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Foreign Service Issues Prompt Campaign Reshuffle
New Patent Litigation
Eastern District of Texas Judges Rodney Gilstrap and Robert W. Schroeder III have each denied a motion to effect alternative service filed by Network System Technologies LLC (NST), Judge Gilstrap’s in a case filed against Lenovo, OnePlus, and Samsung, the motion directed at Lenovo, a Chinese defendant, and Judge Schroeder’s in a case filed against Ford, TI, and Volkswagen (including Audi), that motion directed at Volkswagen and Audi, both German defendants. In response, NST has dismissed claims against those foreign defendants, without prejudice, and has filed a new, standalone case against Lenovo (2:23-cv-00167), again accusing the defendant of infringing the same six former Philips patents through the provision of products that allegedly contain Qualcomm Snapdragon system-on-chips (SoCs).
April 18, 2023
2022 Ends with More Transactions, More NPE Litigation Involving Former Operating Company Patents
Patent Market, Patent Watch, TPLF
Operating company patents continued to spread among NPEs throughout 2022, including to familiar faces in patent monetization. While a number of those recipients have yet to file any litigation, several did launch new campaigns during the fourth quarter—some with the backing of third-party litigation funding.
January 6, 2023
Apparent Funding in Hand, Network System Technologies Begins Litigating
New Patent Litigation, TPLF
Network System Technologies LLC (NST) has launched its inaugural litigation campaign with three district court cases filed in Texas on December 19: the first, against Arteris and Qualcomm in the Western District (1:22-cv-01331); the second, against Ford, TI, and Volkswagen (including Audi) in the Eastern District (2:22-cv-00482); and the third, against Lenovo, OnePlus, and Samsung, also in the Eastern District (2:22-cv-00481). A group of six former Philips patents—from a portfolio of nearly 50—are asserted across all three cases, with infringement allegations trained on certain Systems-on-Chip (SoC) products and automobile infotainment systems or mobile devices that allegedly include such SOCs. Public records indicate that NST has at its helm patent monetization veterans associated with multiple prior campaigns asserting former operating company patents—and they also point to the involvement of third-party litigation funding in this latest endeavor.
December 30, 2022