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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
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
Texas Plaintiff Sues California Subsidiaries of Toyota over Former Clarion Patents
New Patent Litigation
AutoNavigare LLC has filed suit against two subsidiaries of Toyota (2:24-cv-00439) in the Eastern District of Texas over the provision of certain Toyota- and Lexus-branded vehicles with navigation systems, targeting various navigation features and the support for Apple CarPlay. In early 2023, Forvia (Faurecia Clarion Electronics) moved 17 US patents, in separate April and May assignments, to AutoNavigare, which has now filed suit over five of those received assets.
June 18, 2024
IDEAHUB Acquires New Portfolio, Takes Aim at Micron Technology and Others
Patent Market, Patent Watch
Publicly available USPTO assignment records indicate that MIMIRIP LLC, an Ideahub, Inc. plaintiff, picked up a large portfolio of assets from SKhynix in early March of this year. MIMIRIP has now filed two Eastern District of Texas complaints against Micron Technology (2:24-cv-00405, 2:24-cv-00407), both under seal, as well as a complaint before the International Trade Commission (ITC) (337-TA-3751). Proposed respondents include Dell, HP Enterprise (HPE), HP, Kingston Technology, Lenovo, and Tesla, with infringement allegations—with respect to a dozen of those former SKhynix patents—targeting Micron-manufactured DRAM and NAND memory devices, as well as devices containing them, “such as laptops, tablets, servers, solid-state drives, self-driving automotive computers, and automotive media control units”.
June 8, 2024
In New Round of Complaints, Sensor360 Focuses on C-V2X Technology
New Patent Litigation
Alps Alpine (Alps Electric) (2:24-cv-00424), Applied Information (1:24-cv-02471), ASUSTek (2:24-cv-00422), and Panasonic (Ficosa) (2:24-cv-00421) are the latest defendants to be added to the sole litigation campaign of Sensor360 LLC, an entity connected with a figure familiar in patent monetization circles. At issue in each complaint is a single patent generally related to a “sensor module for use in a sensor network”. The defendants are accused of infringement over the support for C-V2X (Cellular-vehicle-to-everything) technology in their various automobile products, including the Alps Electric UMNZ1 5G cellular module, AI-500-065-02 In-Vehicle Unit, Askey 5G OBU car connectivity box, and Ficosa C-V2X On-Board Unit (OBU), respectively.
June 7, 2024
Funded Texas Plaintiff Launches Automotive Campaign over Former IV Patents
New Patent Litigation, TPLF
With apparent backing from a prominent litigation funder, Longhorn Automotive Group LLC has filed its first lawsuit over patents from the portfolio received from AI-CORE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, accusing Nissan (2:24-cv-00397) in a new Eastern District of Texas complaint of infringing five of them. The Alpha Alpha Intellectual Partners LLC plaintiff targets the provision of a wide array of automobile products, ranging from driver assistance systems to headlights, with those five patents, which AI-CORE received from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) this past February.
June 1, 2024
Another New Mexico Plaintiff Appears to Skirt Certain Northern District of Illinois Local Rules
New Patent Litigation
Following a pattern that has become familiar in early 2024, New Mexico plaintiff Navog LLC has launched litigation. A single patent generally related to a “GPS and warning system for an automobile” has been asserted in separate complaints targeting in-vehicle navigation and/or infotainment systems and filed against Panasonic (6:24-cv-00258) in the Western District of Texas; Rand McNally (RM Acquisition) (1:24-cv-04023) in the Northern District of Illinois; Trimble (1:24-cv-01378) in the District of Colorado; and Sygic (2:24-cv-00364), TomTom (2:24-cv-00365), and Verizon (2:24-cv-00366) in the Eastern District of Texas. Navog appears not to have complied with the local rules of the Northern District of Illinois in connection with the RM Acquisition case.
May 17, 2024
InfoGation Draws In More Automakers
New Patent Litigation
After suing Aisin, DENSO (DENSO Ten), and Panasonic (Panasonic Automotive Systems), each for the first time, earlier in May, InfoGation Corporation has added separate suits against Mercedes-Benz (Daimler, Mercedes-Benz USA) (2:24-cv-00363), Volkswagen (Porsche) (2:24-cv-00350), and Subaru (2:24-cv-00362) while hitting Honda again, this time through US subsidiary American Honda Motor (2:24-cv-00346). Vehicle navigation systems are the focus of the active cases in this campaign, which started back in 2016.
May 16, 2024
InfoGation Hits Vehicle Navigation System Providers, BMW Again
New Patent Litigation
InfoGation Corporation continues to target vehicle navigation systems in a new round of cases, the plaintiff suing Aisin (2:24-cv-00301) over the provision of the Toyota Lexus Genuine Navigation system, as well as DENSO (DENSO Ten) (2:24-cv-00302) and Panasonic (Panasonic Automotive Systems) (2:24-cv-00303) over their various respective car navigation systems, including for DENSO Ten its ECLIPSE-series products. Toyota is already a defendant in this campaign, as are fellow automakers BMW, Ford, and Honda. The prior BMW case has been stayed to effect service under the Hague Convention, a delay apparently prompting InfoGation to file a new suit, this one naming BMW of North America (2:24-cv-00304) as the defendant.
May 2, 2024
The Virtual Bezel Is Back
New Patent Litigation
Onscreen Dynamics, LLC has filed a 2024 round of complaints, suing AutoNation (AN Dealership Holding, AutoNation Financial Services) (2:24-cv-00249), Carmax (Carmax Auto Superstores) (2:24-cv-00247), Carvana (2:24-cv-00248), Enterprise Holdings (EAN Holdings) (2:24-cv-00251), and Snell Motor Company (Land Rover Frisco) (2:24-cv-00250) over the sale of automobiles that incorporate infotainment systems with certain touchscreen interfaces. The asserted patents generally relate to a device having a touchscreen display with a “virtual bezel”—i.e., a portion of the display, generally a border area, that responds differently to gestures or touches than does the rest of the display.
April 20, 2024