TQP Development [NPE] filed two separate suits against NFL Enterprises and Onkyo USA, alleging that the defendants’ websites infringe a patent related to encrypted data transmission.  TQP, founded by Erich Spangenberg, has filed over 75 previous suits since December 2008 against over 100 defendants including Dell, Google, LinkedIn, Salesforce, Skype, and Sony. More than 60 of those suits were filed in 2012 alone.  The patent-in-suit originated with Telequip and was assigned to The PACid Group in August 2008, just months before The PACid Group changed its name to TQP Development.  9/4, Eastern District of Texas, no judge yet assigned, 2:2012cv00578, 2:2012cv00579.