BE Labs Inc v. WatchGuard Technologies Inc

AirTies (6:21-cv-00249), Arista Networks (6:21-cv-00219), and Plume Design (1:21-cv-00371) are the latest defendants to be added to the litigation campaign of inventor-controlled Be Labs, Inc., which has hit over three dozen companies since July 2017. The asserted two-patent family generally relates to systems for wirelessly distributing media content throughout a “premises”, with infringement allegations throughout the campaign targeting networking devices compliant with the IEEE 802.11ac and 802.11n Wi-Fi standards. 2021 has seen dismissals in prior suits filed against Fortinet and Gladiator (Watchguard Technologies), leaving open 2020 cases against Accton, ASUSTek, and TP-Link Technologies and earlier 2021 cases against CommScope, Hon Hai Precision Industry (Ubee Interactive), and SerComm.

Be Labs, Inc. has welcomed 2021 by adding a Northern District of Texas case against Commscope (3:21-cv-00078) to a litigation campaign that has seen defendants come and go at a brisk clip over the past three years. The two asserted patents generally relate to systems for wirelessly distributing media content throughout a “premises”, with infringement allegations throughout the campaign targeting routers and gateways compliant with the IEEE 802.11ac and 802.11n Wi-Fi standards. In 2020, Be Labs sued over a dozen defendants, including, most recently, Accton, Fortinet, and TP-Link Technologies in mid-December.