This page is the campaign hub for The Only Card, LLC's suits on U.S. Patent 8,152,059 in the Brunswick Division of the Southern District of Georgia. Each suit names a single defendant. Each complaint is titled a complaint for patent infringement, pleads infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271, relies on a claim chart filed as Exhibit B, and demands a jury. The November complaints describe The Only Card as a Georgia limited liability company based in Suches, Georgia, and each defendant as a Georgia corporate entity based in Baxley or Hazlehurst, Georgia.
The patent
U.S. Patent 8,152,059, titled "Secure commercial transactions system," issued April 10, 2012. The complaints say The Only Card owns the patent by a recorded assignment.
The asserted claims
Claim 1 covers a secure commercial transaction system built around a transactional device in the form of a card, key fob, article of jewelry, lipstick, face powder compact, money clip, or purse, with a microprocessor, data memory storage, and a transmitter. Operation requires user identification confirmation: a user input matched against stored identification data activates either a first operational mode or, for a second input matched against different stored data, a second mode that starts an automated transmission from the transmitter.
The dependent claims add that the first mode enables a transaction whose data is stored and retrievable (claim 12), that the device tracks use details for direct marketing (claim 14), that it directs transactions through a platform such as a point of purchase machine or automated teller machine (claim 15), that it supports wireless remote transactions (claim 16), and that it holds data for several credit card accounts (claim 21).
The allegations
Each complaint alleges, on information and belief, that the defendant infringes by using a card with point of purchase machines in transactions with customers; the October complaint also refers to ATMs. Each says The Only Card has no products to mark and seeks pre-suit damages under 35 U.S.C. § 286. The November complaints add that the infringement allegations are preliminary and describe The Only Card as a non-practicing entity, and their prayers ask for a judgment that the patent is valid and enforceable and has been infringed, an accounting and award of the defendant's profits and the plaintiff's damages, costs, and interest.
The suits
Docket events are as each docket shows them through November 3, 2026. In each case, on the filing day, the clerk issued a summons and Magistrate Judge Benjamin W. Cheesbro signed a Rule 26(f) order.
| No. | Filed | Defendant, as captioned | Asserted claims | Latest docket event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:26-cv-00107 | October 13, 2026 | Shemil 2011, Inc. dba Hwy 341 Quick Stop | 1, 12, 14, 15, 16, 21 | Notice to the Patent and Trademark Office, with a corrected Form AO 120 attached, entered October 13, 2026 (ECF No. 5). |
| 2:26-cv-00119 | November 2, 2026 | Ambalal, Inc. | 1, 12, 14, 15, 16, 21 | The Only Card's notice filing an amended Form AO 120, November 2, 2026 (ECF No. 7). |
| 2:26-cv-00120 | November 2, 2026 | Dhaliwal & Associates, Inc. dba Jackets Corner | 1, 12, 14, 15, 16, 21 | The Only Card's notice regarding the report on the filing of an action regarding a patent or trademark, November 2, 2026 (ECF No. 7), after a clerk's deficiency notice directing it to correct and refile the Form AO 120 by November 9, 2026 (ECF No. 6). |
| 2:26-cv-00121 | November 2, 2026 | Shree Dutt of Baxley, Inc., dba Express Shop | 1, 12, 14, 15, 16, 21 | The Only Card's notice regarding the report on the filing of an action regarding a patent or trademark, November 2, 2026 (ECF No. 6), after a clerk's deficiency notice directing it to correct and refile the Form AO 120 by November 9, 2026. |
What to watch next
Watch for service and each defendant's answer or motion to dismiss, and for new The Only Card suits on the '059 patent. Any of these cases can end at any time, including by settlement or voluntary dismissal.