Pride Family Brands is suing Woodard Furniture, Scott Coogan and Carl’s Patio West in a patent infringement case.

Pride Family Brands is a designer and maker of causal furniture. It has filed a suit in a Miami federal court stating that the defendants infringed on its patents. The defendants are also accused of disclosing trade secrets.

“We filed the suit simply because our property is being intentionally and illegally exploited. Pride is a leader in casual furniture industry in managing innovation. We give supreme priority on securing this innovation,” said Steve Lowsky, the president of Pride.

Pride holds approximately 50 design patents on furniture accessories and out door furniture.

NovelPoint Security, a limited company in Texas, is suing Nexcom USA for allegedly infringing on a patent held by the plaintiff.

NovelPoint says the defendant company infringed on two of its patents (United States Patent Number 5434562 and 6212635).

NovelPoint is requesting the court to order the defendant to stop infringement. It is also asking for damages, legal expenses and interest.

The case will be presided over by United States District Court Judge Rodney Gilstrap.

Disposition Services, a limited company in Delaware and doing business chiefly in Highland, NY, is suing Arrow-Intechra, an electronic components distributor in a case relating to patent infringement.

The plaintiff says Intechra infringed on United States Patent No. 5424944 (System and Methods for Controlled Asset Disposition).

Disposition Services is seeking an injunction order, financial damages, court expenses and lawyer’s fees.

United States District Court Judge Leonard Davis will preside over the case.

My Health, a Delaware company mainly doing its business in Palo Alto, CA, and the Rochester University, an educational institute with head office in Rochester, NY, are suing ZeOmega, a Texas company providing healthcare information technology, consulting, and outsourcing services in a patent infringement lawsuit.

The suit was filed at a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas. According to the suit, the defendant company infringed upon United States Patent Number 6,612,985 issued in 2003 September for Method and System for Monitoring and Treating a Patient.

The plaintiffs request the court to issue an injunction order against ZeOmega. They are also seeking damages, lawyers’ fees, interest, and court expenses.

The case will be presided over by Federal Judge Michael Schneider.

MiCash Inc., a Delaware company with main business in Washington, is suing PreCash Inc. and NetSpend Corp. in a patent infringement case. MiCash has filed a lawsuit against the companies at a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas.

MiCash says the defendant corporations infringed on a Money Remittance Method patent (United States Patent No. 7,258,274) held by it.

MiCash is requesting the court to issue an injunction order to stop further infringement. The plaintiff is also asking for damages, fair royalty, missed profits, costs, and court expenses.

The suit is requesting for a jury trial.

The case will be presided over by Judge Rodney Gilstrap.

Merck has won lawsuits against Mylan Pharmaceuticals over patent infringement relating to Zetia and Vytorin. A New Jersey federal court ruled in favor of Merck in two mutually linked patent infringement lawsuits.

Bruce Kuhlik, the general counsel and executive vice president of Merck, said the court properly ruled the patent (RE 42,461) for Vytorin and Zetia in the United States was valid as well as enforceable. Patent RE 42,461 covers ezetimibe, a cholesterol lowering drug used in both Vytorin and Zetia. The patent is due to expire on April 2017.

The court upheld New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company’s patent on Vytorin and Zetia. Mylan admitted its product would infringe on Merck’s patent. The court issued an injunction to block the approval of Mylan Pharma’s generic versions until the patent expires.

Nestlé, leading global nutrition, health and wellness company based in Switzerland, has won a lawsuit over patent infringement relating to Nespresso coffee capsules and machines. Nestle was suing competitors including Sara Lee in the case.

Nestle argued that Sara Lee should be prevented from selling its less expensive cuckoo coffee capsule and some other products, which are well-suited with Nespresso coffee machines.

Nespresso coffee brand CEO Richard Girardot said the decision is a positive for Nespresso and so the company is extremely happy.

The defendant companies said their capsules do not infringe upon any patents. The companies are allowed to appeal the ruling.

Everlight Electronics is suing Nichia Corporation in a patent infringement lawsuit.

The suit filed in Michigan Eastern District Court seeks to prevent Nichia from making using and selling of some products in the U.S.

According to the complaint, Nichia’s LEDs infringe upon a patent (no. 6,653,215) held by Everlight. Everlight Electronics is the exclusive licensee of the patent that is owned by New Mexico-based Emcore Corporation.

The electronics company also asks the court to declare 2 patents held by Nichia invalid. According to Everlight, the U.S. Patent office patents and inappropriately issued them.

Everlight is also seeking financial damages.

Cox Communication is suing Sprint Nextel in the U.S. District Court in Delaware. Cox is expecting a ruling that declares it has not infringed 12 patents held by Sprint and that the patents are not valid at all.

Atlanta-based Cox also says in a court filing that Sprint infringes on two data management patents it owns.

“There is significant debate between Cox and Sprint of adequate immediacy and reality. Cox doesn’t infringe any valid Sprint patents,” Cox says in its court filing.

Sprint had filed a lawsuit in Kansas saying Cox infringed 12 patents.

Sprint Spokeswoman Stephanie Walsh didn’t comment on the case.

A German court has upheld an earlier ruling that prohibited Apple’s application of ‘push’ email in its mobile phones and other devices.

The court determined that Apple owes U.S. telecom company Motorola for applying a patented technology, which automatically acknowledges customers regarding new messages on Apple’s iPads, iPods and iPhones.

Now Apple must stop offering the ‘push’ email features in Germany. The company is liable for financial damages as well, though the amount has not been decided yet.

Apple has cases relating to patent infringement all over the world against Motorola.

Apple share price declined by 2.4 percent after the news.