There were 140 patent cases filed in the Northern District during 2007, an 11% increase from the 126 patent cases filed in 2006. This maintains the Northern District’s status as the fifth largest patent district. According to TrollTracker (click here for TrollTracker’s year end filing analysis), the Eastern District of Texas was first with 364 filings, more than 2.5 times the Northern District’s filings. The Central District of California came in a distant second with 272 patent filings, followed by the District of New Jersey at 187, the District of Delaware at 147 and then the Northern District. Of the Northern Districts 140* filings, 49 or 35% were disposed of during 2007.
A list of each case, the case number, the filing date and, where appropriate, the date the case was resolved are provided after the jump. In the next week or two, I will be doing similar posts for trademark and copyright cases filed during 2007.
A hat tip to the Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog for its 2007 IP review series that pushed me to start my own review of 2007 IP cases.
* TrollTracker reports 137 patent cases. The discrepancy may be explained by several cases filed during the last few days of the year that did not make it to Pacer until after January 1.
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1:07-cv-00369 Induction Holding Company, LLC v. Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corporation filed 01/19/07 closed 03/16/07 Timebase Pty Ltd. v. The Thomson Corporation filed 01/24/07 closed 03/09/07 Nickels and Dimes Incorporated et al v. NAMCO Cybertainment, Inc. filed 01/26/07 closed 07/30/07 Spark Network Services, Inc. v. Match.Com, LP et al filed 01/30/07 Guan Gao Company, Ltd. et al v. Acco Brands Corporation filed 01/30/07 Kenall Manufacturing Company v. Cooper Lighting, Inc. filed 01/31/07 closed 07/26/07 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated v. International Securities Exchange, LLC filed 01/31/07 Baseball Marketing Ideas, L.L.C. v. Fitec International, Inc. filed 02/01/07 closed 07/11/07 Pressure Specialist, Inc. v. Control Devices Inc. filed 02/07/07 closed 12/12/07 Electronic Imaging Systems of America, Inc. v. Gannett Co., Inc. et al filed 02/09/07 closed 04/13/07 Riparius Ventures, LLC v. Skype Technologies S A filed 02/12/07 NCR Corporation v. Alticor Inc. et al filed 02/22/07 closed 04/23/07 Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. 157 Ontario, Inc. et al filed 02/26/07 closed 07/30/07 Card Activation Technologies Inc v. Barnes & Noble Inc et al filed 03/02/07 Dudkowski v. Sony Corporation of America filed 03/08/07 closed 06/06/07 Only The First, Ltd. v. Seiko Epson Corporation filed 03/08/07 Angel Sales Inc v. Hollywood Gadgets Inc filed 03/09/07 Global Industries Holding Ltd v. Shri Kristina Enterprises Inc filed 03/12/07 Harris et al v. Dell, Inc. et al filed 03/12/07 closed 05/25/07 Fernandez Innovative Technologies, L.L.C. v. General Motors Corporation et al filed 03/12/07 Acco Brands USA LLC v. Accentra, Inc. et al filed 03/13/07 La Termoplastic-F.B.M. S.R.L. v. Yongkang Dayi Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. et al filed 03/13/07 closed 06/22/07 Santa’s Best Craft, Ltd. v. Sienna, LLC filed 03/13/07 GSC Technologies Corporation v. Johnson Outdoors, Inc, filed 03/14/07 closed 07/25/07 Electronic Imaging Systems of America, Inc. v. Merlinone, Inc. et al filed 03/16/07 closed 05/22/07 SRAM Corporation v. Formula S.R.L. et al filed 03/20/07 Ledergerber Medical Innovations, LLC et al v. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. filed 03/22/07 Abbott Laboratories et al v. Sandoz, Inc. et al filed 03/28/07 Minemyer v. R-Boc Representatives, Inc. et al filed 03/29/07 Masonite Corporation v. Jeld-Wen, Inc. filed 04/04/07 closed 12/10/07 Mitchell v. First Northern Credit Union et al filed 04/06/07 closed 10/04/07 The Metraflex Company v. Red Valve Company, Inc. filed 04/09/07 closed 09/20/07 Attwood Corporation v. Accon Marine, L.L.C. filed 04/12/07 closed 07/10/07 GSC Technologies Corporation v. Pelican International, Inc. filed 04/12/07 closed 05/23/07 Radio Flyer Inc. v. The Little Tikes Company filed 04/16/07 Health Hero Network, Inc. v. Patient Care Technologies, Inc. filed 04/17/07 Wilson Sporting Goods Co. v. Easton Sports, Inc. filed 04/18/07 Vanguard Products Group, Inc. et al v. Merchandising Technologies, Inc. filed 04/19/07 closed 08/21/07 Corporate Safe Specialists, Inc. v. FireKing International, LLC filed 04/20/07 closed 08/09/07 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, The v. Procter & Gamble Company, The filed 04/23/07 closed 10/02/07 Onischuk v. Varden et al filed 04/24/07 closed 12/13/07 William Reber, L.L.C. v. Helio L.L.C. filed 04/30/07 closed 10/09/07 ArrivalStar s.a. et al v. UAL Corporation filed 04/30/07 closed 07/10/07 Card Activation Technologies, Inc. v. OfficeMax Incorporated filed 05/01/07 The Ultimate Back Store, Inc. v. Belnick, Inc. filed 05/04/07 closed 07/06/07 Artos Technology, L.L.C. v. Reliable Controls Corporation filed 05/07/07 Utstarcom Inc v. Starent Networks Corp et al filed 05/08/07 Degregorio v. Phillips Electronics North America Corporation et al filed 05/11/07 DMS Holdings, Inc. v. Sorensen Research and Development Trust et al filed 05/11/07 Tuthill Corporation v. Arvinmeritor, Inc. et al filed 05/16/07 West Suburban Bank v. Meridian Enterprises Corporation filed 05/21/07 Daisho Seiki Corporation v. Nissei Industry Corporation filed 05/22/07 KAB Enterprise Co, Ltd. v. Ursich Products, Inc. et al filed 05/22/07 Kathrein-Werke KG. v. Radiacion Y Microodnas SA et al filed 05/24/07 GLJ, LLC v. Premier Products of America, Inc. et al filed 05/24/07 closed 07/26/07 Newell Operating Company v. Vision Industries Group, Inc. filed 05/29/07 First Trust Portfolios L.P. et al v. JNL Variable Fund, LLC et al filed 05/30/07 Malessa Partners, L.L.C. v. Express Scripts, Inc. filed 05/30/07 closed 12/18/07 Riparius Ventures LLC v. Ascalade Communications, Inc. filed 06/01/07 Juno Lighting, Inc. et al v. Bel Air Lighting, Inc. filed 06/04/07 closed 08/16/07 Krippelz v. Ford Motor Company filed 06/05/07 Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. v. Exelon Corp. et al filed 06/08/07 closed 08/17/07 BorgWarner Inc. et al v. Hilite International, Inc. et al filed 06/13/07 Papst Licensing Gmbh & Co. KG v. Fujifilm Corporation et al filed 06/15/07 closed 11/26/07 Abbott Laboratories et al v. Church & Dwight, Inc. filed 06/18/07 Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co., Inc. v. J&J Instruments filed 06/25/07 closed 09/14/07 Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. Thompson filed 07/10/07 closed 10/26/07 Nestle Prepared Foods Company v. Little Lady Foods, Inc. filed 07/10/07 closed 09/20/07 Meadwestvaco Corporation v. Colbert Packaging Corporation filed 07/18/07 closed 10/02/07 Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc. filed 07/18/07 Nike, Inc. v. Geox USA, Inc. et al filed 07/19/07 closed 11/20/07 Aspheric Lens Company v. Bausch & Lomb Incorporated et al filed 07/20/07 The Spoilage Cutter Company Incorporated v. Dallco Marketing, Inc. filed 07/26/07 closed 01/11/08 Nutrinova Nutrition Specialties & Food Ingredients GmbH v. Viachem Ltd. et al filed 07/27/07 Biopolymerengineering, Inc. et al v. Biorgin filed 07/27/07 Senario, LLC v. Tectron International, Inc. filed 08/07/07 closed 11/13/07 Global Patent Holdings, LLC v. CDW Corporation et al filed 08/08/07 Technology Development and Licensing, LLC v. Motorola, Inc filed 08/09/07 McKlein Company LLC v. Slappa Distribution Ltd, Co filed 08/13/07 closed 12/11/07 Edge Capture L.L.C. et al v. Citadel Investment Group L.L.C. et al filed 08/17/07 International Securities Exchange , LLC v. Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. filed 08/20/07 Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro v. Jackson et al filed 08/21/07 closed 09/28/07 Medpointe Healthcare Inc. v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed 08/23/07 Helen of Troy Limited et al v. Mobi Technologies, Inc. filed 08/28/07 closed 10/17/07 Don De Cristo Concrete Accessories Inc vs. Deslauriers Inc filed 08/29/07 Memory Control Enterprise, LLC v. American Honda Motor Company,Inc. et al filed 08/30/07 Panduit Corporation v. Tyco Electronics Corporation filed 09/05/07 Health Hero Network, Inc. v. Alere Medical, Inc. filed 09/06/07 It’s Academic of Illinois, Inc. v. Board Dudes, Inc., The filed 09/10/07 Illinois Computer Research, LLC v. Google Inc. filed 09/10/07 Frayne Consultants v. Transgenomic filed 09/11/07 closed 10/04/07 Pactiv Corporation et al v. Cube Plastics, Inc. et al filed 09/12/07 Butterfield Color, Inc. v. Bomanite Corporation filed 09/14/07 closed 11/19/07 Coinstar, Inc. v. Scan Coin North America filed 09/19/07 MLR, LLC v. E-Ten Information Systems Co., Ltd. et al filed 09/20/07 Dicam, Inc. v. United States Cellular Corporation et al filed 09/27/07 Eli Lilly and Company v. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. filed 09/28/07 closed 10/26/07 Parking Security Systems Corporation v. City Of Chicago et al filed 09/28/07 Senario, LLC v. Nostalgic Images, Inc. filed 10/02/07 closed 10/23/07 Attwood Corporation v. Marine Hardware, Inc. filed 10/04/07 closed 11/26/07 INEOS Fluor Holdings Limited et al v. SinoChem Modern Environmental Protection Chemicals (Xi’an) Co., Ltd. Corporation et al filed 10/05/07 Dicam, Inc. v. United States Cellular Corporation et al filed 10/05/07 Dicam, Inc. v. United States Cellullar Corporation et al filed 10/05/07 Dicam, Inc. v. United States Cellular Corporation et al filed 10/05/07 Dicam Inc v. United States Cellular Corporation et al filed 10/05/07 Discover Products, Inc. et al v. Phoenix Licensing, L.L.C. filed 10/11/07 Sanofi-Aventis et al v. Aurbindo Pharma Ltd. et al filed 10/12/07 Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Inc. et al v. Bayer Aktiengesellschaft et al filed 10/17/07 Sanford, L.P. v. Ningbo Beifa Group Co., Ltd. filed 10/22/07 Genender International Inc. v. Skagen Designs, LTD. filed 10/23/07 Riparius Ventures LLC v. Logitech International S.A et al filed 10/30/07 Esmart Group Pty Limited et al v. Innovations M2, LLC et al filed 10/30/07 Kenall Manufacturing Company v. Focal Point LLC filed 11/05/07 Card Activation Technologies, Inc. v. The TJX Companies, Inc. filed 11/06/07 Nalco Company v. Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc. filed 11/06/07 Connetics Corporation et al v. Pentech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed 11/06/07 Pressure Specialist, Inc. v. Archon Paintball, Inc. filed 11/06/07 Bajer Design & Marketing, Inc. v. Idea Nuova Inc. filed 11/07/07 closed 11/20/07 United States Gypsum Company v. 3M Innovative Properties Company et al filed 11/09/07 Reisinger v. SAS Group, Inc. filed 11/13/07 Greiner et al v. CVS Corp., et al. filed 11/14/07 Cambridge Technology Development, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation filed 11/16/07 Wilton Industries Inc v. Helen of Troy Limited filed 11/20/07 Argentum Medical, LLC v. Noble Biomaterials et al filed 12/03/07 Huntair, Inc. v. Climatecraft, Inc. filed 12/06/07 Meridian Enterprises Corporation v. SHC Direct, LLC filed 12/13/07 Bajer Design & Marketing, Inc. v. CHF Industries Inc filed 12/14/07 Woco Motor Acoustic Systems, Inc. v. Bollhoff GMBH filed 12/14/07 Nike, Inc. v. King Sports, Inc. et al filed 12/18/07 Alere Medical, Inc. v. Health Hero Network, Inc. filed 12/18/07 PSN Illinois, LLC v. Abcam, Inc. et al filed 12/21/07 Helen of Troy Limited et al v. Lifetime Brands, Inc. et al filed 12/21/07 Fellowes, Inc. v. Aurora Corporation of America et al filed 12/26/07 Meirav Kesher Hadadi, Ltd. v. Zipcar Inc. et al filed 12/28/07 Innovative Patented Technology, LLC v. Motorola, Inc. filed 12/31/07 KSI Conveyors Inc v. Unverferth Mfg Co Inc filed 04/24/07 Newell Operating Company v. Ou et al filed 05/07/07 closed 08/02/07 Colorlab Cosmetics Inc v. Fairy Dust Ltd Inc filed 05/18/07 T.C. Development & Design Inc v. Gormley et al filed 05/29/07 Dawn Equipment Company v. Redball LLC filed 07/10/07 closed 09/11/07 T.C. Development & Design Inc v. Stracquadanio filed 07/16/07 |