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New Northern District of Georgia Patent Cases

Coby Nixon
June 24, 2010 22:13

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP v. Kruger Products LP and KTG USA LP, 1:10-cv-01151 (N.D. Ga. Apr. 19, 2010) (Thrash, J.) Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP v. Stefco Industries, Inc. and Cellynne Corp., 1:10-cv-01152 (N.D. Ga. Apr. 19, 2010) (Thrash, J.) Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP...

New Northern District of Georgia Patent Cases

Coby Nixon
June 24, 2010 21:50

ARRIS Group, Inc. v. Harmonic, Inc., 1:10-cv-1149 (N.D. Ga. Apr. 19, 2010) (Carnes, J.) - Patent infringement suit involving U.S. Patent Nos. 5,659,539 (Frame Accurate Access of Digital Audio-Visual Information); 5,864,682 (same); 6,112,226 (Encoding and Tagging Digital Information for Allowing...

New Northern District of Georgia Patent Cases

Coby Nixon
May 20, 2010 20:20

Hubbard/Downing, Inc. (d/b/a Hans Performance Products) v. Kevin Heath Enterprises et al., 1:10-cv-01131 (N.D. Ga. Apr. 16, 2010) (Duffey, J.) - Patent infringement suit involving U.S. Patent No. 6,009,566 (Head and Neck Support for Racing). Plaintiff is represented by Ballard Spahr of Atlanta.

New Northern District of Georgia Patent Cases

Coby Nixon
May 20, 2010 20:10

Jabo's Pharmacy, Inc. v. Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1:10-cv-01008 (N.D. Ga. Apr. 6, 2010) (Thrash, J.) - Putative class action based on alleged conspiracy to restrain trade involving U.S. Patent No. 6,503,894 (Pharmaceutical Composition). This case was originally filed in Tennessee State court,...

New Northern District of Georgia Patent Cases

Coby Nixon
May 20, 2010 19:56

Video Enhancement Solutions, L.L.C. v. Creative Labs, Inc. et al., 1:10-cv-00748 (N.D. Ga. Mar. 15, 2010) (Forrester, J.) - Patent infringement suit involving U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,397,965 and 7,492,960 (Video Compression and Decompression). Since its filing, this suit has been consolidated with Video...

Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

Coby Nixon
May 20, 2010 19:42

Tillotson Corp. v. Top Glove SDN. BHD. et al., 4:05-cv-00232 (N.D. Ga. Mar. 31, 2010) (Vining, J.) Defendants, a corporate parent and its two subsidiaries, moved to dismiss the suit for lack of personal jurisdiction. Judge Vining denied the motion as to the two subsidiaries based on evidence that...

New Northern District of Georgia Patent Cases

Coby Nixon
May 14, 2010 18:38

Complaints for violation of the federal false marking statute: Accord Patents, LLC v. Gravity Defyer Corporation et al., 1:10-cv-00642 (N.D. Ga. Mar. 5, 2010) (Batten, J.) Accord Patents, LLC v. Aerobie, Inc., 1:10-cv-00858 (N.D. Ga. Mar. 25, 2010) (Carnes, J.) Accord Patents, LLC v. Alden...

New Northern District of Georgia Patent Cases

Coby Nixon
May 14, 2010 18:14

Pollard Banknote Limited Partnership v. Scientific Games International, Inc. et al., 1:10-cv-00621 (N.D. Ga. Mar. 3, 2010) (Duffey, J.) - Complaint for declaratory judgment of invalidity of U.S. Patent No. 6,308,991 (Printed Document Including Bar Code Authentication System). Plaintiff is...

Order Denying Motion to Stay Pending Reexamination

Coby Nixon
May 14, 2010 17:58

Optimum Processing Solutions, L.L.C. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. et al., 1:09-cv-01098 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 22, 2010) (Batten, J.) Judge Batten denied Defendants’ motion to stay the action pending reexamination of patent-in-suit. The Court did not detail its reasoning in the Order, but stated that...

New Northern District of Georgia Patent Cases

Coby Nixon
May 14, 2010 17:48

Alltec Corporation v. Lightning Prevention Systems, Inc., 1:10-cv-00447 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 16, 2010) (Story, J.) - Design patent infringement suit involving U.S. Design Patent Nos. D478,294 (Lighting Dissipation Assembly) and D478,295 (High Dissipation Discharge Terminal). Plaintiff is represented by...