We Understand the Patent Law

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted software patents since at least the early 1970s. The purpose of patents is laid down in the constitutional clause that gives Congress the power to “promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;” (Article I, Section 8, Clause 8).

A patent claim is directly infringed when someone, without authority, makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any patented invention, within the United States, or imports into the United States any patented invention during the term of the patent. (35 U.S.C. § 271(a))

Patent infringement analysis consists of two steps. First, the meaning and scope of the patent claims are construed by the Court, and then the construed claims are compared to the accused device(s) or method(s).

Services We Provide

  • Review of source code and design artifacts to identify the limitation of asserted claims in the accused product
  • Formulate claim construction in light of the intrinsic and extrinsic evidence
  • Conduct prior art search for related subject matter
  • Infringement analysis
  • Non-infringement analysis
  • Validity analysis
  • Invalidity analysis
  • Identification of non-infringing alternatives
  • Appropriation of value and benefits associated with the invention
  • Expert report preparation
  • Markman hearing testimony
  • Deposition testimony
  • Trial testimony

Selected Patent Cases

Daedalus Blue, LLC v. MicroStrategy Incorporated
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division
Case No.: 20-cv-00551-RCY-RJK
Counsel: Bunsow De Mory LLP

Scorpcast, LLC dba HaulStars v. MG Freesites Ltd
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.: 2:20-CV-00193-JRG-RSP
Counsel: Williams Simons & Landis PLLC

Express Mobile Inc. vs. Slack Technologies Inc.
Jurisdiction: Western District of Texas, Waco Division
Case No.: 3:21-cv-02001-RS
Counsel: Feinberg Day Kramer Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP

Express Mobile Inc. vs. Salesforce.com Inc.
Jurisdiction: Western District of Texas, Waco Division
Case No.: 3:20-cv-08461-WHO
Counsel: Feinberg Day Kramer Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP

Express Mobile Inc. vs. Facebook Inc.
Jurisdiction: Western District of Texas, Waco Division
Case No.: 6:20-cv-00803-ADA
Counsel: Feinberg Day Kramer Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP

Express Mobile Inc. vs. eBay Inc.
Jurisdiction: Western District of Texas, Waco Division
Case No.: 6:20-cv-802-ADA
Counsel: Feinberg Day Kramer Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP

AudioEye Inc. v. Accessibe Ltd.
Jurisdiction: Western District of Texas, Waco Division
Case No.: 6:20-cv-00997-ADA
Counsel: Knobbe Martens

United Services Automobile Association v. PNC Bank N.A. 
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Marshal Division
Case No.: 2:20-CV-00319-JRG
Counsel: Irell & Manella LLP 

Global eTicket Exchange Ltd. v. Ticketmaster L.L.C., and Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. 
Jurisdiction: Western District of Texas, Waco Division
Case No.: 6:21-cv-00399
Counsel: Leichtman Law PLLC 

Monode Marking Products, Inc. V. Columbia Marking Tools, Inc. 
Jurisdiction: Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division
Case No.: 1:18-cv-16
Counsel: McDonald Hopkins 

Wapp Tech Limited Partnership and Wapp Tech Corp v. Seattle Spinco, Inc., et al. Wapp Tech Limited Partnership and Wapp Tech Corp v. Wells Fargo Wapp Tech Limited Partnership and Wapp Tech Corp v. Bank of America
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division
Case No.: 4:18-cv-00469-ALM; 4:18-cv-00501-ALM; 4:18-cv-00519-ALM
Counsel: Feinberg Day Kramer Alberti Lim Tonkovich & Belloli LLP 

Ameranth v. Pizza Hut, Inc., et al. 
Jurisdiction: Southern District of California
Case No.: 3:11-cv-01810 DMS (WVG)
Counsel: Caldarelli Hejmanowski Page & Leer LLP, Fabiano Law Firm, P.C., Osborne Law LLC, and 
Watts Law Offices

Ameranth v. Pizza Hut, Inc., et al. 
Jurisdiction: Southern District of California
Case No.: 3:11-cv-01810 DMS (WVG)
Counsel: Caldarelli Hejmanowski Page & Leer LLP, Fabiano Law Firm, P.C., Osborne Law LLC, and 
Watts Law Offices

IPA Technologies, Inc. v. ZTE (USA), Inc.
Jurisdiction: Southern District of California
Case No.: 17-cv-01858-BAS-JLB
Counsel: Brinks Gilson & Lione

TiVo Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al.
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas
Case No: 2:15-cv-1503
Counsel: Irell & Manella LLP

Ericsson Inc., et al. v TCL Communication Technology Holdings, LTD, et al.
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas; USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Case No: 2:15-cv-11
Counsel: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP; Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius LLP

STAR CO Ranger Digital, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation, et al.
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No: 2:14-cv-00793
Counsel: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

YYZ, LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Company
Jurisdiction: District of Delaware
Case No: 1:13-cv-00136-SLR
Counsel: Kenyon and Kenyon

Data Engine Technologies LLC v. International Business Machines Corporation
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division
Case No: 6:13-cv-00858-LED
Counsel: Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi, and Mensing P.C.

Rockstar Consortium US LP and Netstar Technologies LLC v Google Inc.
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No: 2:13-cv-00893-JRG-RSP
Counsel: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Optimum Content Protection LLC v. Microsoft Corporation
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division
Case No: 6:13-cv-00741-KNM
Counsel: Fish and Richardson P.C.

Alarm.com Inc. v. iControl Networks Inc.
Jurisdiction: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Patent Interference No: 106,001 (HHB)
Counsel: Fish and Richardson P.C.

Thought Inc. v. Oracle Corporation
Jurisdiction: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Inter Partes Review No: IPR2014-00117, IPR2014-00118, IPR2014-00119
Counsel: Sughrue Mion PLLC

Steve Morsa v. Facebook Inc.
Jurisdiction: Federal District Court, Central District of California
Case No: 14-00161-JLS-JPR
Counsel: Bragalone Conroy PC

Motorola Mobility Inc. v. Apple Inc.
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Case No: 1:12-cv-20271-RNS
Counsel: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

iControl Networks Inc. v. Alarm.com Inc., et al.
Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Case No: 13-834 (LMB/IDD) (E.D. Va.)
Counsel: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP