Auth Token LLC v. American Express Company DC

Auth Token LLC has unloaded another round of complaints, this time suing Bank of New York Mellon, Mastercard, M&T Bank, PNC Financial Services (PNC Bank), Regions Bank, Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank), Truist Financial, US Bancorp (US Bank), Visa, Washington Federal Bank, and Wells Fargo over the provision of financial products, including payment cards that support the EMV Card Personalization specification and/or point-of-sale (POS) systems and related merchant systems. Up to two former Prism Technologies Group, Inc. patents are asserted against each defendant, the patents generally related to “personalizing an authentication token”.

Auth Token LLC has expanded its sole litigation campaign with suits against American Express (6:21-cv-01121), Bank of America (6:21-cv-01122), BMO Harris Bank (6:21-cv-01124), Citigroup, (6:21-cv-01125) and HBSC (6:21-cv-01126) in the Western District of Texas; Capital One (2:21-cv-00408) and JP Morgan Chase & Co. (2:21-cv-00409) in the Eastern District of Texas; and Fifth Third Bank (4:21-cv-02100) in the Northern District of Ohio. The asserted patent generally relates to “personalizing an authentication token”, with the defendants accused of infringement through the provision of financial products (e.g., payment cards) that support the EMV Card Personalization specification.