.
May 25, 2024
Wrinkl Sues Slack over Threaded Messaging Functionalities
New Patent Litigation
Inventor-controlled Wrinkl, Inc. has filed a second complaint in its sole litigation campaign, launched in October 2020 with a case against Meta Platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), this time suing Salesforce (Slack Technologies) (1:24-cv-00620), again in the District of Delaware. At issue is a single patent, asserted in litigation for the first time and broadly directed to a “group-based communication system”. The defendant is accused of infringement through the provision of the Slack messaging platform, with features concerning threaded messaging and related user interface (UI) functionalities at issue.
May 25, 2024
Inventor-Controlled Plaintiff Targets Microsoft’s Mobile Games in First Litigation
New Patent Litigation
Milestone Entertainment LLC, a Beverly Hills, California-based provider of “product development and integrated marketing” for the entertainment sector, has filed its first litigation with a Central District of California suit against Microsoft (Activision Blizzard) (2:24-cv-04056). The defendant is accused of infringing six patents through the provision of mobile games (as available on Android and iOS mobile devices or web browsers) that support the use of virtual currency.
May 24, 2024
Number of Defendants in Equitable IP’s E-Commerce Websites Campaign Tops 75
New Patent Litigation
Consolidated Transaction Processing LLC (CTP), an Equitable IP Corporation plaintiff, has followed up its late 2023 cases against Ace Hardware, IKEA, Mavis Tire Supply, OReilly Automotive, Reinalt-Thomas, and Walgreens and its early 2024 cases against Batteries Plus and Carvana with new suits filed separately against Eyemart Express (4:24-cv-00448), R.T.G. Furniture Group (4:24-cv-00450), Sally Beauty Supply (4:24-cv-00451), Steinhoff International (Mattress Firm) (4:24-cv-00449), The Childrens Place (4:24-cv-00447), and Tilly’s (4:24-cv-00453), all in the Eastern District of Texas. The asserted patents generally relate to using personal information to generate targeted advertisements, with the defendants accused of infringement through their respective e-commerce websites’ support for certain location-based advertisement tools.
May 23, 2024
In Three New Complaints, Emerald Lake Hills Ties Some Alleged Infringement Back to Amazon
New Patent Litigation
On the heels of its March 2024 case against Amazon (Amazon Web Services), Emerald Lake Hills, L.L.C. (f/k/a Emerald Hills Consulting, L.L.C.) has sued Arista Networks (1:24-cv-00517), Cloudera (1:24-cv-00518), and Shopify (1:24-cv-00519), all four suits filed in the Western District of Texas. A single patent broadly directed to processing “discrete business activity management (DBAM) commands” is asserted in the complaints, with infringement allegations targeting the provision of defendant-specific products as well as of “products and services through Amazon Web Services (‘AWS’), including infringing products and services utilizing AWS architecture”.
May 17, 2024