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Ameranth, Inc. v. Pizza Hut, Inc. et al

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Case Number:

3:11-cv-01810

Court:

California Southern

Nature of Suit:

Patent

Judge:

Dana M. Sabraw

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  1. March 15, 2022

    Judge Nixes 2 Patent Claims In Ameranth Suit

    A California federal judge has invalidated two claims in an online menu patent asserted against a variety of companies like Live Nation and Best Western, saying the claims were not inventive enough to warrant patent protection.

  2. September 27, 2018

    Menu Patent In Case Against Domino's, Others Axed By Alice

    The week before a series of trials were set to begin, a California federal judge has ruled that an online menu patent asserted against Domino's Pizza Inc. and dozens of other restaurant, hotel and online ordering companies is invalid under Alice for claiming only abstract ideas.

  3. August 31, 2018

    Domino's Can Deliver Pizza Hut's Invalidity Pie In IP Row

    A California federal judge said Thursday he'd let Domino's deliver a fully-pled challenge to Ameranth Inc.'s online ordering patent — a motion that was originally filed by Pizza Hut, but abandoned after that company settled — saying the invalidity bid could determine infringement claims against 30 other companies. 

  4. April 27, 2017

    Norton Rose Skirted ABA Model Rules But Can Stay In IP Row

    Norton Rose Fulbright can keep defending Expedia and others in a consolidated suit over an online-ordering patent, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday, while warning that the firm had run afoul of professional conduct standards by allowing an apparently conflicted attorney to work on the case in the first place.

  5. March 13, 2017

    Norton Rose, Hilton Strike Back At DQ Bids In Patent Row

    Norton Rose Fulbright LLP and Hilton fought back Friday against bids to disqualify several firms and their lawyers from serving in a consolidated suit over a patent for online-ordering technology, arguing Ameranth Inc. hadn't based its accusations of bias on anything more than false speculation.

  6. February 27, 2017

    Akin Gump, 2 Other Firms Face DQ Bid In Ameranth IP Row

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Alston & Bird LLP and Norton Rose Fulbright LLP should all be barred from serving as counsel in a consolidated suit over patents covering online-ordering technology, said Ameranth Inc. on Friday in California federal court, renewing disqualification bids put on hold by a three-year case stay.

  7. November 25, 2013

    Akin Gump Hit With DQ Bid In Ameranth Patent Row

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP should be disqualified from Hilton International Co. and its related entities' defense in Ameranth Inc.'s online-ordering patent litigation because one of the attorneys was once a magistrate judge presiding over related cases, Ameranth said Friday in California federal court.

  8. November 22, 2013

    Ameranth Wants Norton Rose Fulbright DQ'd From Patent Suit

    Ameranth Inc. asked a California federal judge Thursday to disqualify Norton Rose Fulbright from representing Expedia Inc., Papa John's USA Inc. and others in its infringement suit over online ordering services, alleging a conflict of interest.

  9. July 18, 2013

    Hilton Must Face Patent Claim Over Reservation System

    A California federal judge on Thursday ruled that Hilton Resorts Corp. must face a claim that its online application for booking hotel rooms directly infringed technology company Ameranth Inc.'s patents, while at the same time tossing the latter company's claims of indirect, induced and willful infringement.

  10. August 15, 2011

    Pizza Chains, GrubHub Sued Over Dining Sales Patent

    Pizza Hut Inc., GrubHub Inc. and other companies that allow users to order from restaurants online are among the targets of a patent suit filed Monday in California by Ameranth Inc., which sells wireless systems for the hospitality market.