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VDPP Targets Automobile Surround View Systems and Smartphone Digital Zoom Features in New Complaints

August 20, 2023

So far in August, VDPP LLC has sued BMW (2:23-cv-00365), KIA (2:23-cv-00367), and ZTE (2:23-cv-00373) in the Eastern District of Texas; Bullitt Mobile (1:23-cv-00971), General Motors (1:23-cv-00956), Nissan (1:23-cv-00957), and Toyota (1:23-cv-00958) in the Western District of Texas; Honda (4:23-cv-00843), and OnePlus (3:23-cv-01864) in the Northern District of Texas; HMD (1:23-cv-23159) in the Southern District of Florida; Vivo (4:23-cv-04241) in the Northern District of California; and Volkswagen (4:23-cv-02961) in the Southern District of Texas. The automaker defendants are each accused of infringing a single patent, described in the complaint as “relate[d] to an electronically controlled spectacle frame and optoelectronmic [sic] lenses housed in the frame”, through the provision of automobiles having surround view camera systems. Against the remaining defendants, the plaintiff asserts two patents described as “related to modifying an image”, with infringement allegations trained on the provision of smartphones that support digital zoom.


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