This past November, District of Colorado Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter ordered William P. Ramey III of Ramey LLP to show cause in writing “why he should not be referred to the Court’s Committee on Conduct for his neglectful behavior in this case, including his failure to appear at a scheduling conference and his failure to serve any discovery”. Ramey’s response was to address five specific pieces of information “relevant to the issues of whether Mr. Ramey and his firm are spread too thin to provide competent representation”. Ramey filed his response—the contents of which have pulled back the curtain on a broad patent monetization operation, including arguably improper legal work, numerous inaccurate certificates of interested parties, and third-party litigation funding lurking in the shadows.

Inventor-controlled plaintiff Ask Sydney, LLC has filed its first litigation, suing Alphabet (Google) (6:23-cv-00111), Amazon (Amazon.com Services) (6:23-cv-00108), Meta Platforms (6:23-cv-00112), Microsoft (6:23-cv-00113), and Snap (6:23-cv-00114), all in the Western District of Texas. The two asserted patents generally relate to presenting a series of product images on a device’s display based on “tags” that have been associated with a user and their inputted preference, with the defendants accused of infringement through the provision of their respective personalized advertisement services. At issue are features for allowing users to modify their advertisement experiences.