RPX’s last look at notable patent assignments considered the movement of assets to Ueran Technology LLC from Huawei; to AX Wireless, LLC from SOLiD; to VideoLabs, Inc. from DCX US Agility Platform LLC, a subsidiary of DXC Technology; to Flash Uplink LLC from its publicly traded parent Quest Patent Research Corporation (QPRC); to various entities from Ascend Innovation Management, LLC entities; and to Nera Innovations Limited from multiple entities associated with Atlantic IP Services. It is time for a review of additional notable transfers recorded since then.

2021 saw former Honeywell, Panasonic, Sony, and TCL Technology Group portfolios sail into Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC—as well as hundreds of Seiko Epson patents, according to data recently made public by the USPTO. Meanwhile, the Texas-based monetization firm has filed a handful of new cases so far this month, all asserting former operating company patents.

Among acquisitions earlier this year involving patents originating with Panasonic, Sony, or TCL Technology Group, Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC also received a portfolio from Honeywell, according to USPTO data. That string of 2021 patent transfers appears to have coincided with somewhat of a reorganization for Dominion, with public records also indicating that the firm received a capital injection at some point this year.

Earlier this year, RPX flagged the formation of Columbia Peak Ventures LLC as a potential sign of litigation to come from Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC—a patent monetization and advisory firm that has launched (through various controlled plaintiffs) roughly 40 US campaigns to date. In recent years, Dominion plaintiffs have litigated patents originating with American Express, Kodak, NEC, or Panasonic, among others; now, with USPTO data reflecting multiple June 2021 assignments to the NPE from a Chinese multi-national electronics company, more Dominion-controlled litigation over former operating company patents appears imminent.

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.