Monument Peak Ventures, LLC v. SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. et al

Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (MPV)—an NPE associated with monetization firm Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC—has continued to assert patents from a large portfolio of former Eastman Kodak assets received from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV), filing a new suit targeting various models of security cameras and security systems of Robert Bosch (Bosch Security Systems) (1:20-cv-00611). The case follows a Xerox complaint filed roughly ten days ago seeking declaratory judgments of noninfringement as to eight MPV patents, a complaint in which Xerox asserts that MPV is “no innovator”, characterizing it as an NPE with an “opportunistic” monetization strategy (6:20-cv-06263). The day before Xerox filed its complaint, Corrino Holdings LLC—an NPE associated with monetization firm IPValuation Partners LLC (d/b/a IPVal)—kept its sole litigation campaign alive, filing suit against Expedia (6:20-cv-00309) over patents from a portfolio also received from IV—a portfolio including assets that Palo Alto Research Corporation (PARC), a Xerox subsidiary, assigned to IV in May 2015.

Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (MPV)—a subsidiary of the patent monetization firm Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC—has had a busy 2020 so far, picking up a portfolio from Siemens in February, receiving a group of patents from an inventor-controlled entity in March, and opening up a new campaign this past week involving former Kodak patents received from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV).

Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (MPV) has filed its first US lawsuits over patents acquired from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) as part of the former Kodak portfolio transferred to the Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC affiliate in February 2017. The new complaints accuse Victor Hasselblad (2:18-cv-02214) of infringing four of those patents and GoPro (1:18-cv-00416) and SZ DJI Technology (2:18-cv-02214) of infringing different sets of five, with two patents asserted across all three suits. The patents generally relate to various aspects of photography, with the post-processing software of GoPro (GoPro Studio Software), Hasselblad (Phocus) and SZ DJI (CineLight), as well as certain GoPro cameras and certain features of SZ DJI’s drone products, accused of infringement. MPV issued a May 2017 press release announcing a licensing partnership with Swedish IP brokerage and consulting firm Parallel North IP AB as part of a “comprehensive global plan to commercialize” the Kodak portfolio.