Innovative Display Technology, an  Acacia Research subsidiary, filed six new suits naming BMW, Canon, Garmin, MiTAC, Nikon, and TomTom as defendants. A total of fifteen patents are involved in the new filings (6,079,838, 6,508,563, 6,755,547, 6,886,956, 7,160,015, 7,165,873, 7,300,194, 7,384,177, 7,404,660, 7,434,974, 7,537,370, 7,736,043, 7,963,687, 8,142,063, 8,215,816). The asserted patents relate to lighting technology used in LCD screens and were acquired from Rambus.  2/21, Eastern District of Texas, 2:14cv00106, 2/26, Eastern District of Texas, 2:14cv00142, 2:14cv00143, 2:14cv00144, 2/27, Eastern District of Texas, 2:14cv00145, 2:14cv00146