Technology Properties Limited (TPL) [NPE] filed 12 separate suits against Acer, Brother Industries, Canon, Dane-Elec, Dell, Falcon Northwest, Fujitsu, HiTi Digital, HP, Jasco, Kinston Technology, Lexar, and Micron, alleging that the defendants’ computers, printers, and card readers infringe six patents related to flash memory cards.  TPL has filed four prior suits since April 2008 against over 25 defendants including Acer, ASUS, Gateway, HTC, Hynix, Sony, and Toshiba.  TPL has also been subject to six actions for declaratory judgment since February 2008 and it filed an investigation at the ITC against over 15 respondents in September 2011.  According to the complaints, TPL is the exclusive licensee of the patents-in-suit, which originated with Onspec Electronic and were licensed to TPL in December 2006 by MCM Portfolio.  3/28, Eastern District of Texas, 6:2012cv00200; 6:2012cv00201; 6:2012cv00202; 6:2012cv00203; 6:2012cv00204; 6:2012cv00205; 6:2012cv00206; 6:2012cv00207; 6:2012cv00208; 6:2012cv00209; 6:2012cv00210; 6:2012cv00211.