Sisvel International S.A. v. Dell, Inc.

Earlier this month, Sisvel International S.A. (d/b/a Sisvel Group) added a District of Delaware case against Dell to the networking campaign that it began in that district in June with suits against six other defendants. The original complaints in the June cases asserted five former Nokia patents, but subsequent amended complaints added accusations as to seven former BlackBerry patents (or a subset of those patents) to all prior complaints except the BLU Products complaint. Dell was hit with all 12 patents at once, as is the situation with Sisvel’s new suit against ZTE (3:19-cv-01694), filed in the Northern District of Texas by Sisvel and a sister subsidiary, 3G Licensing S.A., to which Sisvel pleads that it assigned the former BlackBerry patents on July 11, 2019. ZTE is accused of infringement through the provision of the Axon, Blade, Grand, and Nubia series smartphones.

Sisvel International S.A. (d/b/a Sisvel Group) has added another District of Delaware case, this one against Dell (1:19-cv-01247), to the litigation campaign that it began there with early June suits against AnyDATA, BLU Products, Cradlepoint, Honeywell, Verifone, and Xirgo Technologies. Those cases saw five former Nokia patents asserted, each of which Dell is accused of infringing as well, but the new suit adds accusations as to seven former BlackBerry patents. At issue is Dell’s provision of the 5510 Mobile Broadband Wireless Cellular Modem, Latitude 5000 and 7000 Series computers, the Precision 3520 Workstation laptop, and the Precision 7000 Series computers.

Sisvel International S.A. (d/b/a Sisvel Group) has kicked off a new litigation campaign, suing AnyDATA (1:19-cv-01140), BLU Products (1:19-cv-01141), Cradlepoint (1:19-cv-01142), Honeywell (1:19-cv-01143), Verifone (1:19-cv-01144), and Xirgo Technologies (1:19-cv-01145) in the District of Delaware. The defendants are each accused of infringing the same five wireless communications patents originating with Nokia and acquired in April 2012. Sisvel has targeted the defendants’ provision of certain devices and chipsets that implement cellular networking standards (e.g., 3G modules, credit card readers, modems, routers, trackers, etc.).