The first half of 2020 saw prolific NPE IP Edge LLC file over 240 patent infringement suits and also acquire new portfolios from an increasingly wide range of sources, including Empire Technology Development LLC, a subsidiary of Allied Inventors Management, LLC (AIM); Huawei; and a litigating subsidiary of IPValue Management (d/b/a IPValue). While additional patent assignments to IP Edge continue to surface, details of a 2019 transaction involving the Japanese monetization firm IP Bridge, Inc. and patents originating with Panasonic and Seiko Epson have recently become available.