New Labbit NPE, Pico Byte Systems, Sues 25 Consumer Electronics Makers

This past week, Pico Byte Systems, LLC, one of at least 16 NPEs managed by Nicolas J. Labbit, filed 25 infringement suits asserting a single networking patent (7,719,981).The NPE is targeting a wide range of consumer electronics that have Bluetooth capabilities, including smartphones, tablets, PCs, portable speakers, wireless headphones, wearables, televisions, home theater systems, and Blu-ray players. Acer, AliphCom (d/b/a Jawbone), ASUSTek, BlackBerry, GoPro, Harman, HTC, NVIDIA, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba, and Yahama are among the named defendants.