Western District Patent Case Filings Remain Strong through February

Patent case filings in Seattle and Tacoma remained strong through February following a red-hot January. While there weren't half as many filings as in January, February 2008 saw four patent cases filed in Seattle and Tacoma, that is more than February 2007 which saw only three and more than February 2006, which also had only three. Total patent cases this year so far in Washington state number 14, with almost all of those in the Western District.

Laughing Rabbit Inc. V. Nashbar and Associates Inc., (08-cv-00339) (Judge Martinez) US Pat. No. D375,372 "Pocket Flashlight"

JE Hynds LLC v. Hopscotch Technology Inc., (08-cv-5083) (Judge Arnold in Tacoma) U.S. Patent No. 7,162,378 "Point of Play Terminal"

BE Meyers and Co. v. Advanced Armament Corp., (o8-cv-00228) (Judge Theiler) U.S. Patent No. 6,837,139 "Flash Suppressor"

Implicit Networks Inc. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., (08-00184) (Judge Robart) U.S. Patent No. 6,629,163 "Methods and System for Demultuplexing a First Sequence of Packet Components to Identify Specific Components Wherein Subsequent Components are Processed Without ReIdentifying Components."

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