IBM v. Amazon

9:06-cv-00242

Overview

Case Number 9:06-cv-00242

Filing Date 2006-10-23

Status Terminated

Termination Date 2007-05-10

Court District Court, E.D. Texas (txed)

Presiding Judge Ron Clark

Nature of Suit 830 Patent

Jurisdiction Type Federal Question

Cause of Action 35:271 Patent Infringement

Jury Demand Both

Parties

Defendant

Mobipocket.com SA

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Internet Movie Database, Inc.

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

CustomFlix Labs, Inc.

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

BOP LLC

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

BookSurge LLC

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Amazon.com.ca, Inc.

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Amazon.com LLC

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Amazon.com Int'l Sales, Inc.

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Amazon Web Services, LLC

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Amazon Services LLC

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Amazon Services Europe S.a.r.l.

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Amazon Services Canada, Inc.

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Amazon Mechanical Turk, Inc.

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Amazon European Union S.a.r.l.

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Alexa Internet

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

A9.com, Inc.

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

A2Z Development Center

Represented By

1 Attorneys Listed

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Amazon.com, Inc.

Represented By

9 Attorneys Listed

Thomas John Ward , Jr

Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC

Tel: +1 (903) 757-6400

Fax: +1 (903) 757-2323

1507 Bill Owens Parkway, Longview, TX 75604

Seth M Sproul

Fish & Richardson PC - San Diego

Tel: +1 (858) 678-5070

Fax: +1 (858) 678-5099

12860 El Camino Real, Suite 400

Michael J McKeon

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

John P Schnurer

Perkins Coie LLP - San Diego

Tel: +1 (858) 720-5705

Fax: +1 (858) 720-5799

11452 El Camino Real, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92130-2080

Edward Alexander Eaton-Salners

Fish & Richardson PC - San Diego

Tel: +1 (858) 678-5070

Fax: +1 (858) 678-5099

12860 El Camino Real, Suite 400

David S Shuman

Fish & Richardson

Tel: +1 (858) 678-5070

Fax: +1 (858) 678-5099

Fish & Richardson, 12390 El Camino Real

Brian R. Nester

Sidley Austin LLP - Washington

Tel: +1 (202) 736-8017

Fax: +1 (202) 736-8711

1501 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005

Ruffin B Cordell

Fish & Richardson PC - Washington DC

Tel: +1 (202) 783-5070

Fax: +1 (202) 783-2331

1000 Maine Ave., SW, Suite 1000

Mark Nolan Reiter

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Tel: +1 (214) 698-3100

Fax: +1 (214) 571-2907

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, 2001 Ross Avenue

Plaintiff

International Business Machines Corporation

Represented By

8 Attorneys Listed

Todd Richard Miller

Vested Law LLP

Tel: +1 (626) 795-0500

Fax: +1 (626) 792-2282

211 E. Walnut Street, Suite 227, Pasadena, CA 91101

Stacy Ann Baim

Jones Day - Chicago

Tel: +1 (312) 579-3126

Fax: +1 (312) 579-3113

Jones Day - Chicago, 110 North Wacker Drive

Mark Nolan Reiter

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Tel: +1 (214) 698-3100

Fax: +1 (214) 571-2907

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, 2001 Ross Avenue

Krista Sue Schwartz

Hogan Lovells US LLP- San Francisco

Tel: +1 (415) 374-2310

Fax: +1 (415) 374-2499

3 Embarcadero Center, 15th Floor

J Thad Heartfield

The Heartfield Law Firm

Tel: +1 (409) 866-3318

Fax: +1 (409) 866-5789

2195 Dowlen Rd, Beaumont, TX 77706

Hilda Contreras Galvan

Jones Day - Dallas

Tel: +1 (214) 969-4556

Fax: +1 (214) 969-5100

Jones Day - Dallas, 2727 N Harwood St

Daniel T Conrad

Jones Day

Tel: +1 (214) 969-2963

Fax: +1 (214) 969-5100

Jones Day, 2727 N Harwood St

Terence M Murphy

Winston & Strawn, LLP - Dallas

Tel: +1 (214) 220-3939

Fax: +1 (214) 969-5100

2501 N. Harwood Street, 17th Floor, Dallas, TX 75201

Court & Judges

Court

District Court, E.D. Texas (txed)

Presiding Judge

Ron Clark

Patents Involved

No asserted patent numbers detected in initial docket filings yet.

Docket Entries

COMPLAINT (35:0271 Patent Infringement) against Amazon.com, Inc., filed by International Business Machines Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 exhbit)(djh, ) (Entered: 10/23/2006)

2006-10-23

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COMPLAINT (35:0271 Patent Infringement) against Amazon.com, Inc., filed by International Business Machines Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 exhbit)(djh, ) (Entered: 10/23/2006)

2006-10-23

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Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (Exhibit with date of patent 8/18/98 pgs 1-8) (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

2006-10-23

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Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (exhibit cont of patent dated 8/18/98 pgs 9-16) (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

2006-10-23

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IBM v. Amazon

Overview

Parties

Defendant

Mobipocket.com SA Follow

Represented By

Internet Movie Database, Inc. Follow

Represented By

CustomFlix Labs, Inc. Follow

Represented By

BOP LLC Follow

Represented By

BookSurge LLC Follow

Represented By

Amazon.com.ca, Inc. Follow

Represented By

Amazon.com LLC Follow

Represented By

Amazon.com Int'l Sales, Inc. Follow

Represented By

Amazon Web Services, LLC Follow

Represented By

Amazon Services LLC Follow

Represented By

Amazon Services Europe S.a.r.l. Follow

Represented By

Amazon Services Canada, Inc. Follow

Represented By

Amazon Mechanical Turk, Inc. Follow

Represented By

Amazon European Union S.a.r.l. Follow

Represented By

Alexa Internet Follow

Represented By

A9.com, Inc. Follow

Represented By

A2Z Development Center Follow

Represented By

Amazon.com, Inc. Follow

Represented By

Plaintiff

International Business Machines Corporation Follow

Represented By

Court & Judges

Patents Involved

Docket Entries

COMPLAINT (35:0271 Patent Infringement) against Amazon.com, Inc., filed by International Business Machines Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 exhbit)(djh, ) (Entered: 10/23/2006)

COMPLAINT (35:0271 Patent Infringement) against Amazon.com, Inc., filed by International Business Machines Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 exhbit)(djh, ) (Entered: 10/23/2006)

Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (Exhibit with date of patent 8/18/98 pgs 1-8) (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (exhibit cont of patent dated 8/18/98 pgs 9-16) (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (exhibit starting with section 1-24) (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (exhibit cont sections 25-42) (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (exhibit patent dated 7/4/06 -6 pgs) (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (exhibit containing pgs 5-9 of patent dated 7/4/06) (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (exhibit to patent dated 7/4/06 pgs 10-16 plus sections 1-6) (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (exhibit to patent dated 7/4/06 section 7-42) (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (exhibit re Patent 849 through Figure 4d) (kjr, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (re 849 patent Figure 5a through figure 11) (kjr, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Additional Attachments to Main Document: 1 Complaint (re 849 patent - method for presenting advertising in an interactive service) (kjr, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

DEMAND for Trial by Jury by International Business Machines Corporation. (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT filed by International Business Machines Corporation (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Form mailed to Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks. (djh, ) (Entered: 10/24/2006)

Return of Service Executed as toAmazon.com, Inc. on 10/25/2006 (kjr, ) (Entered: 10/27/2006)

MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re 1 Complaint OR MOVE OR OTHERWISE RESPOND by Amazon.com, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Ward, Thomas) (Entered: 11/14/2006)

NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Ruffin B Cordell on behalf of Amazon.com, Inc. (Cordell, Ruffin) (Entered: 11/15/2006)

ORDER granting 17 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer re 1 Complaint . The time is extended until and including 12/14/06. Signed by Judge Ron Clark on 11/15/06. (kjr, ) (Entered: 11/16/2006)

(APPROVED) APPLICATION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Attorney Michael J McKeon for Amazon.com, Inc.. (djh, ) (Entered: 11/27/2006)

Track Case Updates

Mobipocket.com SA

Internet Movie Database, Inc.

CustomFlix Labs, Inc.

BOP LLC

BookSurge LLC

Amazon.com.ca, Inc.

Amazon.com LLC

Amazon.com Int'l Sales, Inc.

Amazon Web Services, LLC

Amazon Services LLC

Amazon Services Europe S.a.r.l.

Amazon Services Canada, Inc.

Amazon Mechanical Turk, Inc.

Amazon European Union S.a.r.l.

Alexa Internet

A9.com, Inc.

A2Z Development Center

Amazon.com, Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation