InnoMemory, LLC has fired off more Eastern District of Texas cases, separately suing Acrosser Technology (2:24-cv-00678), Advantech (2:24-cv-00664), ATP Electronics Taiwan (2:24-cv-00658), Datalogic (2:24-cv-00671), EverFocus (2:24-cv-00674), Exascend (2:24-cv-00669), NXP Semiconductors (NXP (AP Memory Technology)) (2:24-cv-00672), Philips (2:24-cv-00673), Shenzhen Longsys Electronics (2:24-cv-00659), and Xiaomi (2:24-cv-00667). Asserted against each defendant here, as well as against G. Skill International, NEC, and Winbond Electronics (each sued earlier this summer) is a single former Cypress Semiconductor patent generally related to “reducing power consumption during background operations in a memory array”, with infringement allegations targeting the provision of a range of products that incorporate DDR4 memory technology. InnoMemory received the patent as part of a larger portfolio from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV).

So far this summer, InnoMemory, LLC has added cases against G. Skill International (2:24-cv-00470), Winbond Electronics (2:24-cv-00497), and NEC (2:24-cv-00541), in that order and all in the Eastern District of Texas, to the litigation campaign it launched back in July 2021. Against each new defendant, the plaintiff asserts a single patent, generally related to “reducing power consumption during background operations in a memory array”, originally developed at Cypress Semiconductor but received from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV), with infringement allegations targeting the provision of a range of products that incorporate DDR4 memory technology.

Amarillo National Bank (1:24-cv-00232), Bank Iowa (Citizens State Bank) (2:24-cv-00152), Capital One (2:24-cv-00154), Citigroup (1:24-cv-00231), Fidelity Bank of Texas (1:24-cv-00229), JPMorgan Chase (2:24-cv-00151), Prosperity Bancshares (2:24-cv-00150), Regions Financial (Regions Bank) (1:24-cv-00218), Texas Bank and Trust (2:24-cv-00148), Texas Capital Bancshares (2:24-cv-00147), Truist Financial (2:24-cv-00146), Wintrust Financial (First United Bank) (1:24-cv-00219), and Zions Bancorporation (2:24-cv-00144) are the latest defendants to be added to the sole litigation campaign of InnoMemory, LLC, launched in July 2021 over patents received from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV). The two asserted patents are broadly directed to memory circuitry, with the defendants targeted over ATM machines—including those manufactured by Diebold Nixdorf and NCR—that incorporate DDR4 memory technology.

InnoMemory, LLC has filed five cases so far in July, one against each of Acer (2:23-cv-00341), ASUSTek (2:23-cv-00340), Micro-Star (2:23-cv-00337), Panasonic (2:23-cv-00339), and Pioneer (2:23-cv-00338), all in the Eastern District of Texas, each by Rabicoff Law LLC. Asserted are one or both of two memory patents, received from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV), which have been in suit since July 2021, infringement allegations targeting the use and/or provision of devices (e.g., solid-state drives and laptops) that allegedly incorporate a Nanya SDRAM memory chip compliant with the JEDEC DDR3 standard. The last round of cases in this campaign, filed by Ramey LLP against mostly bank defendants in the Western District of Texas, has been marked by chaotic malaise.

InnoMemory, LLC—a plaintiff connected with a familiar patent monetization figure—has filed its first case of the year, suing MediaTek (2:23-cv-00235) in the Eastern District of Texas. The asserted patent generally relates to memory circuitry, with the defendant accused of infringement through the provision of microchips and systems-on-chip (SoCs) with embedded RAM. Since launching its sole litigation campaign in July 2021, InnoMemory has sued 20 defendants and asserted two patents, each received from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV).

As predicted, the expansion of InnoMemory, LLC’s litigation campaign over two patents received from Intellectual Ventures LLC has accelerated. New defendants added over the past week or so include Austin Capital Bank (1:22-cv-00831), Broadway National Bank (5:22-cv-00905), Comerica (1:22-cv-00834), Crockett National Bank (5:22-cv-00903), Cullen/Frost Bankers (6:22-cv-00672), Extraco Banks (6:22-cv-00673), Lone Star National Bank (5:22-cv-00909), PlainsCapital Bank (6:22-cv-00761), Sunflower Bank (1:22-cv-00838), and Vantage Bank Texas (6:22-cv-00860). Targeted is the use of computing devices, including “servers, desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and automated teller machines” from vendors including Acer, AsusTek, Dell, Diebold, HP, IBM, Lenovo, and NCR, that incorporate memory modules compliant with certain industry standards (DDR2, DDR3, DDR4, LPDDR3, LPDDR4, LPDDR4X, and LPDDR5) defined by JEDEC.

InnoMemory, LLC has filed a round of suits that formally combine its formerly two litigation campaigns into one. The new defendants are “Rubric Inc.” (6:22-cv-00669), Wells Fargo (6:22-cv-00665), and USAA (6:22-cv-00671), each accused of infringing two patents through the use of computing devices that include a memory device that complies with industry standards (DDR2, DDR3, DDR4, LPDDR3, LPDDR4, LPDDR4X, and LPDDR5) defined by JEDEC. In its complaints, InnoMemory identifies “exemplary vendors” for the accused devices (“including but not limited to, servers, desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and automated teller machines”): “HP, Lenovo, Acer, IBM, Asus, Dell, NCR, and Diebold”.

So far in May, InnoMemory, LLC has added one case to each of its two litigation campaigns. In the first, the Texas plaintiff sued Kyocera (Kyocera Document Solutions America) (3:22-cv-01061) over the provision of certain printers in the Northern District of Texas. In its second, InnoMemory sued KIOXIA (6:22-cv-00479) over the provision of certain solid state drives, this time in West Texas. The two suits share analogous accusations (targeting the inclusion of Nanya Technology memory modules within the accused products), litigation counsel (experienced plaintiff-side firm Ni, Wang & Massand, PLLC), and a disclosure statement indicating that InnoMemory has no “parent corporation” (and that no publicly held corporation owns ten percent or more of its stock). However, such a disclosure does not appear to comply with the local rules of the Northern District of Texas.

Texas NPE InnoBrilliance, LLC has initiated a second litigation campaign, suing Sony (6:21-cv-00094) over five patents generally related to displaying multiple video streams on a “television system”. The accused product is the Sony Playstation Vue Multiview software system “for use with PlayStation devices and Apple TV devices”, which permits simultaneous streaming of multiple channels. Based on InnoBrilliance’s patent holdings and past litigation activities, as well as those of entities under the same management, this campaign will not likely be InnoBrilliance’s last.

Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) finished Q4 with at least two more divestitures to NPEs, according to recently released USPTO records. The assignments, which involved two relatively new players in the patent marketplace, included assets originating with Cypress Semiconductor, Duke University, Enhanced Memory Systems, Integrated Device Technology (IDT), or SK Hynix, among others.