So far in May, GeoSymm Ventures LLC—an entity connected with a figure familiar in patent monetization circles—has added suits against ScienceSoft USA (2:24-cv-00338), Varjo Technologies (2:24-cv-00341), Walmart (2:24-cv-00342), and Zappar (2:24-in cv-00344), all in the Eastern District of Texas; Relinns Technologies (4:24-cv-01707) in the Southern District of Texas; and Trimble (1:24-cv-01274) in the District of Colorado. Relinns, ScienceSoft, and Walmart are each accused of infringing a single patent through the implementation of voice assistants in their respective products (i.e., chatbots and shopbots), while the remaining defendants are accused of infringing a different patent over products (e.g., headsets, mobile apps, and software) that support certain augmented reality (AR) functionalities.

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.

GeoSymm Ventures LLC—an entity connected with a figure familiar in patent monetization circles—has initiated its first litigation over a portfolio of patents that the plaintiff received from Allied Security Trust (AST) in early June. In separate Eastern District of Texas complaints, GeoSymm accuses IBM (2:23-cv-00325) and Samsung (2:23-cv-00324) of infringing a single patent generally related to responding to a user request using “semantic web services” through the provision of their respective voice assistant platforms. At issue are features related to natural language processing and voice commands. In a third complaint, filed against PTC (6:23-cv-00493) in the Western District of Texas, the plaintiff asserts three patents generally related to using “digitally encoded markers” to position an overlay image in an augmented reality (AR) interface. The defendant is targeted over its mobile app, with features for positioning objects in an AR space at issue.