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Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. - 2:26-cv-00144

Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (Case No. 2:26-cv-00144), filed on Feb 20, 2026 in the District Court, E.D. Texas involving patent infringement. This case involves patent infringement claims between the parties. Explore details about the litigants, key filings, and major docket updates.

Case Details

Case Number
2:26-cv-00144
Filing Date
Feb 20, 2026
Cause of Action
Patent Infringement
Status
-
Court
District Court, E.D. Texas
Nature of Suit
Patent

Parties Involved

The following parties are involved in this case, with their respective legal representatives for the case.

NameRepresented By
Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc. -
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. -

Patents Involved

This case involves 2 patents, each of which is central to the dispute. These patents may be subject to claims of infringement, challenges to their validity, or other issues concerning their scope and enforcement.

Application NumberPatent Number
-US7171629B2
-US7428707B2

Docket Entries

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Feb 20, 2026Summons issued as to Samsung Electronics America, Inc.. (mdj) (Entered: 02/20/2026)PACER Document
Feb 20, 2026Case assigned to District Judge Rodney Gilstrap and Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne. (mdj)PACER Document
Feb 20, 2026Case: Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc was filed on 02/20/2026 and assigned to Judge Gilstrap and referred to Judge Payne. The Notice Regarding Consent to Proceed Before Magistrate Judge form is provided via hyperlink. (mdj)PACER Document
Feb 20, 2026NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by David R Bennett on behalf of Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc. (Bennett, David) (Entered: 02/20/2026)PACER Document
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment
Feb 20, 2026COMPLAINT for patent Infringement against Samsung Electronics America, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-11381358.), filed by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 United States Patent No. 7,171,629, # 2 Exhibit 2 Declaration of David Quimby, # 3 Exhibit 2-1 David Quimby, Next Generation Web Presentation, Vol. 4 Issue 7 XML JOURNAL 16 (July 2003), # 4 Exhibit 2-2 Adaptive Avenue Press Release, December 1, 2003, # 5 Exhibit 3 United States Patent No. 7,428,707, # 6 Exhibit A HTML elements associated with web slideshow from www.samsung.com, # 7 Exhibit B Screenshot of jpg resources used as slideshow images from www.samsung.com, # 8 Exhibit C Web slideshow sequence from www.samsung.com, # 9 Exhibit D Publicly available code from www.samsung.com, # 10 Exhibit E Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage and slideshow, # 11 Exhibit F Screenshot of the www.samsung.com homepage on phone browser, # 12 Exhibit G Amendment, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated Jan. 24, 2008., # 13 Exhibit H Notice of Allowability, U.S. Appl. No. 10/698,332 (issued as the 707 patent), dated May 8, 2008., # 14 Civil Cover Sheet) (Counsel is reminded to file form required by LR CV-4(a).)(Kalberg, Steven) (Entered: 02/20/2026)Attachment