This past July, Chip Packaging Technologies, LLC (CPT) received roughly 50 US patents from NXP Semiconductors, and this past week, the recipient filed suit, accusing Infineon Technologies (2:25-cv-00147) of infringing five of the transferred assets. In the Eastern District of Texas complaint, CPT targets the provision of a wide array of semiconductor products, including buck regulators, DC/DC converters, microcontrollers, power electronics modules, power switches, systems-on-chip (SoCs), and more.

At the end of July, a chipmaker moved roughly 50 US patents to a Texas entity, the name of which suggests the general subject matter of the transacted assets. The divestiture is one of several from this source to NPEs over the last several years, the most prominent of which has resulted in a long-running litigation campaign producing eyepopping Western District of Texas verdicts, notable Federal Circuit activity, and a hotly disputed license defense.