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.

Secure Wi-Fi LLC has launched its first litigation, suing Samsung (2:24-cv-00047) over support for the MAC randomization feature within Galaxy-series smartphones that include the Android 10 operating system or later. Three wireless networking patents are asserted in the new Eastern District of Texas complaint, the patents following a curious path into the plaintiff’s hands, hands that appear to be supported by third-party litigation funding from a new source.

A set of security interests executed last month, subsequently recorded and recently made public by the USPTO, has brought a new source of patent litigation funding into view. Six entities granted these interests to the same secured party, and three of those entities have already initiated litigation, suing defendants in the mobile communications and content distribution spaces.