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Samsung Added to Funded Texas NPE’s Location Tracking Campaign
New Patent Litigation
Avant Location Technologies LLC launched its sole litigation campaign this past July with a suit against Generac (ecobee) in the Eastern District of Texas. Now, the plaintiff has sued Samsung (2:24-cv-00133) in the same district. The seven asserted patents, five of which are making their litigation debut, generally relate to a system for providing “presence related services” to a designated “special area” through a linked mobile station. Samsung is targeted over a wide array of devices, including earphones, smartphones, smart watches, and tablets, that support the SmartThings Find feature.
March 2, 2024
More FGI Patents Move into NPE Hands
Patent Market, Patent Watch, TPLF
On January 31, 2024, FG Innovation Company Ltd. (f/k/a FG IP Innovation Company Ltd.) (FGI) divested a portfolio of 35 assets, including 30 issued US patents, to a Texas entity, which moved the portfolio to a second Texas LLC the next day. This FGI divestiture is the sixth to an apparent US NPE since May 2021, to date four of the prior five recipients having launched litigation over the patents received.
February 9, 2024
More Former FG Innovation Patents Land in Litigation
New Patent Litigation, TPLF
Third-party funded Active Wireless Technologies LLC has filed suit over four wireless communications patents from a portfolio received from FG Innovation Company Ltd. (f/k/a FG IP Innovation Company Ltd.) (FGI) this past March. Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile) (2:23-cv-00261) is accused of infringement through the provision of cellular networks that implement Narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) technologies, as well as related products, with compliance with various 3GPP standards at issue throughout. FGI has farmed out batches of patents to five NPEs, four of which have now filed litigation over the received assets in the US.
June 3, 2023