Case details

Court: txed
Docket #: 2:15-cv-00564
Case Name: Voxathon LLC v. FCA US LLC
PACER case #: 159320
Date filed: 2015-04-29
Date terminated: 2016-01-25
Assigned to: Judge Rodney Gilstrap
Case Cause: 35:271 Patent Infringement
Nature of Suit: 830 Patent
Jury Demand: Plaintiff
Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Parties

Represented Party Attorney & Contact Info
Voxathon LLC
Plaintiff
David R Bennett
David R. Bennett Direction IP law P. O. Box 14184 Chicago, IL 60614-0184 312-291-1667 Email: dbennett@directionip.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

FCA US LLC
Defendant
Frank C Cimino , Jr
Venable LLP 575 7th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 202-344-4569 Fax: 202-344-8300 Email: FCCimino@venable.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

J Thad Heartfield
The Heartfield Law Firm 2195 Dowlen Rd Beaumont, TX 77706 409/866-3318 Fax: 14098665789 Email: thad@heartfieldlawfirm.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Megan S Woodworth
Venable LLP 575 7th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 202-344-4507 Fax: 202-344-8300 Email: MSWoodworth@venable.com
PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Todd M Nosher
Venable, LLP - New York 1270 Avenue of the Americas 24th Floor New York, NY 10020 212-808-5673 Fax: 212-307-5598 Email: tmnosher@venable.com
PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Documents

Date Filed Document # Attachment # Short Description Long Description Upload date SHA1 hash
2015-04-29 1 0 COMPLAINT against FCA US LLC ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0540-5174920.), filed by Voxathon LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Patent No. 6,442,261, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet)(Bennett, David) (Entered: 04/29/2015)
2015-04-29 2 0 Notice of Filing of Patent/Trademark Form (AO 120). AO 120 mailed to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Bennett, David) (Entered: 04/29/2015)
2015-04-29 3 0 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT filed by Voxathon LLC (Bennett, David) (Entered: 04/29/2015)
2015-04-29 4 0 NOTICE by Voxathon LLC Notice of Related Cases (Bennett, David) (Entered: 04/29/2015)
2015-04-29 5 0 SUMMONS Issued as to FCA US LLC. (nkl, ) (Entered: 04/29/2015)
2015-05-20 6 0 Defendant's Unopposed First Application for Extension of Time to Answer Complaint re FCA US LLC.( Heartfield, J) (Entered: 05/20/2015)
2015-06-24 7 0 Defendant's Unopposed Second Application for Extension of Time to Answer Complaint re FCA US LLC.( Heartfield, J) (Entered: 06/24/2015)
2015-06-26 8 0 ORDER OF CONSOLIDATION - The above-captioned cases are hereby ORDERED to be CONSOLIDATED for all pretrial issues (except venue) with the LEAD CASE, Cause No. 2:15-CV-00562. All parties are instructed to file any future filings (except relating to venue) in the LEAD CASE, Cases associated.. Signed by Judge Rodney Gilstrap on 06/25/2015. (nkl, ) (Entered: 06/26/2015)
2015-08-06 9 0 MOTION to Change Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) by FCA US LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Klobucar Declaration, # 2 Nosher Declaration, # 3 Exhibit 1 to Nosher Declaration, # 4 Exhibit 2 to Nosher Declaration, # 5 Exhibit 3 to Nosher Declaration, # 6 Exhibit 4 to Nosher Declaration, # 7 Proposed Order)(Heartfield, J) (Entered: 08/06/2015)
2015-08-19 10 0 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to 9 MOTION to Change Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) by Voxathon LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Bennett, David) (Entered: 08/19/2015)
2015-08-21 11 0 ORDER granting 10 Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply re 9 MOTION to Change Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Responses due by 9/8/2015. Signed by Judge Rodney Gilstrap on 08/21/2015. (nkl, ) (Entered: 08/21/2015)
2015-09-04 12 0 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to 9 MOTION to Change Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) by Voxathon LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Bennett, David) (Entered: 09/04/2015)
2015-09-09 13 0 ORDER granting 12 Motion for Extension of Time to File Response re 9 MOTION to Change Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Responses due by 10/6/2015. Signed by Judge Rodney Gilstrap on 09/09/2015. (nkl, ) (Entered: 09/09/2015)
2015-10-05 14 0 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to 9 MOTION to Change Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) by Voxathon LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Bennett, David) (Entered: 10/05/2015)
2015-10-09 15 0 ORDER granting 14 Motion for Extension of Time to File Response re 9 MOTION to Change Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). Responses due by 10/26/2015. Signed by Judge Rodney Gilstrap on 10/8/15. (mrm, ) (Entered: 10/09/2015)
2015-10-26 16 0 RESPONSE in Opposition re 9 MOTION to Change Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) by FCA US LLC filed by Voxathon LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Declaration of Dana Tran, # 2 Affidavit Declaration of David R. Bennett, # 3 Exhibit 1 - FCA US LLCs Responses to Voxathon LLCs Venue Interrogatories, # 4 Exhibit 2 - screenshot of the webpage http://www.driveusconnect.com, # 5 Exhibit 3 - image of FCA Locations at http://www.fcanorthamerica.com/company/AboutUs/Pages/AboutUs.aspx, # 6 Exhibit 4 - image of FCA Locations at http://www.fcanorthamerica.com/company/Pages/OurLocations.aspx, # 7 Exhibit 5 - article Average Number of New-Vehicle sales Per Dealership Heads Toward New Record, # 8 Exhibit 6 - NADA DATA Annual Financial Profile of Americas Franchised New-Car Dealerships 2014, # 9 Exhibit 7 - FCA US LLC Franchise Tax Account Status, # 10 Exhibit 8 - locations for peiker acustic, Inc. available at http://www.peiker.com/en/contact.html, # 11 Exhibit 9 - locations for Harman available at http://www.harman.com/EN-US/Newscenter/Documents/HARMAN%20Locations%20Worldwide% 20February%202012.pdf, # 12 Exhibit 10 - U.S. District CourtsCombined Civil and Criminal Federal Court Management Statistics for the 12-Month Period Ending June 30, 2015, # 13 Exhibit 11 - FY 2016 Per Diem Rates for Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan, and Marshall, Texas available at the U.S. General Services Administration website, # 14 Text of Proposed Order)(Bennett, David) (Entered: 10/26/2015)
2015-11-05 17 0 REPLY to Response to Motion re 9 MOTION to Change Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) filed by FCA US LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Declaration of Todd M. Nosher, # 2 Exhibit A, # 3 Exhibit B, # 4 Exhibit C, # 5 Exhibit D, # 6 Exhibit E, # 7 Exhibit F, # 8 Exhibit G)(Nosher, Todd) (Entered: 11/05/2015)
2015-11-16 18 0 SUR-REPLY to Reply to Response to Motion re 9 MOTION to Change Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) filed by Voxathon LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Supplemental Declaration of David R. Bennett, # 2 Exhibit 12 - Defendant FCA US LLC's Initial Disclosures)(Bennett, David) (Entered: 11/16/2015)
2016-01-25 19 0 FINAL JUDGMENT. Signed by Judge Rodney Gilstrap on 01/22/2016. (nkl, ) (Entered: 01/25/2016)
2016-01-25 20 0 Notice of Filing of Patent/Trademark Form (AO 120) at termination of case. AO 120 mailed to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (nkl, ) (Entered: 01/25/2016)