James Young Hurt

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Associate

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: 10TALES, INC. V. TIKTOK INC.: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
  Serving as counsel for TikTok
  ByteDance in a single patent case before Judge DeMarchi related to TikTok's recommendation engine for its popular video streaming service. Successfully transferred the case from the Western District of Texas before Judge Albright to the Northern District of California.
  BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC V. LENOVO GROUP LTD.: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
  Represented Lenovo
  Motorola Mobility in an 11 patent lawsuit before Judge Albright related to mobile devices implicating Android, 802.11 (WiFi), LTE, proximity sensing,
  multi-chip packaging. Case settled favorably.
  BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC V. COOLPAD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  Served as lead associate for defendant Coolpad Technologies in a multiple patent case before Judge Bencivengo related to mobile devices implicating Android, 802.11 (WiFi),
  LTE. Settled favorably on the eve of PTAB oral argument in the related IPR proceedings.
  KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. AND U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION V. HTC CORPORATION AND HTC AMERICA, INC.: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
  U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  Served as counsel for HTC in a multiple patent case currently before Judge Gilliam after the case was transferred to the Northern District of California, involving multiple mobile device technologies including encryption, user interface, audio processing,
  streaming. Case settled favorably.
  LEMAIRE ILLUMINATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC V. HTC CORPORATION: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Acted as counsel for defendant HTC Corporation in a multiple patent case before Judge Gilstrap involving LED control
  LED driver circuits. Case settled favorably.
  PREFERENTIAL NETWORKS IP, LLC V. T-MOBILE U.S., INC.: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Served as counsel for T-Mobile U.S. in a single patent case before Judge Gilstrap involving Quality of Service over LTE. Case settled favorably.
  DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC V. HTC AMERICA, INC.: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
  Acted as counsel for defendant HTC America in a single patent case before Judge Jones involving NFC
  Bluetooth wireless connectivity. Case dismissed with prejudice.
  VEHICLE IP, LLC V. CELLCO PARTNERSHIP: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
  Acted as counsel for defendant TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
  Networks in Motion, Inc. in a single patent case before Judge Stark involving turn-by-turn navigation systems
  estimated time of arrival. Stipulation of non-infringement following a favorable claim construction before trial. Affirmed on appeal.
  TRACBEAM, LLC V. T-MOBILE US, INC.: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  Served as counsel for intervenor defendant TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. in a four-patent case before Judge Schroeder involving mobile position location determination within a cellular network. Case settled favorably on the eve of trial.