In a new Eastern District of Texas complaint, Empire Technology Development LLC has accused Samsung (2:23-cv-00427) of infringing two wireless communications patents through the provision of certain Galaxy-series smartphones based on their alleged support for Qualcomm’s Smart Transmit technology and/or 5G compatibility. The accumulation of patent assets by Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) acquisition, especially through the 2007-2010 timeframe, is well documented; less well understood has been the number of patent assets for which IV was granted an exclusive license. Empire Technology, a subsidiary of Allied Inventors Management, LLC (AIM), now pleads that it is just such a licensee.