Among the patent assignments recorded during the first week of November were multiple transfers from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV)—two to affiliates of IP Valuation Partners LLC (d/b/a IPVal) (which currently has multiple ongoing campaigns asserting former IV patents), and one to a new NPE with an apparent connection to Cotman IP. The week also saw the recording of transactions between IQ Holdings, LLC and IPVal; Panasonic and PanOptis Equity Holdings LLC; and Microsoft and General Patent Corporation.
In the first half of December 2015, RPX saw 14 patent transfers to NPEs recorded with the USPTO. A number of those transactions involved patents that have recently been asserted in litigation against operating companies.
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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.