Interactive ToyBox, LLC has filed a second case in the campaign begun a year ago, suing Disney (1:17-cv-01137) over a single patent generally related to a toy with multiple pieces that interact with a microprocessor through communications broadcast in defined frequencies. The accused products are Disney’s Infinity game set, which includes an RFID-enabled base station and game pieces. The prior case, filed against Activision Blizzard over “Starter Packs” associated with that company’s Skylanders game series, was dismissed with prejudice this past April.

RPX took notice, among the USPTO assignment records made available during the latter half of April, of the transfer of patents to a number of frequent plaintiffs in patent litigation, including BlackBird Tech LLC; Intellectual Ventures LLC; IP Valuation Partners LLC; Unwired Planet International Limited, and Wi-LAN Inc. Assignors included Cypress Semiconductor, NXP Semiconductors, Panasonic, ROY-G-BIV, Samsung, and Sharp.

RPX took note of several patent asset transfers to NPEs recorded during the second half of December 2016. Assignees included Texas NPE Synergy Drone LLC, Nevada NPE Jonker LLC, and Delaware NPE Empire Technology Development LLC, and the named inventors on the different patent assets form an eclectic bunch.