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Somfy Systems Sued by Empire IP Plaintiff in Smart Home and Security Products Campaign
New Patent Litigation
So far in December, Empire IP LLC plaintiff IoT Innovations LLC has added a Southern District of Florida case against Somfy Systems (9:23-cv-81528) in its sole litigation campaign, launched in November 2022. The five patents-in-suit, each acquired from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) that July, are broadly directed to various aspects of networking and wireless communications. Somfy Systems is targeted over the provision of its Somfy Home and Security Systems-series products, which include various smart cameras, fixtures, keypads, lights, and mobile apps, as well as related encryption and wireless communications technologies.
December 7, 2023
TP-Link Added to IoT Innovations Smart Home and Security Products Campaign
New Patent Litigation
IoT Innovations LLC—a plaintiff associated with Texas monetization firm Empire IP LLC—has expanded its sole litigation campaign with a suit against TP-Link and its various subsidiaries (2:23-cv-00453) in the Eastern District of Texas. The seven patents-in-suit, each acquired from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) in July 2022 assignments, are broadly directed to various aspects of networking and wireless communications. The NPE’s infringement allegations target the provision of a range of smart home and security products, including related apps, cameras, IoT hubs, lightbulbs, plugs, routers, sensors, software, and switches.
October 5, 2023
Empire IP Appears to Be Brewing New Wireless Networking and Wearables Campaigns
Patent Market, Patent Watch
The contours of the litigation campaign being waged by Empire IP LLC’s IoT Innovations LLC are still in flux, the plaintiff having added third complaints against each of prior defendants Monitronics International (d/b/a Brinks Home) (2:23-cv-00177), hit in the Eastern District of Texas in both November 2022 and January 2023, and SimpliSafe (1:23-cv-10879), hit in the District of Massachusetts in both February and March 2023. With each complaint, the number of patents, received from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV), climbs—now reaching roughly 30 asserted, in overlapping subsets, against the two defendants. Meanwhile, assignment records made public by the USPTO suggest that Empire IP is preparing to launch its first new campaigns of 2023, one related to wireless networking and the other, to wearables.
April 30, 2023
Empire IP Plaintiff Sues SimpliSafe over Home Security Products
New Patent Litigation
In November 2022, Empire IP LLC plaintiff IoT Innovations LLC filed its first litigation over patents acquired from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) just five months prior, suing Monitronics International (d/b/a Brinks Home) in the Eastern District of Texas. Now, the plaintiff has filed a District of Massachusetts complaint against SimpliSafe (1:23-cv-10352), asserting six patents—five of which are new to the litigation—broadly directed to various aspects of networking and natural language processing. The defendant is accused of infringement through the provision of its home security platform and related products (e.g., its mobile app, base stations, cameras, keypads, sensors, and smoke detectors).
February 24, 2023
Empire IP Launches Third Litigation Campaign of 2022
New Patent Litigation
A new Empire IP LLC vehicle has begun litigating, IoT Innovations LLC suing Monitronics International (d/b/a Brinks Home) (2:22-cv-00432) in the Eastern District of Texas over the alleged infringement of six patents through the provision of “its home security platform and systems”. It is the first case arising from a 45-US patent portfolio received from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) this past July and the third litigation campaign that Empire IP has begun in 2022.
November 4, 2022
September 2022 Caps Off a Busy Quarter for Patent Transactions—and NPE Litigation
Patent Market, Patent Watch
This past quarter, US patents continued to spread among NPEs, including to familiar faces in patent monetization, and while some of those recipients have yet to file any litigation, several did launch new campaigns during Q3, targeting players in the Networking market sector, wireless carriers, e-commerce or software companies, and device makers, among others.
October 14, 2022