BridgeComm LLC is the latest plaintiff to assert a portfolio of patents generally related to a “variable-effect lighting system”. Variable Lighting LLC, a Quarterhill Inc. (f/k/a Wi-LAN Inc.) subsidiary, did so between 2015-2016; Launchip LLC, an entity tied to IP Edge LLC, between 2019-2022. The current round of defendants—targeted over the provision of LED lighting products, ranging from horticultural lighting systems to string lights—includes Honeywell (2:24-cv-00957), Samsung (2:24-cv-00960), Shenzhen Intellirocks Tech. (Govee Moments Trading) (2:24-cv-00962), Shenzhen Ustellar Technology Ltd. (Novostella) (2:24-cv-00955), and Shenzhen Yiwanjia Technology Co., Ltd. (Phopollo) (2:24-cv-00951), all sued in the Eastern District of Texas.