Cisco Systems, Inc.

Lightwire, LLC has launched its second and third litigation campaigns. The California NPE has filed suit against LG Electronics (LGE) (3:18-cv-00370) over a single patent generally related to a touchscreen electronic reading device that can exchange information with at least one other device via a “multiband station”. The LGE complaint characterizes the accused devices (including three identified LG G Pad 10.1” tablets) as devices that “enable the user to comfortably read electronic books, store data, and communicate data with peripheral devices”. This past November, RPX noted the transfer of this reading device patent in apparent preparation for litigation; Lightwire has previously asserted multiple high-speed data transfer patents in a campaign that ended in mid-2017, and just last month received rights to another patent, this one broadly concerning a simulated cigarette meant to help smokers kick the habit. Lightwire has now asserted that patent as well, in a new case against SS Choice (3:18-cv-00419).

RPX took notice, among the USPTO assignment records made available during the first half of June, of patent transfers to a number of frequent plaintiffs in patent litigation, including Blackbird Tech LLC; IP Valuation Partners LLC; and Monument Patent Holdings, LLC. Assignees also included Intellectual Ventures LLC, Longhorn IP LLC, and several NPEs associated with California attorney Daniel Cotman. Dongbu HiTek and Sharp were among the assignors.