Contiguity LLC has launched a litigation campaign, suing Conduent (6:23-vc-00038) in the Western District of Texas and Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company (Hikvision) (3:23-cv-00160) in the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiff asserts a single patent generally related to vehicle “infraction detection”, targeting Conduent’s DriveSafe Enforcement System and Hikvision’s Speed Measurement Solution, both using cameras to monitor vehicle behavior to identify “infractions”. Contiguity, its counsel, and the source of its patent-in-suit appear to be familiar to the patent monetization scene.

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.