Hammond, Indiana - Plaintiff Stanley Pagorek of Dyer, Indiana filed an intellectual property lawsuit in the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Vizio, Inc. of Irvine, California and Cognitive Media Networks, Inc. of San Francisco, California monitor, track and report viewing habits and information about devices attached to home networks for profit. Pagorek seeks class-action status for this Indiana litigation. Defendant Vizio produces and sells internet-capable televisions. It also offers audio and entertainment products, including sound bars, tablets, DVD players and Blu-ray players. Vizio has a controlling stake in Defendant Cognitive, an advertising company. Defendants are accused of surreptitiously including tracking software on more than 10 million Vizio high-definition, internet-connected televisions (sometimes known as "smart TVs"). The functionality of the software includes Cognitive's content-recognition capabilities. According to the…
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