November 2023 saw Musicqubed Innovations, LLC begin its first litigation over a portfolio of former Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) patents. The Ascend Innovation Management, LLC plaintiff started the month by suing Nexstar Media and The CW Network (2:23-cv-00514) and ended it by hitting Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) (Redbox Automated Retail) (2:23-cv-00514), both in the Eastern District of Texas and each over its respective mobile app and website. Multiple features are in the crosshairs, including those related to casting media content (e.g., over Chromecast); the use of “content protection and encryption functions”; certain web user interface elements; offline media viewing; media content rental and purchase; and live TV services. While MusicQubed received six of the eight asserted patents from IV, two of them came through an earlier deal, directly from the source of those patents.