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The AiPi-Ramey Relationship Implodes
Patent Market, Patent Watch
This past November, District of Colorado Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter ordered William P. Ramey III of Ramey LLP to show cause in writing “why he should not be referred to the Court’s Committee on Conduct for his neglectful behavior in this case, including his failure to appear at a scheduling conference and his failure to serve any discovery”. Ramey’s response was to address five specific pieces of information “relevant to the issues of whether Mr. Ramey and his firm are spread too thin to provide competent representation”. Ramey filed his response—the contents of which have pulled back the curtain on a broad patent monetization operation, including arguably improper legal work, numerous inaccurate certificates of interested parties, and third-party litigation funding lurking in the shadows.
January 28, 2024
VIAAS Tags Five in New Security System Campaign
New Patent Litigation
VIAAS, Inc., a company spun out of Barracuda Networks in 2017, has filed five cases in the Western District of Texas, one against each of ADT (6:22-cv-cv-01046), Alphabet (Google) (6:22-cv-cv-01048), Amazon (Ring) (6:22-cv-cv-01041), APT Group Holdings (Vivint Smart Home) (6:22-cv-cv-01052), and Cisco (6:22-cv-cv-01047). The pair of asserted patents generally relate to using a camera to capture, store, and securely transmit “events of interest”, with the defendants targeted over the provision of smart home cameras and security systems.
October 14, 2022