Victoria’s Secret Wants Data-Tracking Patent Suit Thrown Out

Victoria’s Secret & Co. told a Texas federal judge that Recog IP can’t use the retailer’s store locations to establish venue for its patent infringement allegations because a subsidiary based outside of the state operates the allegedly infringing website.

Recog IP noted a Waco, Texas, retail store location for jurisdictional purposes in its September lawsuit against Victoria’s Secret, alleging the retailer’s website infringed data-tracking technology, according to Victoria’s Secret’s motion to dismiss filed Monday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Recog IP alleged the website for Victoria’s Secret stores infringed US Patent No. 7,296,062 by ...