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International Smart Ring Competition Produces More US Litigation
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Samsung (3:24-cv-03245) has filed a complaint in the Northern District of California seeking declaratory judgments of noninfringement of five patents held by Oura Health through the coming provision of its Galaxy Ring in the US. Samsung grounds declaratory judgment jurisdiction on, among other things, Oura’s public promises to protect its own IP; Oura’s past litigation activities against smart ring competitors Circular, RingConn, and Ultrahuman in US district court and before the International Trade Commission (ITC); and Oura’s willingness, in those prior actions, to “assert infringement of its patents based on features common to virtually all smart rings, such as the inclusion of sensors, electronics, and batteries, and displaying a summary of the sensors’ measurements to the user, often in the form of a ‘score’”. In parallel, Samsung has also turned to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
June 2, 2024
Proxense Targets LG Pay, Digital Keys, and Wi-Fi Connectivity
New Patent Litigation
With its latest lawsuit, filed against LG Electronics (LGE) (6:24-cv-00302) in the Western District of Texas, Proxense, LLC debuts in its campaign three patents generally related to securing computing systems with a “personal digital key”. Infringement allegations for these patents focus on the provision of its Ultra-Small “Digital Key Module”, allegedly developed through subsidiary LG Innotek’s participation as a “‘core’ member of the Car Connectivity Consortium”. Proxense accuses LGE of infringing four other patents, already familiar in this campaign, through the provision of LG Pay on certain mobile devices and of televisions and laptops utilizing the Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, and/or Wi-Fi 7 wireless standards.
June 2, 2024
VoIP-Pal.com Sues T-Mobile and Verizon over Previously Unasserted Claims from Previously Asserted Patents
New Patent Litigation
VoIP-Pal.com Inc. (VPLM) has sued Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile) (6:24-cv-00299) and Verizon (Verizon Wireless) (6:24-cv-00298)—repeat defendants in this long-running campaign—over several familiar patents. The cases have been filed in the Western District of Texas, VPLM’s preferred venue, where a prior case against each defendant, as well as a suit against Amazon, remains active. For this pair of new complaints, VPLM turns to claims from two of the three familiar patents-in-suit, claims not asserted in prior litigation and therefore not invalidated under Alice in that litigation; as to the third asserted patent, in suit against only T-Mobile, VPLM points to three claims the patentability of which was confirmed in a recent ex parte reexamination (EPR).
June 1, 2024
Compliance With Streaming Standards at Issue in New ND Cal Complaint
New Patent Litigation
In a new Northern District of California complaint, Withrow Networks Inc. has accused Alphabet (Google, YouTube) (3:24-cv-03203) of infringing a single patent generally related to maintaining quality playback of audio and video content on a mobile device by automatically selecting and sequentially playing back segments of that content that are encoded in optimal formats and at optimal rates for available network bandwidth. Targeted is the YouTube service’s support of adaptive bitrate streaming using the HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and MPEG-DASH standards.
May 31, 2024
Report That PAYG Moved On from Wireless Carriers Was Premature
New Patent Litigation
This past January, Pay As You Go, LLC (PAYG), a plaintiff associated with monetization figure Leigh M. Rothschild, voluntarily dismissed its October 2023 case against Verizon, doing so without prejudice. Now, PAYG has sued Verizon (2:24-cv-00400) again, this time asserting a later family member of the patent previously in suit, both described as generally related to “telecommunications services and methods that enable a user and/or other responsible party to make payments as the user uses the telecommunication services”. The plaintiff again targets the provision of wireless telecommunication services that support features for allowing users to purchase such services in “blocks of data that can be used in a single month on the customer-user’s device”.
May 31, 2024
Proxense Hits Intel, Ups Number of Patents-in-Suit
New Patent Litigation
Proxense, LLC has added a Western District of Texas case against Intel (6:24-cv-00283) to a campaign with suits currently active against Alphabet (Google), Apple, and Microsoft there. District Judge Alan D. Albright has just handed down two claim construction orders, one in the case against Google and the other in the case against Microsoft. A single patent from the five now in suit against Intel appears in those orders, while the other four are new to the campaign. Targeted against Intel is the provision of devices, ranging from processors to wireless adapters, that support Wi-Fi 6 and later, as well as those that provide Trusted Platform Module (TPM) functionality as required by the Microsoft Windows 11 operating systems.
May 25, 2024
Inventor-Controlled Plaintiff Tags T-Mobile Again
New Patent Litigation
In a new Western District of Texas complaint, Cutting Edge Vision LLC has accused Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile) (6:24-cv-00270) of infringing two patents generally related to automatically uploading designated photographs to a hosting service on a camera. Targeted is the provision or sale of “camera-enabled mobile devices and smartphones”, including certain REVVL- and Motorola-branded smartphones. This complaint is the second in the Cutting Edge Vision campaign to name T-Mobile as a defendant.
May 25, 2024
Inventor-Backed Plaintiff Targets Mobile Devices with Multiple Digital Cameras
New Patent Litigation
C47 Technologies LLC has filed what appears to be its first US patent case, suing Samsung (2:24-cv-00372) in the Eastern District of Texas. The inventor-controlled plaintiff accuses Samsung of infringing a single patent generally related to image capturing and processing through the provision of mobile devices with multiple digital cameras “that enable users of the Samsung products to use applications and features including, but not limited to, Samsung’s Dual Capture, Live Focus, Portrait Mode, and Portrait Video features”.
May 18, 2024
Rothschild Plaintiff Hits Google in Wireless Charging Campaign
New Patent Litigation
Following a revival of its sole litigation campaign with a suit against Samsung in February 2024, Electronic Edison Transmission Technologies, LLC—an entity associated with prolific inventor and frequent plaintiff Leigh M. Rothschild—has now sued Alphabet (Google) (2:24-cv-00335) in the Eastern District of Texas. Google is accused of infringing a single patent generally related to wirelessly transferring power from a “donor mobile device” to a “receptor mobile device” through the provision of various Pixel-series smartphones (e.g., the Pixel 5, Pixel 6, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel 8). At issue is the Battery Share feature, which allows for reverse-charging other devices using the Qi wireless charging standard.
May 17, 2024
InfoGation Draws In More Automakers
New Patent Litigation
After suing Aisin, DENSO (DENSO Ten), and Panasonic (Panasonic Automotive Systems), each for the first time, earlier in May, InfoGation Corporation has added separate suits against Mercedes-Benz (Daimler, Mercedes-Benz USA) (2:24-cv-00363), Volkswagen (Porsche) (2:24-cv-00350), and Subaru (2:24-cv-00362) while hitting Honda again, this time through US subsidiary American Honda Motor (2:24-cv-00346). Vehicle navigation systems are the focus of the active cases in this campaign, which started back in 2016.
May 16, 2024