Earlier this year, RPXflagged an SEC filing by NPE Quest Patent Research Corporation (QPRC) that revealed a financial stake held by Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) in QPRC’s litigation. A disclosure filed with the court this week in an IPValuation Partners LLC (d/b/a IPVal) case suggests that IV—which has assigned at least 80 US assets to IPVal to date—may have an interest in the success of additional NPE campaigns.
Party hierarchy is only inclusive of the current corporate stateRelated Parties
Two parties are related if one controls the other (e.g. a corporate parent controls a wholly owned subsidiary). Two parties may also be related if both are controlled by the same third party, whether individual or company (e.g. two LLCs are related if both are controlled by the same sole member).Affiliated Parties
Affiliated parties share in common a manager, member, and/or physical address. If a party has disclosed that it has entered into a partnership with another party, those two parties may also be considered affiliates.