Endpoint IP Returns Former iPEL Patent to Litigation, Targeting More HDMI Connectors

Yet another NPE associated with Texas monetization firm Endpoint IP LLC has initiated new litigation, Oceana Innovations LLC having filed suit against Roku (6:20-cv-00399) in the Western District of Texas this past week. The patent-in-suit, however, has been asserted before, by Interface Linx, LLC, an NPE associated with Brian Yates, in a relatively uneventful campaign running between April 2017 and June 2019. The patent generally relates to a particular electrical connector assembly, with infringement allegations against Roku targeting devices with an HDMI Type A connector and cable, identifying as an example of such a device the Roku Express.