Alps Alpine (Alps Electric) (2:24-cv-00424), Applied Information (1:24-cv-02471), ASUSTek (2:24-cv-00422), and Panasonic (Ficosa) (2:24-cv-00421) are the latest defendants to be added to the sole litigation campaign of Sensor360 LLC, an entity connected with a figure familiar in patent monetization circles. At issue in each complaint is a single patent generally related to a “sensor module for use in a sensor network”. The defendants are accused of infringement over the support for C-V2X (Cellular-vehicle-to-everything) technology in their various automobile products, including the Alps Electric UMNZ1 5G cellular module, AI-500-065-02 In-Vehicle Unit, Askey 5G OBU car connectivity box, and Ficosa C-V2X On-Board Unit (OBU), respectively.

Patent transfers recently made public by the USPTO include multiple assignments between NPEs, several of which have litigated previously received assets, but others of which are new and have yet to file suit. They also include a grant to the US Treasury Department of four assets, one of which was “litigated” through this past July, when Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright, on the court’s own motion, brought the campaign to an end.

Delaware plaintiff Sensor360 LLC has launched its first litigation, suing Apptricity (2:23-cv-00536), Quicsolv Solutions (2:23-cv-00538), and Sewio (2:23-cv-00540) in the Eastern District of Texas; Litum Technologies (4:23-cv-04371) and UBiBot (4:23-cv-04402) in the Southern District of Texas; and Cisco (6:23-cv-00806), Microsoft (6:23-cv-00807), and Siemens (6:23-cv-00808) in the Western District of Texas. The separate complaints target the provision of real-time asset tracking systems with a focus on GPS location and certain related sensors and/or technologies, including inertial sensors (such as accelerometers, magnetometers, and gyroscopes) and/or ultra-wideband (UWB) support.