Yahoo Federal District Court Decisions

Plaintiff v. Defendant

Filed: January 9, 2014 as 5:2013cv05430
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Plaintiff v. Defendant and others
Plaintiff: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

ORDER GRANTING 210 Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Defendants Trident Microsystems, Inc. and Trident Microsystems, Inc. Health and Welfare Benefit Plan filed by Bay Area Surgical Group Inc. Trident Microsystems, Inc. (a California corporation) and Trident Microsystems, Inc. Health and Welfare Benefit Plan terminated. Signed by Judge Edward J. Davila on 1/9/2014. (ecg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/9/2014)

Plaintiff v. Defendant

Filed: January 9, 2014 as 5:2013cv05430
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Plaintiff v. Defendant and others
Plaintiff: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

ORDER GRANTING 208 Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Defendant SCI Management, LLC ONLY filed by Bay Area Surgical Group Inc. SCI Management, LLC (a Minnesota limited liability company) terminated. Signed by Judge Edward J. Davila on 1/9/2014. (ecg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/9/2014)

Plaintiff v. Defendant

Filed: January 9, 2014 as 5:2013cv05430
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Plaintiff v. Defendant and others
Plaintiff: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

ORDER GRANTING 209 Notice of Voluntary Dismissal as to Defendant Dynamic Details Design, LLC ONLY filed by Bay Area Surgical Group Inc. Dynamic Details Design, LLC (a Delaware limited liability company) terminated. Signed by Judge Edward J. Davila on 1/9/2014. (ecg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/9/2014)

KLAYMAN et al v. OBAMA et al

Filed: December 16, 2013 as 1:2013cv00881
Court: District Of Columbia District Court
Defendant: RANDALL L. STEPHENSON, AT&T, JASON KATZ, PALALK, MARISSA MEYER, YAHOO! INC., TIM ARMSTRONG, AOL, TONY BATES, STEVE BALLMER, SKYPE, MICROSOFT, APPLE, TIMOTHY COOK, SALAR KAMANGAR, YOUTUBE, LLC, LARRY PAGE, GOOGLE INC., FACEBOOK, MARK ZUCKERBERG, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, KEITH B. ALEXANDER, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, II, ERIC HOLDER, SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, DANIEL HEESE
Plaintiff: MATT GARRISON, CHARLES STRANGE, MICHAEL FERRARI, LARRY E. KLAYMAN
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 12/16/13. (tb, )

Nobles v. Yahoo! Inc.

Filed: December 16, 2013 as 4:2013cv04989
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Yahoo! Inc.
Plaintiff: Halima Nobles
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 12/16/13. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/16/2013)

Masterobjects, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc.

Filed: November 26, 2013 as 3:2013cv04326
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Yahoo! Inc.
Plaintiff: Masterobjects, Inc.
Nature of Suit: Patent

ORDER GRANTING AS MODIFIED 21 Stipultion to Reschedule Case Management Conference. Case Management Statement due by 2/14/2014. Initial Case Management Conference set for 2/21/2014 01:30 PM in Courtroom 11, 19th Floor, San Francisco. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on November 26, 2013. (jswlc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/26/2013)

Masterobjects, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc.

Filed: November 26, 2013 as 3:2011cv02539
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Yahoo! Inc.
Plaintiff: Masterobjects, Inc.
Nature of Suit: Patent

CLAIMS CONSTRUCTION ORDER. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on November 26, 2013. (jswlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/26/2013)

Droplets, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al

Filed: November 1, 2013 as 3:2012cv03733
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Amazon.com Inc, Apple, Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc., Yahoo! Inc., YouTube, LLC
Plaintiff: Droplets, Inc.
Nature of Suit: Patent

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO NOTIFY THE COURT WHETHER IT HAS FILED AN APPEAL OF THE PTO'S REJECTION OF THE PATENTS CLAIMS re (277 in 3:12-cv-03733-JST) Notice (Other) filed by Yahoo! Inc. Status Report due by 11/11/2013. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on November 1, 2013. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/1/2013)

Pragmatus AV LLC v. Yahoo! Inc.

Filed: October 22, 2013 as 1:2011cv00902
Court: Delaware District Court
Defendant: Yahoo! Inc.
Plaintiff: Pragmatus AV LLC
Nature of Suit: Patent

ORDER ADOPTING 186 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION -- denying 130 Renewed Motion to Transfer Case. Signed by Judge Leonard P. Stark on 10/22/13. (ntl)

Buyerleverage Email Solutions LLC v. Microsoft Corporation . et al

Filed: October 22, 2013 as 1:2011cv00645
Court: Delaware District Court
Defendant: AT & T Inc., CISCO Systems Inc., Comcast Corporation, Knology, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Surewest Communications Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
Plaintiff: Buyerleverage Email Solutions LLC
Nature of Suit: Patent

MEMORANDUM OPINION regarding claim construction of various disputed terms. The Court requests a joint status report on these Markman issues no later than twenty-eight days from the date of this Opinion (see Opinion for further details). Signed by Judge Richard G. Andrews on 10/22/2013. (nms)

Yahoo! Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation

Filed: October 21, 2013 as 1:2013cv07237
Court: New York Southern District Court
Petitioner: Yahoo! Inc.
Respondent: Microsoft Corporation
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

OPINION AND ORDER: Yahoo did not meet the heavy burden required to show that the Emergency Arbitrator exceeded his authority under 10 U.S.C. § 10(a)(4). See ReliaStar, 564 F.3d at 86 (If the parties agreed to submit an issue for arbitration, we will uphold a challenged award as long as the arbitrator offers a barely colorable justification for the outcome reached.) Yahoo similarly did not present sufficient evidence to show that that this Award was one of the exceedingly rare…

In Re: Unified Messaging Solutions LLC Patent Litigation

Filed: September 25, 2013 as 1:2012cv06286
Court: Illinois Northern District Court
Defendant: The Vanguard Group, Inc., The Vanguard Marketing Corporation, Yahoo! Inc., Twitter, Inc., eBay, Inc., Verizon Data Services LLC, Comcast Cable Communication LLC, Intuit, Inc., VMWare, Inc., Homestead Technologies Inc.
In Re: Unified Messaging Solutions LLC Patent Litigation
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions

Opinion and Order Signed by the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow on 9/25/2013: The UOL defendants' motion for sanctions under Rule 11 [dkt. 536] and the first and second wave defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings [dkt. 561] are denied. UMS is directed by October 16, 2013 to join AMT as an additional party, the entity that would allow it to maintain standing to sue defendants for infringement of the patents in suit.Mailed notice(mad, )

Droplets, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al

Filed: September 13, 2013 as 3:2012cv03733
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Amazon.com Inc, Apple, Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc., Yahoo! Inc., YouTube, LLC
Plaintiff: Droplets, Inc.
Nature of Suit: Patent

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STAY by Judge Jon S. Tigar in case 3:12-cv-03733-JST; granting (51) Motion to Stay in case 3:12-cv-04049-JST. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/13/2013)

Pragmatus AV LLC v. Yahoo! Inc.

Filed: August 28, 2013 as 1:2011cv00902
Court: Delaware District Court
Defendant: Yahoo! Inc.
Plaintiff: Pragmatus AV LLC
Nature of Suit: Patent

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS recommending DENIAL of D.I. 130 MOTION to Transfer Case to Northern District of California and/or MOTION to Enjoin (Renewed) filed by Yahoo! Inc.. Please note that when filing Objections pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b)(2), briefing consists solely of the Objections (no longer than ten (10) pages) and the Response to the Objections (no longer than ten (10) pages). No further briefing shall be permitted with respect to objections…

PersonalWeb Technologies LLC et al v. Yahoo! Inc.

Filed: August 5, 2013 as 6:2012cv00658
Court: Texas Eastern District Court
Defendant: Yahoo! Inc.
Plaintiff: Level 3 Communications, LLC, PersonalWeb Technologies LLC
Nature of Suit: Patent

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER. The Court interprets the claim language in this case in the manner set forth in this Order. Signed by Judge Leonard Davis on 08/05/13. (mll, )

Minister Victor McGee et al v. TD Service Company Inc et al

Filed: June 26, 2013 as 2:2013cv03183
Court: California Central District Court
Defendant: 2010-1 CRE Venture LLC, ABC Television Inc, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP, Alliance Title Company LLC, Amazon Dot Com Inc, Benton Orr Duval and Buckingham, Bing Inc, California State University Bakersfield, CBS Corporation, CBS Television Inc, Channel 17 KGET-TV, Channel 26 KBFX-TV, Channel 29 KBAK-TV, Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc, Fisher Communications Inc, Fox Television Inc, Google Inc, Malcolm H Mackey, Microsoft Inc, Midland Loan Services Inc, Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC, Mr Andre Birotte, Jr, Mr August B Landis, Mr Bill Lockyer, Mr Christopher L Peterson, Mr Darryl L Doke, Mr David M Vetter, Mr Donnie Youngblood, Mr Edward Jaegals, Mr Felix Lebron, Mr Freddie Calvillo, Mr Frederick E Clement and others
Plaintiff: Minister Victor McGee, Mr Billy Joe Johnson
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury

ORDER by Judge George H. Wu IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED, and that Plaintiffs action against the Federal Defendants is DISMISSED; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs Minister Victor McGee and Billy Joe Johnson may not re-file the present claims against the Federal Defendants without first applying for and receiving written authorization from this FederalCourt. The claims against the remaining Defendants are REMANDED to the LosAngeles County Superior…

Droplets, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al

Filed: June 20, 2013 as 3:2012cv03733
Court: California Northern District Court
Defendant: Amazon.com Inc, Apple, Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc., Yahoo! Inc., YouTube, LLC
Plaintiff: Droplets, Inc.
Nature of Suit: Patent

ORDER OF RECUSAL. I, the undersigned Judge of the court, finding myself disqualified from presiding over the above-entitled actions, hereby recuse myself from these cases and request that they be reassigned pursuant to the applicable provisions of this District's Assignment Plan. Any hearings scheduled before the undersigned are VACATED. Signed by Judge Edward J. Davila on 6/20/2013. (ejdlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/20/2013)

Chanel, Inc. v. eukuk.com et al

Filed: June 17, 2013 as 2:2011cv01508
Court: Nevada District Court
Defendant: 111mall.com, 2011misssupra.com, 2011sunglasseshut.com, 2buytiffany.com, 51will.net, 520watches.com, 925mall.com, a-beststore.com, a2o5.com, aaa-handbag.com, accessorywow.com, acheterchanelonline.com, agoodbags.info, allbazaar.net, allbrandoutlet.com, applehot.com, asiahongs.com, asunglassesoutlet.com, atwholesalestore.com, auburnhometownrealty.com, auchanel.com, authentic-chanel-outlet.com, authenticbagsonsale.com, authentichandbagsshop.com, b2changbagsoutlet.com, bag2u.com, bags-diary.com, bags-easy.com, bags-shoes-china.com, bagsarticle.com, bagsbestshop.com, bagscoming.com and others
Plaintiff: Chanel, Inc.
Nature of Suit: Trademark

DEFAULT JUDGMENT in favor of Chanel, Inc. and PERMANENT INJUNCTION against Defendants identified on Schedule "A". The bond posted by Plaintiff in the amount of $20,000.00 is ordered to be released by the Clerk. This Case is CLOSED, and all pending motions are DENIED as MOOT. Signed by Judge Andrew P. Gordon on 6/17/13. (Attachments: # 1 Schedule A)(Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

Pragmatus AV LLC v. Yahoo! Inc.

Filed: May 24, 2013 as 1:2011cv00902
Court: Delaware District Court
Defendant: Yahoo! Inc.
Plaintiff: Pragmatus AV LLC
Nature of Suit: Patent

MEMORANDUM ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION -- granting in part and denying in part 44 Motion to Dismiss ; adopting 61 Report and Recommendation. Signed by Judge Leonard P. Stark on 5/24/13. (ntl)

Tiffany (NJ), LLC v. 925ly.com et al

Filed: May 17, 2013 as 2:2011cv00590
Court: Nevada District Court
Defendant: 925ly.com, 925silverangel.com, 925silvershop.com, 925tiffany.com, 925tiffany.net, 925wholesaler.com, aliexpressuk.com, amytrade.com, atjewelry.com, atopsilver.com, australiatiffanystore.com, autiffany4sale.com, b2bvogue.com, bestbuytiffany.com, better-tiffany.com, beyeshop.com, brandtiffany.com, buy-tiffanyjewelry.com, bybybuy.com, canadatiffanystore.com, cartiereshop.com, casualtiffany.com, cheapchinawholesale.org, cheapdesignerwholesale.com, Cheaptiffanyjewelry.com, cheaptiffanys.com, chinafamousproducts.com, chinawholesalejewelry.com, cityjewels.net, coachjewelry.com, coboen.com, colorstrends.com and others
Plaintiff: TIFFANY (NJ), LLC
Nature of Suit: Trademark

ORDER Granting 125 Plaintiff's Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of Defendants listed on Schedule A, Defendant 68 (jewelrykt.com) and Defendant 222 (yahoowholesaler.com) without prejudice. jewelrykt.com and yahoowholesaler.com terminated. F URTHER ORDERED that the Internet Registries for the domain names listed on Schedule A hereto shall revert the Registrar of Record of the domain names listed on Schedule A hereto to the Defendants Registrars at the time the Registrars of…