R2 Solutions LLC v. Fedex Corporate Services, Inc.,

On November 29, 2021, R2 Solutions LLC (“R2 Solutions” or “Plaintiff”), represented by Edward R. Nelson, III of Nelson Bumgardner Conroy, filed an intellectual property lawsuit against FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. (“FedEx Services” or “Defendant”), seeking damages along with pre- and post-judgment interest and other reliefs for the Defendant’s alleged infringement of the United States Patents owned by the Plaintiff. This case was filed in tU.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas with Judge Amos L. Mazzant, III presiding. 

The Plaintiff filed this complaint for the alleged infringement of United States Patent No. 8,190,610 (“the ’610 patent”), United States Patent No. 8,341,157 (“the ’157 patent”), and United States Patent No. 7,698,329 (“the ’329 patent”) (collectively, the “Patents-in-Suit”) owned by the Plaintiff. 

In their complaint, the Plaintiff alleged, “FedEx Services has directly infringed and continues to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’610 patent. FedEx Services has infringed and continues to infringe, either by itself or via an agent, at least claims 1–5, 17–21, 33–34, 40–41 of the ’610 patent by, among other things, making, offering to sell, selling, testing and/or using the FedEx Services data analytics system built on Apache Hadoop. FedEx Services is liable for its infringements of the ’610 patent.”

The Plaintiff further alleged that, “FedEx Services has directly infringed and continues to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’157 patent. FedEx Services has infringed and continues to infringe, either by itself or via an agent, at least claims 1–5 and 7–10 of the ’157 patent by, among other things, making, offering to sell, selling, testing and/or using the FedEx.com search and/or tracking engine. FedEx Services is liable for its infringements of the ’157. R2 Solutions has been damaged as a result of FedEx Services’ infringing conduct. “

The Plaintiff also alleged that, “FedEx Services has directly infringed and continues to directly infringe one or more claims of the ’329 patent.FedEx Services has infringed and continues to infringe, either by itself or via an agent, at least claims 1, 4–5, 8, and 11–12 of the ’329 patent by, among other things, making, offering to sell, selling, testing and/or using the FedEx.com search and/or tracking engine. FedEx Services is liable for its infringements of the ’329 patent. R2 Solutions has been damaged as a result of FedEx Services’ infringing conduct.”

There are three claims for relief laid down by the Plaintiff which deal with the alleged infringement of the Patents-in-Suit owned by the Plaintiff. 

In its prayer for relief, the Plaintiff requested the Court for an order that FedEx Services has directly infringed one or more claims of each of the patents-in-suit and an order that FedEx Services must pay R2 Solutions past and future damages under 35 U.S.C. § 284, including supplemental damages arising from any continuing, post-verdict infringement for the time between trial and entry of the final judgment, together with an accounting along with pre- and post-judgement interest. The Plaintiff also requested the Court for any such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

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