Allied Telesis (1:22-cv-01010) is the latest defendant to be added to the sole litigation campaign of Vector Licensing LLC, an entity apparently associated with Texas monetization firm IP Edge LLC. In the new complaint, filed in the District of Delaware, the NPE targets the provision of networking devices, including the TQ6602 access point, that support the 802.11ax wireless networking standard.

Vector Licensing LLC, an apparent IP Edge LLC plaintiff, has expanded the litigation campaign that it began earlier this year, suing KAON (1:22-cv-00714), Nokia (1:22-cv-00711), Ubiquiti (1:22-cv-00713), and Zebra Technologies (1:22-cv-00712) in separate District of Delaware complaints. A single wireless communications patent, acquired from Ajou University, is at issue throughout, with Vector Licensing targeting the support of the 802.11ax wireless networking standard by various accused products.

Vector Licensing LLC, an apparent IP Edge LLC plaintiff, has filed separate District of Delaware suits against Calix (1:22-cv-00264) and T-Mobile (1:22-cv-00263) over a single wireless communications patent acquired from Ajou University. Vector Licensing targets the support of the 802.11ax wireless networking standard by certain, respective defendant products, calling out the provision of the T-Mobile 5G Gateway and Calix GigaSpire BLAST u6.2 smart home system.

Public records reflect a rash of NPE creation in recent months, including by some of the most active patent monetizers in the IP space today. If past practices are precedent, patent assignments to these recently formed NPEs are likely in the pipeline—followed by the launch of new litigation campaigns later this year.

So far this year, perennial top filer IP Edge LLC has remained firmly atop the NPE plaintiff heap, continuing to file myriad complaints, most of them at month-end, across many of its now 130+ litigation campaigns. Among its 2021 litigation activity have been eight new campaigns, asserting patents picked up from a variety of sources, including other NPEs (e.g., Empire Technology Development LLC, Mantis Messaging, Inc., Monterey Research, LLC), a sovereign patent fund (IP Bridge, Inc.), and operating companies (e.g., Kyocera); if recent assignment activity is any indication, May’s activity may include another source for litigated IP Edge patents: a university.