Novocrypt LLC

Roughly one year after the last of the eight cases that Novocrypt LLC filed in February 2015 was dismissed, the NPE has revived its sole litigation campaign with a second wave. Novocrypt has filed new cases against ASUS (5:16-cv-00108), BLU Products (5:16-cv-00109), Coolpad Technologies (5:16-cv-00110), Kyocera (5:16-cv-00111), Lenovo (Motorola Mobility) (5:16-cv-00112), and Nokia (5:16-cv-00113), accusing the defendants of infringement through the sale of smartphones or tablets. A single patent (7,743,213), generally related to a portable storage device with network capability, is again asserted in these recent complaints, but the focus on smartphones and tablets, although predicted over a year ago, is new.

Texas NPE Peppermint Hills LLC has asserted a single patent (8,131,217) generally related to identifying a device via Bluetooth against Adidas, AliphCom, Garmin, Nike, Pebble Technology, Sigma Sport, Timex, TomTom, and Under Armour. The defendants are accused of infringement through provision of smartwatches and other wearable computing devices. Peppermint’s complaints mark the third time an NPE has asserted a former TeliBrahma Technologies patent acquired from Allied Security Trust (as Cactus Flower) on the same day in 2015.

During the second half of February 2015 RPX saw 13 transfers of patents recorded with the USPTO.

Novocrypt LLC has sued Corsair (2:15-cv-00234), Sandisk (2:15-cv-00233), Seagate (2:15-cv-00232), Silicon Power Computer (2:15-cv-00231), Synology (2:15-cv-00230), Thecus (2:15-cv-00229), and Toshiba (2:15-cv-00228)  in a new campaign. The suits assert a single patent (7,743,213) that relates to portable storage devices with network capability. The patent issued to individual inventor Shi-Ho Hong and assigned to Novocrypt in December 2014, just days after its incorporation. Defendants’ WiFi-capable storage devices are accused of infringing the patent-in-suit.