TQP Development, LLC v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. et al, No. 2:08-cv-00471 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 28, 2011)

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I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff TQP Development, LLC (―TQP‖) filed suit on December 15, 2008, alleging that multiple defendants infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,412,730 (―the ‗ 730 Patent‖). A number of defendants have since been dismissed from the case. T he remaining defendants are ING Bank FSB, ShareBuilder Securities Corporation, ShareBuilder Corporation, TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation, and TD Ameritrade, Inc. (collectively ―Defendants‖).