The Aggressive Pursuit of Justice Through Patent Enforcement Rages On...
RFC Case Number: P-G13-4065L Court Case Number: 5:13-cv-04065-MWB File Date: Friday, July 19, 2013 Plaintiff: GS Cleantech Corporation
Plaintiff Counsel: Douglas L Phillips of Klass Law Firm, L.L.P.
Defendant: Little Sioux Corn Processors, LLLP
Cause: 35:145 Patent Infringement Court: Iowa Northern District Court Judge: Judge Mark W Bennett Referred To: Magistrate Judge Leonard T Strand
RFC Case Number: P-G13-1387G Court Case Number: 0:13-cv-01387-JNE-SER File Date: Friday, June 07, 2013 Plaintiff: GS Cleantech Corporation
Plaintiff Counsel: Stephen J. Snyder, Craig A. Brandt of Snyder & Brandt PA
Defendant: Guardian Energy, LLC
Cause: 35:271 Patent Infringement Court: Minnesota District Court Judge: Judge Joan N. Ericksen Referred To: Magistrate Judge Steven E. Rau
RFC Case Number: P-G13-1042P Court Case Number: 2:13-cv-01042-JAM-AC File Date: Friday, May 24, 2013 Plaintiff: GS Cleantech Corporation
Plaintiff Counsel: Megan Alicia Lewis of Wilke Fleury Hoffelt Gould & Birney LLP Daniel L. Egan, Megan Alicia Lewis, Steven J. Williamson of Wilke Fleury Hoffelt Gould & Birney LLP
Defendant: Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
Cause: 15:1126 Patent Infringement Court: California Eastern District Court Judge: Judge John A. Mendez Referred To: Magistrate Judge Allison Claire
RFC Case Number: P-G13-724W Court Case Number: 1:13-cv-00724-WMS File Date: Friday, July 12, 2013 Plaintiff: GS Cleantech Corporation
Plaintiff Counsel: Robert G. Scumaci, Melissa M. Morton of Gibson McAskill & Crosby LLP
Defendant: Western New York Energy, LLC
Cause: 28:1338 Patent Infringement Court: New York Western District Court Judge: Hon. William M. Skretny
GS Cleantech Corp. v. Western New York Energy, LLC
GS Cleantech recently filed another lawsuit, this one against Western New York Energy in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York on July 12, 2013.
The asserted patents are U.S. Patent Nos. 7,601,858, 8,008,516, and 8,283,484, each entitled “Method of processing ethanol byproducts and related subsystems,” and U.S. Patent No. 8,008,517, entitled “Method of recovering oil from thin stillage.” The patents relate to methods of recovering oil from byproducts of ethanol production using the process of dry milling, which creates a waste stream comprised of byproducts called whole stillage.
According to the complaint, Western New York uses infringing processes performed by ethanol production plants purchased from a plant designer called ICM. ICM was involved in prior litigation with GS.
GS has been on an aggressive patent enforcement campaign over the last several years. The multiple cases were consolidated in the Southern District of Indiana, where the asserted patents were construed and re-construed.
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