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DigiMedia Sues Honda over Automobile Camera Systems
New Patent Litigation
Honda (2:24-cv-00461) is the latest defendant to be added to the sole litigation campaign of DigiMedia Tech, LLC—an entity associated with IP Investments Group LLC (d/b/a IPinvestments Group)—which has sued over 25 defendants since May 2020. The plaintiff asserts two former Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) patents in the new Eastern District of Texas complaint, with Honda accused of infringement through the provision of Acura automobiles that incorporate surround-view camera systems.
June 28, 2024
Streaming Platforms Targeted in Latest Quantum Technology Innovations Complaints
New Patent Litigation
So far this month, Quantum Technology Innovations, LLC (QTI)—a plaintiff associated with monetization figure Leigh M. Rothschild—has expanded its sole litigation campaign with suits against EchoStar (DISH Network) (2:24-cv-00420) in the Eastern District of Texas and AMC Networks (1:24-cv-04745), BroadwayHD (1:24-cv-04679), and Warner Bros. Discovery (1:24-cv-04750) in the Southern District of New York. At issue across each complaint is a single patent generally related to a server running a computer program for distributing content over a network. The defendants are accused of infringement through the provision of their respective streaming services and related apps (Sling TV, AMC+, BroadwayHD, and Max, respectively). At issue are features such as streaming content at various quality levels, live TV streaming, servers and content delivery networks (CDNs), and streaming analytics.
June 28, 2024
Newly Recorded Assignments Track Recent Campaigns, Foreshadow Others
Patent Market, Patent Watch
Last month’s review of notable patent assignments considered the movement of assets from Avaya to Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC; from Level 3 Communications to Sandpiper CDN, LLC; from Seiko Epson to IPValue’s 138 East LCD Advancements Ltd. and Lumitek Display Technology Ltd.; from Transaction Security to a “BioCrypt Access”; from Fortress Investment Group LLC’s KIP Prod P1 LP to Prodea Automation LLC; from EMM Patents Ltd. to Empire IP LLC; from Siemens and Abdelsalam Helal to Rokiot USA LLC; and from Proxicom Wireless, LLC to Secure Communication Technologies, LLC. While a couple of these entities again feature prominently, this month’s review extends well beyond them to cover the movement of patents away from other operating companies, as well as within several repeat monetization players.
June 28, 2024
Another Patent Plaintiff Sprints Out of New Mexico Blocks
New Patent Litigation
CelluPlex LLC has filed separate Eastern District of Texas suits against Gigaset Technologies (2:24-cv-00473), Mitel Networks (2:24-cv-00471), Panasonic (2:24-cv-00474), Vtech Holdings (2:24-cv-00475), and Yealink Network Technology (2:24-cv-00472). A single patent generally related to an “interconnect device for coupling a cellular telephone to at least one wired telephone” is asserted in each complaint, with infringement allegations focused on the provision of telephone systems that support features for connecting to cellular phones via Bluetooth. CelluPlex joins several plaintiffs in forming a curious pattern.
June 28, 2024
Zoom Video Sued over “Video Class Room” Patent
New Patent Litigation
Interum Group Inc. has filed a Central District of California suit against Zoom Video Communications (2:24-cv-05397), targeting the provision of Zoom Meetings and Zoom Webinars and related products incorporating them, including Zoom One and Zoom Workplace. The sole asserted patent generally relates to providing “video classroom presentation services”, including real time video and audio streams for multiple participants, where a particular stream is selected for display to the participants based on having a higher volume or when a presenter selects it.
June 26, 2024
Encryptawave’s WPA2 Security Protocol Campaign Engulfs Four More
New Patent Litigation
This past March, Encryptawave Technologies LLC launched its first litigation by suing D-Link, Hon Hai Precision Industry (Sharp), and TCL in separate Eastern District of Texas cases. Now, the plaintiff has expanded that campaign with three more complaints in the same district, one against each of HMD Global (4:24-cv-00569), Honeywell (4:24-cv-00570), and Konica Minolta (4:24-cv-00588), and another complaint, filed in the District of Colorado, against HitronTechnologies (1:24-cv-01764). The plaintiff targets the support for the WPA2 security protocol within authentication tools in a wide array of devices (e.g., computers, label printers, smartphones, smart microwave ovens, tablets, thermostats, TVs, etc.).
June 25, 2024
Wyoming Technology Licensing Files a “Corrected” Complaint That Seems to Need a Bit More Correction
New Patent Litigation
Wyoming Technology Licensing LLC has filed an Eastern District of Texas complaint against Verizon (2:24-cv-00467), alleging infringement of a single patent through the provision of smartphones, including those made by Alphabet (Google), Apple, or Samsung, that operate via an “intelligent voice assistant”. The claim chart attached to this complaint highlights the alleged infringement through the provision of the iPhone 15 Pro and its Siri voice assistant, characterizing that product as “representative for illustrating infringement of the other devices”, doing so despite the fact that a notice of settlement has been filed in the only prior case in this campaign, filed against Apple earlier this year.
June 25, 2024
Stakeholders Weigh In on Slimmed-Down PTAB Rules Package
Patent Litigation Feature
In late April, the USPTO released a long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) addressing discretionary denials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that included just a subset of the changes from a far more sweeping—and far more controversial—proposal released in April 2023. Public comments submitted in response to the newer, more limited package by the June 18 deadline reflected feedback from a broad set of stakeholders, including licensors, frequent defendants, industry groups, and even the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
June 24, 2024
One Court Allows Susman to Withdraw as Another Stays Arigna’s Case Against Longford
In Case You Missed It, TPLF
Earlier this month, District of Delaware Judge Gregory B. Williams denied a motion from BMW to intervene in a case filed by Arigna Technology Limited, a plaintiff operating under the umbrella of Dublin-based monetization firm Atlantic IP Services Limited, against Longford Capital Fund III, LP (“LCF”), an entity controlled by Chicago-based litigation finance firm Longford Capital. The court did so without prejudice, pointing to its decision the day before to stay the case to allow an arbitrator to decide whether Arigna’s claims against Longford should be subjected to arbitration. Meanwhile, District of DC Judge Rudolph Contreras has granted Susman Godfrey L.L.P.’s motion to withdraw from its representation of Arigna in a declaratory judgment action filed by BMW against it there.
June 24, 2024
Funded Monetization Team Appears Up and Running
Patent Market, Patent Watch, TPLF
By now this general pattern has become familiar: the formation of an LLC in a state where a monetization outfit would like to file suit, the acquisition from an operating company of a patent portfolio over which the outfit would like to sue, the procurement of financial backing for the litigation, and ultimately, one or more complaints filed in US district court in that state over that portfolio with that funding. While some monetization teams are more open about such efforts, others seek to obscure their own identities as well as the identity of their funder. A recent assignment, and its parallels to others, raises questions about whether an unnamed team in the latter camp has been operating over the past year or so.
June 22, 2024