On June 28, 2013, CTP Innovations, LLC (“CTP”) filed nearly identical patent infringement complaints against nine commercial printing businesses. These complaints, filed in the Northern District of Georgia, allege that the companies infringe two CTP patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 6,611,349 (the ‘349 Patent) and 6,738,155 (the ‘155 Patent). […]
On June 5, 2013, Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. of the Northern District of Georgia issued a Final Order of Contempt (“Final Order”), holding GCA Electronics, LLC d/b/a Unlockcellular.com and Gunawan Lie (“Defendants”) in civil contempt of court and sanctioning them $7.8 million, with interest, payable to the […]
You may think that because your litigation involves significant patent issues, such as the construction of claim terms and determination of infringement, you will have recourse at the Federal Circuit if the district court rules against your company or client. Not so fast. The Eleventh Circuit Court of […]
Here is a survey of recent patent cases filed in the Northern District of Georgia. A similar survey of recent trademark and copyright cases will be published soon. Medical Device Patent Suit On May 23, 2013, Ivera Medical Corporation (“Ivera”), based in Carlsbad, California, filed suit against The […]
Acceleron, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company claiming a principal place of business in Atlanta, filed suit against Dell Inc., headquartered in Round Rock, Texas, alleging infringement of Patent No. 6,948,021 (the “’021 patent”), which deals with a hot-swappable server module in a computer network. On June 12, […]
Plaintiff Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Bayer”) and Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc. (“Dow”) (collectively “plaintiffs”) sought specific relief after an emergency status conference had been held at their request. The relief sought included (1) an extension of the statutory 30-month stay based on defendants’ discovery cooperation failure; (2) to […]
This action by a business against former employees contained a copyright claim and a plethora of state law claims relating to a software program for document imaging and integration with other software. The copyright assertions addressed the software developed by the former employees, one of whom had been […]
Motions to strike testimony of Defendant’s Expert and Plaintiff’s rebuttal expert were denied by Judge Jones in this patent dispute over a interface technologies. Two paragraphs comprising 373 words described the intention of Defendants’ expert to provide testimony “about the history, evolution, development, and technical operation of … […]
Brian Smith (Smith), who describes himself as a music producer and songwriter specializing in urban music, filed his complaint seeking an injunction, damages, and attorney fees against Jay W. Jenkins d/b/a Young Jeezy Music (Jenkins), Demetrius L. Stewart d/b/a Shawty Redd Songs (Stewart), UMG Recordings, Inc. (UMG), Island […]
Over the past year, Swipe Innovations, LLC (“Swipe”), a Houston, Texas-based company, has filed 30 cases in the Eastern District of Texas against over 50 defendants, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,351,296, titled “Financial Transmission System” (“the ‘296 patent”). One of the 30 cases was filed against […]
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