Texas entity SiliconArts Technology US Inc. has initiated what appears to be its first litigation. In separate Western District of Texas complaints, the Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd. (ID) subsidiary accuses BOXX Technologies (1:25-cv-00400) and NVIDIA (1:25-cv-00431) of infringing a single US patent generally related to a certain “ray tracing core” through the provision of specified graphics processing units (GPUs).

In its latest complaint, filed against Infineon Technologies (1:25-cv-00358) in the Western District of Texas, MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management) targets the provision of processors (i.e., programmable systems-on-chip) and wireless connectivity SoCs (i.e., the AIROC Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Combo products) that are used in a “a variety of end-products in the communications, IoT, automotive, computer, and/or consumer electronics industries”. The plaintiff pleads that the alleged infringement has been willful, contending that “between at least November 2017 and August 26, 2024”, MOSAID and Infineon and/or Cypress (acquired by Infineon in 2020) “engaged in many discussions” regarding the infringement of MOSAID’s patents.

Storage Vectors LLC has filed suit against ASUSTek (2:25-cv-00278), Kingston Technology (2:25-cv-00277), KIOXIA (2:25-cv-00276), Seagate Technology (2:25-cv-00275), Silicon Motion Technology (2:25-cv-00274), Sony (2:25-cv-00273), and Transcend Information (2:25-cv-00272), each in the Eastern District of Texas. The New Mexico plaintiff targets with a single patent—generally related to managing data on a “storage system”—the provision of a wide array of products, ranging from smartphones to solid state drives (SSDs), that support the Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 3.1 flash storage specification or 3D TLC NAND flash memory technology.

Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright has docketed a public version of his order denying to Apple and Qualcomm a convenience transfer to the Northern District of California of a case filed years ago against them by Red Rock Analytics, LLC. Notable aspects of that denial track those from another recent rejection of a convenience transfer, sought by Apple in a Proxense, LLC case, including the court’s use of local defendant offices to mitigate inconvenience for its witnesses and the court’s seeming invitation for a mandamus appeal to sort out whether nonpracticing plaintiffs should continue to be “prejudiced relative to other plaintiffs” when it comes to court congestion.

Ascale Technologies LLC, an Anjay Venture Partners LLC plaintiff, has filed its first litigation, suing Texas Instruments (TI) (2:25-cv-00243) in the Eastern District of Texas over the provision of “integrated circuits including a processor” including display controllers, DSPs, microcontrollers, PMICs, processors, and “wireless connectivity chips”. The three asserted patents are part of a larger portfolio that RPX recently reported that Ascale Technologies had received from NXP USA, a subsidiary of NXP Semiconductors, on December 28, 2024.

Modulus Systems LLC has expanded its two litigation campaigns, adding a suit against Stichting Ingka (IKEA North America Services) (2:25-cv-00222) in its first litigation campaign and Silicon Laboratories (7:25-cv-00080) in its second litigation campaign. Stichting Ingka is accused of infringing a single antenna assembly patent through the provision of the Dirigera Hub. Meanwhile, Silicon Laboratories is accused of infringing a single radio frequency module patent through the provision of the BGM113A256 Bluetooth low energy module.

Middle District of Florida Judge Paul G. Byron recently denied, without prejudice, a Qualcomm request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) that would have stopped plaintiff ParkerVision, Inc. (and its surrogates) “from posting stories, granting interviews, or otherwise disseminating stories through its website, willing media outlets, or in self-produced documentary-style videos”. The court agreed that ParkerVision’s recent “media blitz” is “distasteful” and “noxious” but expressed confidence that it would be able to seat an impartial jury in any future trial between the two. That trial would occur in ParkerVision’s second case against Qualcomm (6:14-cv-00687)—a case filed back in May 2014 and revived by the Federal Circuit last fall.

Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC has announced the acquisition of a “diverse, high quality patent portfolio” from Dolby Laboratories. Per the release, the portfolio “encompasses over 2,500 patent assets that Dolby recently acquired as part of its acquisition of GE Licensing” and comprises the following “key technologies”: Display Technologies, Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, Semiconductors and Electronics, Batteries, Wireless Power, Wireless Networking, and Healthcare.

Roughly a year after its litigation against Renesas Electronics ended, Xueshan Technologies Inc. has filed suit against Qualcomm (7:25-cv-00083). The plaintiff asserts six from the hundreds of patents that it received from MediaTek, described at the time as broadly concerning “power management integrated circuits, RF integrated circuits, embedded and NFC microcontrollers and image processors”. The plaintiff accuses Qualcomm of infringement through the provision of certain Snapdragon processors—those “employing a LPDDR5/5X memory controller” and/or “dimming control functionality” through the AV1 standard or HDR10+ technology.

Roughly one week after suing Apple, Broadcom, and Qualcomm in a Western District of Texas complaint and Lenovo (Motorola Mobile Communications), OnePlus, and TSMC in an Eastern District of Texas complaint, IPValue Management (d/b/a IPValue) subsidiaries Longitude Licensing Limited and Marlin Semiconductor Limited (f/k/a Sandyford Semiconductor Limited) have filed a complaint before the International Trade Commission (ITC) (337-TA-3809), naming those six defendants as proposed respondents. At issue are the same five semiconductor fabrication patents, with the defendants targeted over non-x86 semiconductor devices (defined as devices “other than those which are made by or for” AMD and Intel), including semiconductor wafers or semiconductor dies manufactured outside the United States using TSMC’s 7 nm and smaller process nodes, as well as products containing such semiconductor devices—including circuit boards, integrated circuits, “network units”, personal computers, smartphones, smartwatches, and tablets.