Following a June dismissal in its prior case, against Grande Communications, Multimedia Content Management LLC has filed a new lawsuit, against DISH Network (6:18-cv-00207), over patents that the NPE received in October 2017 from Catonian IP Management, LLC, an affiliate of monetization firm IP Valuation Partners LLC (IPVal). Catonian IP asserted the same two patents last year against the subscription and pay-per-view services of cable providers Altice (Cequel Communications) and Charter Communications (Time Warner Cable). The patents generally relate to regulating access to distributed content on a network, with infringement allegations against DISH likewise trained on “TV and video-on-demand (‘VOD’) products and services, including network-related services that involve a data center and media devices, such as, but not limited to, the Hopper 3 DVR with Joey receivers”.

RPX noted among the assignment records released during the third week of October patent transfers to two affiliates of IP Valuation Partners LLC (d/b/a IPVal)—one that launched a litigation campaign during the first half of this month, and one that may be poised to take over an IPVal campaign begun earlier this year. Also of note is an assignment to a new NPE managed by Bradley D. Liddle and a security agreement between Brian Yates and an investment manager.