MCOM IP, LLC v. U.S. Bank N.A. DC

mCom IP, LLC has continued to add defendants to its “unified banking systems” campaign, suing Cullen/Frost Bankers (6:22-cv-001148), Goldman Sachs (4:22-cv-03821), and HM Treasury (Citizens Bank) (3:22-cv-02447) so far in November after hitting American Express (6:22-cv-01134) and Citibank (3:22-cv-02398) at the end of October. These new cases bring above three dozen the number of defendants sued in this campaign, not all of which are banks. Among them is Cisco, targeted over its “Digital Banking Solution”, which this summer brought to a magistrate judge’s attention a decision by District Judge Alan D. Albright granting a stay pending the resolution of an inter partes review (IPR) in a case in a separate campaign. The company sought to convince the magistrate that this other order acted to “clarify the practice” in the Western District of Texas for stays pending instituted IPR proceedings—i.e., that the bar to such a stay is not as high as might be generally perceived. A couple of weeks ago, Judge Albright, having taken over the Cisco case after the magistrate’s recusal, denied the motion to stay.

The recent filing spree of plaintiffs associated with patent monetization firm Dynamic IP Deals LLC (d/b/a DynaIP) includes several new suits filed by mCom IP, LLC, one filed against each of Backbase (1:22-cv-02046), Bank of America (6:22-cv-00256), CIBC Bank (6:22-cv-00274), Cisco (6:22-cv-00261), Oracle (6:22-cv-00262), JPMorgan Chase (6:22-cv-00260), and Temenos (6:22-cv-00263). The plaintiff continues to assert the same single patent—generally related to connecting multiple devices to a financial institution, accessing stored customer data, and monitoring that user session to select related “targeted marketing content”—with various features of “unified banking systems” targeted.

mCom IP, LLC, a Texas entity associated with patent monetization firm Dynamic IP Deals LLC (d/b/a DynaIP), has fired off another round of suits in its sole litigation campaign, hitting Blend Labs (1:21-cv-07975) in the Southern District of New York; IBM (6:21-cv-00966) and INETCO and WoodForest Financial (WoodForest National Bank) (6:21-cv-00989) in the Western District of Texas;  FCTI (2:21-cv-07474) in the Central District of California; and CAFCU (3:21-cv-02285), Hyosung (Nautilus Hyosung Americas) (3:21-cv-02215), and UNISYS (3:21-cv-02288) in the Northern District of Texas. The single patent-in-suit generally relates to connecting multiple devices to a financial institution, accessing stored customer data, and monitoring that user session to select related “targeted marketing content”, with the defendants accused of infringement through the provision of their respective “unified banking systems”. At issue are features related to consumer transaction management and monitoring, customer data analytics, and marketing.

mCom IP, LLC, a Texas entity associated with patent monetization firm Dynamic IP Deals LLC (d/b/a DynaIP), has sued Avaya (3:21-cv-01550) in the Northern District of Texas and Diebold Nixdorf (6:21-cv-00698) in the Western District of Texas over a single patent generally related to connecting multiple devices to a financial institution, accessing stored customer data, and monitoring that user session to select related “targeted marketing content”. The defendants are accused of infringement through the provision of their respective provision of “unified banking systems”, with features for consumer transaction management and monitoring, customer data analytics, and marketing at issue.

So far in May, mCom IP, LLC, a Texas entity associated with patent monetization firm Dynamic IP Deals, LLC (d/b/a DynaIP), has sued First Tech Federal Credit Union (6:21-cv-00480), Infosys (6:21-cv-00499), and Wells Fargo (6:21-cv-00500) in the Western District of Texas and UNICOM (2:21-cv-00168) in the Eastern District of Texas. The sole asserted patent generally relates to connecting multiple devices to a financial institution, accessing stored customer data, and monitoring that user session to select related “targeted marketing content”. The defendants are accused of infringement through the provision of their respective “unified banking systems”, with mCom IP targeting features for consumer transaction management and monitoring, customer data analytics, and marketing.

As recently reported in RPX’s Q1 in Review, NPE litigation targeting the Financial Services sector jumped by 111% during the first quarter of 2021. That Q1 wave of Financial Services litigation was filed by a variety of NPE plaintiffs, including several inventor-controlled entities; an NPE associated with the monetization firm Dynamic IP Deals, LLC (d/b/a DynaIP); and an affiliate of prolific filer IP Edge LLC.

mCom IP, LLC, a Texas entity associated with patent monetization firm Dynamic IP Deals, LLC (d/b/a DynaIP), has begun litigating a “unified electronic banking environment” patent. The defendants are BBVA USA Bancshares (6:21-cv-00218), CSI (6:21-cv-00196), DH Corporation (d/b/a FINASTRA) (6:21-cv-00197), PNC Financial Services Group (6:21-cv-00217), and US Bank (6:21-cv-00216), each targeted over the provision of a digital banking platform that offers consumer transaction management and monitoring, customer data analytics, and related marketing features.