This week, publicly traded NPE Tessera Technologies, Inc. filed its first US infringement actions since 2012, suing Broadcom in two district court suits and in a complaint lodged with the International Trade Commission (ITC) over a group of semiconductor patents. Only two of the patents-in-suit issued to Tessera; the remaining five originated with Cypress Semiconductor, IBM, Lenovo (Motorola), Panasonic, or Sony. This week’s suits appear to be the first in which the seven patents-in-campaign have been asserted.