MIMO Research, LLC v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. et al DC

The litigation campaign of MIMO Research, LLC, steadily expanding since its start last month, has now ensnared LG Electronics (LGE) (6:22-cv-00668) and Texas Instruments (TI) (6:22-cv-00643), in the Western District of Texas, and Qorvo (5:22-cv-00075) and STMicro (5:22-cv-00077), in the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiff has asserted seven wireless communications patents, in overlapping sets, across its now nine complaints, in which mobile devices and/or certain ultra-wideband (UWB) networking equipment are targeted.

Apple (6:22-cv-00620), Murata (5:22-cv-00074), and Samsung (5:22-cv-00073) are the latest defendants to be sued in the sole litigation campaign of MIMO Research, LLC, launched in May 2022 with suits against Intel and NXP. The plaintiff asserts five patents broadly directed to wireless communications, with the defendants accused of infringement through the provision of smartphones (Apple and Samsung) or networking devices such as ultra-wideband (UWB) modules and evaluation kits or Wi-Fi modules (Murata).