CText IP LLC has filed a Southern District of New York complaint against Apple (1:24-cv-08821). Asserted are two patents generally directed to “correlating conversations in a messaging environment”, with infringement allegations targeting the provision of messaging features such as inline replies and tapbacks on iPhones and iPads. The plaintiff contends that the alleged infringement here has been willful, pleading that it sent Apple a letter in January 2023 offering it a license to the asserted patents.

Recently recorded patent assignments made public by the USPTO contain noteworthy transfers to multiple plaintiffs now in litigation, including a new source of patents for Apex Beam Technologies LLC, a new source of patents for Pantech Corporation, and a familiar source of patent rights for Crystal Leap Zrt, this time assigning patents directly, though. Movement can also be seen from troubled patent monetization firm IP Edge LLC, as well as movement from various sources to patent broker Allied Security Trust. Take a look.