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Global Touch Solutions Expands Campaign, New Suits and New Patents
Global Touch Solutions (GTS) expanded its campaign, suing Apple, Microsoft, and Motorola Mobility and asserting two new patents in addition to the three asserted in previous suits (7,329,970, 7,498,749, 7,781,980, 7,994,726, 8,288,952). The ‘970, ‘749, and ‘980 patents were asserted in GTS’s previous suits, filed in July 2014, and all five of the patents in the current suits relate to user interface for a touch sensor. The complaints accuse defendants’ mobile devices, both phones and tablets, of infringing the asserted patents. The patents-in-suit originated with Azoteq; GTS acquired them in April 2013. RPX reviewed the patents-in-suit in December 2011 as part of an open market opportunity (Azoteq-Acq). GTS is a subsidiary of Golden Wave Partners, a company that owns several NPEs. 8/1, Eastern District of Virginia, 2:14cv00390, 2:14cv00391, 3:14cv00548
August 12, 2014
Touch Screen Patents Asserted Against Toshiba, VIZIO
Global Touch Solutions (GTS), an entity created in September 2012, filed its first suits naming Toshiba and VIZIO as defendants. The suit accuses defendants’ devices that include a touch screen, including laptops computers, tablets, and televisions of infringing the three patents-in-suit (7,265,494, 7,329,970, 7,498,749). The asserted patents relate to a user interface for a touch sensor, and they originated with Azoteq, an operating company that sells capacitive touch technology. RPX reviewed the patents-in-suit as part of an open market opportunity in December 2011 (Azoteq-Acq). They were transferred to GTS in April 2013. GTS is a subsidiary of Golden Wave Partners Company LTD. The company also owns Infinite Data LLC and Safe Storage LLC, both entities that have filed a number of infringement lawsuits against operating companies in the last few years. 7/9, Eastern District of Virginia, 2:14cv00346, 2:14cv00347
July 22, 2014