KI Ventures v. Fry's Electronics, No. 14-1187 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2014)

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KI Ventures, LLC (“KI”) brought suit against Fry’s Electronics, Inc. and CTA Digital, Inc. (collectively, “CTA”) in the United States District Court for the Sout h- ern District of Texas , alleging infringement of the claims in U.S. Patent No. 5,569,019 (“the ’019 patent”). The district court dismissed th e case with prejudice “[u]nder rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the inherent power of th is court.” Final Dismissal at 1, KI Ventures, LLC v. Fry’s Elecs., Inc. (“Dismissal Order”), No. 4:13-cv-1407 (S.D. Tex. Nov.