F2VS Technologies, LLC has filed suit against Advantech (B+B Smartworx) (1:18-cv-05406) in the Northern District of Illinois and Digi International (0:18-cv-02242) in the District of Minnesota, asserting the same three wireless mesh networking patents at issue throughout this, its sole litigation campaign. The defendants are accused of infringement through the provision of networking equipment and IoT platforms implementing either B+B’s “SmartMesh IP” or Digi’s “BEE/RF and Dig/XBEE3/RF” technology. On July 31, District Judge Richard G. Andrews denied a motion to dismiss the second amended complaint filed against ARRIS (Ruckus Wireless) for pleading inadequacies, noting that, based on a series of recent decisions on the issue, the Federal Circuit’s “view is that very little is required in order to plead a claim of patent infringement”.