Crystal Mountain Communications, LLC has sued Coolpad Group (Yulong Computer Telecommunications Scientific) (4:24-cv-00308) and OnePlus (4:24-cv-00309) over a wide array of devices, including devices that utilize 4G modems or Wi-Fi, as well as smartphones and tablets that support “portable digital video player” and “geographic tracking” capabilities. In these new Eastern District of Texas complaints, the Ascend Innovation Management, LLC plaintiff asserts subsets of its portfolio of former Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) patents, subsets that overlap with those asserted in the cases that launched this campaign, filed against Diamond Creek Global (TP-Link Corporation) and TP-Link Technologies, D-Link, and Unizyx (Zyxel).

Crystal Mountain Communications, LLC has filed its first litigation, suing Diamond Creek Global (TP-Link Corporation) and TP-Link Technologies (4:24-cv-00098), D-Link (4:24-cv-00099), and Unizyx (Zyxel) (4:24-cv-00100) in the Eastern District of Texas over devices, including access points, that include features such as support for Wi-Fi 6 and the incorporation of 5G modems. Three wireless communications—two developed by Nokia; one, at Defywire; and all three passing through Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV)—are asserted against each defendant.

An entity created by two Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) alums has received more than 880 US patent assets from IV to date, and as reported by RPX last month, subsets of those patents have been on the move since at least June of this year. A review of USPTO assignment records confirms that even more transfers involving IV divestitures took place over the last few weeks, further spreading patents among a network of Texas NPEs.