Evidence of IP Edge LLC’s frequent practice of naming individuals—seemingly with no discernible connections to patent monetization—as managers or managing members of its various LLCs has long been reported by RPX. Now, with Amazon having recently brought that practice to the attention of Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly, and with a raft of amended disclosures filed on the same day last week by a handful of apparent IP Edge plaintiffs litigating before that same judge, the coming months may see the full extent of that setup, and its bearing on standing, come to light.

The first half of 2020 saw prolific NPE IP Edge LLC file over 240 patent infringement suits and also acquire new portfolios from an increasingly wide range of sources, including Empire Technology Development LLC, a subsidiary of Allied Inventors Management, LLC (AIM); Huawei; and a litigating subsidiary of IPValue Management (d/b/a IPValue). While additional patent assignments to IP Edge continue to surface, details of a 2019 transaction involving the Japanese monetization firm IP Bridge, Inc. and patents originating with Panasonic and Seiko Epson have recently become available.

Boracho IP Holdings LLC has initiated yet another litigation campaign of Texas monetization firm IP Edge LLC, filing suit against OutBack Power Technologies (2:19-cv-01558), Schneider Electric (1:19-cv-01823), Sensata Technologies (1:19-cv-01822), SMA Solar Technology (1:19-cv-01821), and Solax Power (4:19-cv-03748). The complaints assert a single patent, originating with Seiko Epson and generally related to a charging device with multiple power sources, of which Boracho pleads full ownership. Currently available USPTO records do not yet indicate an assignment away from Japanese monetization firm IP Bridge, Inc. (via Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1), which received the patent, together with three others, in September 2016.