Technology Properties Limited (TPL) [NPE], Patriot Scientific [NPE], and Phoenix Digital Solutions filed six separate suits against Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Garmin, Huawei, Kyocera, and Sierra Wireless over three patents related to high performance, low cost microprocessors and variable speed clocking.  The complaints are currently unavailable.  TPL filed a corresponding ITC complaint that named Acer, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Garmin, HTC, Huawei, Kyocera, LG Electronics, Novatel Wireless, Samsung, Sierra Wireless, and ZTE as defendants as well as district court complaints against LG, Nintendo, and ZTE.  The district court complaints filed against LG, Nintendo, and ZTE allege that the defendants’ handsets and mobile gaming devices infringe the aforementioned semiconductor related patents.  The patents-in-suit were invented by Charles Moore and were assigned to TPL in 2002 and 2003.  7/24, Northern District of California, assigned to Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu, 4:2012cv03861; 4:2012cv03878; assigned to Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins, 3:2012cv03863; 3:2012cv03865; assigned to Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, 3:2012cv03870; 7/25, assigned to Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, 3:2012cv03860.