ONE-E-WAY, INC. v. Anker Innovations Limited
Active- Docket:
- 1:24-cv-01559
- Filed:
- 2024-12-18
Patents:9107000
This active infringement case against Anker has been consolidated for pretrial purposes with a related action against Dell.
Plaintiff
ONE-E-WAY, INC.
6 cases as plaintiff.
Company profile
One-E-Way, Inc. is a privately held company founded in 2004 by inventor C. Earl Woolfork. Based in Pasadena, California, the company is described as a minority-owned small business. Public information on its employee count and revenue is not available. The company was founded to commercialize the inventions of Woolfork, who serves as Co-Founder and President alongside his brother, Cedric Woolfork, the CFO.
According to its website and business profiles, One-E-Way designs and manufactures consumer electronic products focused on wireless audio solutions, such as wireless earbuds, headphones, and transmitters. The company states its mission is to provide high-quality wireless electronic products at affordable prices. It holds multiple U.S. patents related to wireless communication technology developed by its founder.
One-E-Way is a patent assertion entity that has filed multiple lawsuits against major technology companies. As indicated by the provided case data, the company has acted solely as a plaintiff in all four of its tracked district court cases, a common posture for a non-practicing entity (NPE). It initiated a new campaign in December 2024 in the plaintiff-friendly Western District of Texas after a previous case against Apple concluded. The patent intelligence firm RPX has previously characterized One-E-Way as a "funded plaintiff".
The company's litigation focuses on patents related to wireless digital audio systems, specifically technology for private listening on wireless headphones without interference, which implicates features like Bluetooth connectivity. Its most notable cases are against major technology manufacturers. The first, filed in 2020 against Apple in California, targeted products like AirPods and Beats headphones. That case resulted in a summary judgment of non-infringement for Apple, a decision affirmed by the Federal Circuit in 2023. In December 2024, One-E-Way launched a new series of lawsuits in Texas, asserting similar patents against Anker Innovations, Dell, and Samsung.
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ONE-E-WAY, INC. v. Dell Inc. et al.
Active- Docket:
- 1:24-cv-01558
- Filed:
- 2024-12-18
Patents:9107000
This is the lead case for consolidated pretrial proceedings that also involve Anker Innovations.
ONE-E-WAY, INC. v. Bose Corporation
Active- Docket:
- 1:24-cv-01557
- Filed:
- 2024-12-18
Patents:9107000
An active patent infringement lawsuit filed by ONE-E-WAY, INC. against Bose Corporation.
ONE-E-WAY, INC. v. GN Audio USA, Inc.
Active- Docket:
- 1:24-cv-01560
- Filed:
- 2024-12-18
Patents:9107000
An active patent infringement lawsuit filed by ONE-E-WAY, INC. against GN Audio USA, Inc.
ONE-E-WAY, INC. v. Apple Inc.
Judgment- Docket:
- 2:20-cv-06339
- Filed:
- 2020-07-16
- Terminated:
- 2023-08-14
Patents:9107000
The district court granted summary judgment of non-infringement in favor of Apple, a decision that was subsequently affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
ONE-E-WAY, INC. v. Sony Corporation et al.
Active- Docket:
- 337-TA-943
Patents:9107000
An ITC investigation initiated in 2015. An initial ITC finding of invalidity was reversed by the Federal Circuit on June 12, 2017, which revived the case.