MEL NavIP LLC, a Texas plaintiff managed by a familiar patent monetization figure, has filed its first litigation, suing Toyota (2:22-cv-00152) over the provision of infotainment systems in certain automobiles. Four patents are asserted in the new Eastern District of Texas complaint, all developed at Mitsubishi Electric. This portfolio is one of many, according to publicly available USPTO assignment records, to leave Mitsubishi Electric for NPE hands over the past several years.
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