This page is the campaign hub for patent suits by Flick Intelligence, LLC that assert U.S. Patent 9,965,237. Its 2025 and 2026 complaints describe Flick as a New Mexico limited liability company with its principal place of business in New Mexico. The eight suits listed here were filed from December 2021 to March 2026 in the Western District of Texas, the Western District of New York, the Eastern District of Texas, and the Eastern District of Michigan; one was transferred to the Northern District of California and one to the Western District of Washington. The three earliest also assert U.S. Patent 9,465,451.
The patent
U.S. Patent 9,965,237, "Methods, systems and processor-readable media for bidirectional communications and data sharing," issued May 8, 2018, from Application No. 15/189,315, filed June 22, 2016, a continuation of the application that issued as U.S. Patent 9,459,762. The USPTO copy lists Kermit D. Lopez, Luis M. Ortiz, and Richard H. Krukar as the inventors, names Flick Intelligence, LLC as assignee, and shows 16 claims, with claim 1 the only independent claim. The complaints allege that Flick owns the patent by assignment.
Claim 1 covers an augmented reality device for accessing a video annotation infrastructure. The device has a local display and a scene alignment module that locates a display position in the local display from at least one marker; that position is used to map points on the local display to points on a second display, and the marker helps the device determine the second display's location and distance. An annotation data receiver generates annotation selection data, downloaded ahead of time or on demand, that includes cursor coordinates yielding an element identifier and annotation data specifying at least one selectable zone, a combination of selectable areas and the time periods during which they are selectable, with coordinates in both space and time specified as a series of discrete coordinates. The device also has a local data store and a query router that sends queries to at least one data server and to the local data store, and the local display shows a cursor and the query results overlaid on top of a displayed image.
The three earliest suits also assert U.S. Patent 9,465,451, "Method, system and computer program product for obtaining and displaying supplemental data about a displayed movie, show, event or video game," which issued October 11, 2016, from Application No. 13/413,859 and has 14 claims. Its claim 1 recites a method for displaying additional information about a scene element in a frame of video content presented on a display, in which markers are used to locate the display relative to an augmented reality device that has a secondary display, and a viewer looking through the device points at and selects the scene element.
The 2021 and 2023 suits
Flick Intelligence LLC v. Magic Leap, Inc., No. 6:21-cv-01291 (W.D. Tex.), filed December 13, 2021, in the Waco Division, pleads infringement of the '451 and '237 patents. It alleges that Magic Leap offers for sale, sells, and manufactures "Magic Leap 1 and related systems" that infringe one or more of claims 1 to 14 of the '451 patent and one or more of claims 1 to 16 of the '237 patent, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents, and its preliminary chart for the '451 patent cites the World Understanding feature of Magic Leap devices. It also alleges induced and contributory infringement.
Flick Intelligence, LLC v. Google, LLC, No. 6:23-cv-00051 (W.D. Tex.), filed January 26, 2023, in the Waco Division, also asserts both patents. In its April 21, 2023 response to Google's motion to dismiss, Flick wrote that it sued alleging that Google infringes claims of the '451 and '237 patents and that "the accused Google product is ARCore, a software development kit used for building Augmented Reality (AR) applications." Google's April 7, 2023 motion argued that the complaint accused Google ARCore of infringing the '451 patent and an "AR application developed using Google ARCore" of infringing the '237 patent without identifying a separate display showing video, which Google said every claim requires. The motion also states that the parties stipulated that Flick would dismiss its indirect and willful infringement claims without prejudice.
Flick Intelligence, LLC v. Apple, Inc., No. 6:23-cv-00057 (W.D. Tex.), filed January 27, 2023, in the Waco Division, asserts the same two patents against devices "including but not limited to" iPhone 12, iPhone 11, iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone X, and iPhone SE 2020 models and several generations of iPad Pro, "and related systems," alleging infringement of one or more of claims 1 to 14 of the '451 patent and one or more of claims 1 to 16 of the '237 patent, along with induced and contributory infringement. The Magic Leap and Apple complaints each ask for damages no less than a reasonable royalty or lost profits, a declaration of willfulness with treble damages, and a permanent injunction or, in lieu of one, damages for future infringement. These are Flick's allegations.
The 2025 and 2026 suits
Flick's complaints from 2025 on assert the '237 patent alone, and each alleges that the defendant offers for sale, sells, and manufactures devices, "including but not limited to, Passthrough and related systems," that infringe one or more of claims 1 to 16, literally or under the doctrine of equivalents. Each also alleges induced infringement through the defendant's website and product instruction manuals, and contributory infringement, and each says that Flick has never sold a product and is "a non-practicing entity, with no products to mark."
Flick Intelligence, LLC v. Vuzix Corporation, No. 6:25-cv-06281 (W.D.N.Y.), filed May 30, 2025, in the Rochester Division, identifies the accused instrumentality as Vuzix's smartglasses, "including, but not limited to, the M400 Smart Glasses." Flick Intelligence, LLC v. Snap Inc., No. 7:25-cv-00263 (W.D. Tex.), filed June 4, 2025, in the Midland/Odessa Division, accuses Snap's smartglasses; Flick filed a first amended complaint on September 23, 2025. Flick Intelligence, LLC v. HP, Inc., No. 2:25-cv-00663 (E.D. Tex.), filed June 26, 2025, in the Marshall Division, identifies the accused instrumentality as HP's "xRServices." Flick Intelligence, LLC v. Seiko Epson Corp., No. 7:25-cv-00449 (W.D. Tex.), filed October 3, 2025, in the Midland/Odessa Division, names Seiko Epson Corp. and Epson America, Inc. as defendants and accuses their smartglasses.
Flick Intelligence, LLC v. Microvision, Inc., No. 2:26-cv-10753 (E.D. Mich.), filed March 5, 2026, identifies the accused instrumentality as MicroVision's smartglasses, "including, but not limited to, the Microvision AR/MR/VR systems with software." After Flick amended its complaint, District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith granted MicroVision's second motion in part on November 3, 2026 and transferred the case to the Western District of Washington, which docketed it November 9, 2026 as No. 2:26-cv-04338. These are Flick's allegations.
The proceedings
The table lists each suit on this page in order of filing, with the status its docket shows through November 10, 2026. Patents appear by their last three digits; the full numbers are above.
| No. | Court | Filed | Defendants | Patents | Status on the docket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:21-cv-01291 | W.D. Tex. | December 13, 2021 | Magic Leap, Inc. | '451, '237 | Assigned to Judge Alan D. Albright. Notice of settlement and agreed change of deadline filed April 27, 2022; notice of voluntary dismissal filed August 1, 2022. |
| 6:23-cv-00051; transferred as 3:23-cv-04803 | W.D. Tex.; N.D. Cal. | January 26, 2023 | Google, LLC | '451, '237 | Motion to dismiss filed April 7, 2023. Order granting Google's sealed opposed motion to transfer signed by Judge Alan D. Albright September 15, 2023; docketed in the Northern District of California September 19, 2023 and reassigned to Judge Trina L. Thompson. Notice of voluntary dismissal filed October 13, 2023; order on the notice signed by Judge Thompson October 13, 2023. |
| 6:23-cv-00057 | W.D. Tex. | January 27, 2023 | Apple, Inc. | '451, '237 | Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim filed April 10, 2023. Joint motion to stay filed May 13, 2023; text order by Judge Alan D. Albright staying all deadlines for thirty days entered May 15, 2023. Notice of voluntary dismissal filed June 1, 2023. |
| 6:25-cv-06281 | W.D.N.Y. | May 30, 2025 | Vuzix Corporation | '237 | Assigned to Judge Meredith A. Vacca. Summons issued and case automatically referred to mediation under the court's ADR plan, both June 2, 2025. |
| 7:25-cv-00263 | W.D. Tex. | June 4, 2025 | Snap Inc. | '237 | Assigned to Judge Walter David Counts III. Motion to dismiss docketed September 2, 2025; first amended complaint filed September 23, 2025; further motion to dismiss docketed October 1, 2025. Notice of voluntary dismissal filed January 22, 2026; order dismissing the case entered January 23, 2026. |
| 2:25-cv-00663 | E.D. Tex. | June 26, 2025 | HP, Inc. | '237 | Assigned to Judge James Rodney Gilstrap. Stipulation of dismissal filed September 29, 2025; order dismissing the case entered October 1, 2025. |
| 7:25-cv-00449 | W.D. Tex. | October 3, 2025 | Seiko Epson Corp. and Epson America, Inc. | '237 | Assigned to Judge Walter David Counts III. Notice of settlement filed December 18, 2025; notice of voluntary dismissal filed April 2, 2026; order dismissing the case entered April 7, 2026. |
| 2:26-cv-10753; transferred as 2:26-cv-04338 | E.D. Mich.; W.D. Wash. | March 5, 2026 | Microvision, Inc. | '237 | Motion to dismiss filed June 24, 2026; amended complaint filed July 8, 2026; second motion to dismiss filed August 19, 2026. Order by District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith granting that motion in part and transferring the case entered November 3, 2026; docketed in the Western District of Washington November 9, 2026 and assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Kate Vaughan. |
What to watch next
In No. 2:26-cv-04338 (W.D. Wash.), watch for MicroVision's response to the amended complaint and for a scheduling order. Watch also for further entries in No. 6:25-cv-06281 (W.D.N.Y.), the Vuzix case, where this page lists no dismissal.