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Motiva LLC v. Nintendo Co. Ltd. et al
　RFC Case Number: P-M08-429N
　Court Case Number: 6:08-cv-00429
　File Date: Monday, November 10, 2008
　Plaintiff: Motiva LLC
　Plaintiff Counsel: Jack W. HIll of Ireland Carroll & Kelley
　Christopher D. Banys, Daniel W. Bedell, W. Mark Lanier, Dara G. Hegar of Lanier Law Firm PC
　Defendant: Nintendo Co. Ltd.
　Nintendo of America, Inc.
　Cause: 35:271 Patent Infringement
　Court: Texas Eastern District Court

Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al
　RFC Case Number: P-H08-2188N
　Court Case Number: 8:08-cv-02188-RWT
　File Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
　Plaintiff: Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc.
　Plaintiff Counsel: Lawrence L. Ilag, J, Michael Jakes, Christine E. Lehman, Eric C. Jeschke of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
　Defendant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
　Nintendo of America, Inc.
　Cause: 35:271 Patent Infringement
　Court: Maryland District Court
　Judge: Roger W. Titus

Anascape, Ltd. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
　RFC Case Number: P-A08-139N
　Court Case Number: 9:08-cv-00139-RC
　File Date: Friday, July 18, 2008
　Plaintiff: Anascape, Ltd.
　Plaintiff Counsel: Douglas A Cawley, Anthony Matthew Garza, Christopher Thor Bovenkamp, Jamie Mozola Shouse, Dodd Cassady, Samuel Franklin Baxter, Steven Chase Callahan, Theodore Stevenson, III of McKool Smith
Charles Ainsworth, Robert Christopher Bunt, Robert M Parker of Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C.
　Luke Fleming McLeroy of Ericsson Inc.
　Defendant: Nintendo of America, Inc.
　Cause: 35:271 Patent Infringement
　Court: Texas Eastern District Court
　Judge: Judge Ron Clark
　Notes: Related Case: 9:06-cv-00158-RC.

Morgan Creek Productions, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. et al
　RFC Case Number: C-M08-3866N
　File Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008
　Plaintiff: Morgan Creek Productions, Inc.
　Plaintiff Counsel: Alan S. Gutman, Matthew E. Hess of Law Offices of Alan S. Gutman
　Defendant: Nintendo of America, Inc.
　Does 1-10
　Cause: 17:101 Copyright Infringement
　Court: California Central District Court
　Judge: Consuelo B. Marshall; Ref'd to Magistrate Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg

Copper Innovations Group LLC v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al
　RFC Case Number: P-C07-1752N
　File Date: Thursday, December 27, 2007
　Plaintiff: Copper Innovations Group LLC
　Plaintiff Counsel: Adrian N. Roe of Watkins Dulac & Roe
　Raymond P. Niro, Timothy J. Haller, Patrick F. Solon, Sally Wiggins, Eric J. Mersmann of Niro Scavone Haller & Niro
　Defendant: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
　Nintendo of America, Inc.
　Sony Corporation
　Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
　Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
　Cause: 28:1338 Patent Infringement
　Court: Pennsylvania Western District Court
　Judge: Amy Reynolds Hay