AT&T (2:24-cv-00588) is the latest defendant to be added to the sole litigation campaign of Quantum Technology Innovations, LLC (QTI), launched in April 2022. In the new Eastern District of Complaint, AT&T is accused of infringing a single patent—generally related to a server running a computer program for distributing content over a network—through the provision of the AT&T Content Delivery Network (CDN). At issue is the alleged use of a “geographically distributed network of edge servers or Points of Presence (POPs) to provide immediate content access for the end users”.

So far this month, Quantum Technology Innovations, LLC (QTI)—a plaintiff associated with monetization figure Leigh M. Rothschild—has expanded its sole litigation campaign with suits against EchoStar (DISH Network) (2:24-cv-00420) in the Eastern District of Texas and AMC Networks (1:24-cv-04745), BroadwayHD (1:24-cv-04679), and Warner Bros. Discovery (1:24-cv-04750) in the Southern District of New York. At issue across each complaint is a single patent generally related to a server running a computer program for distributing content over a network. The defendants are accused of infringement through the provision of their respective streaming services and related apps (Sling TV, AMC+, BroadwayHD, and Max, respectively). At issue are features such as streaming content at various quality levels, live TV streaming, servers and content delivery networks (CDNs), and streaming analytics.

Last month’s review of notable patent assignments considered the movement of assets from Avaya to Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC; from Level 3 Communications to Sandpiper CDN, LLC; from Seiko Epson to IPValue’s 138 East LCD Advancements Ltd. and Lumitek Display Technology Ltd.; from Transaction Security to a “BioCrypt Access”; from Fortress Investment Group LLC’s KIP Prod P1 LP to Prodea Automation LLC; from EMM Patents Ltd. to Empire IP LLC; from Siemens and Abdelsalam Helal to Rokiot USA LLC; and from Proxicom Wireless, LLC to Secure Communication Technologies, LLC. While a couple of these entities again feature prominently, this month’s review extends well beyond them to cover the movement of patents away from other operating companies, as well as within several repeat monetization players.

Wyoming Technology Licensing LLC has filed an Eastern District of Texas complaint against Verizon (2:24-cv-00467), alleging infringement of a single patent through the provision of smartphones, including those made by Alphabet (Google), Apple, or Samsung, that operate via an “intelligent voice assistant”. The claim chart attached to this complaint highlights the alleged infringement through the provision of the iPhone 15 Pro and its Siri voice assistant, characterizing that product as “representative for illustrating infringement of the other devices”, doing so despite the fact that a notice of settlement has been filed in the only prior case in this campaign, filed against Apple earlier this year.

Mobile Health Innovative Solutions, LLC (MHIS) has added an Eastern District of Texas case against Alphabet (Google) (2:24-cv-00437) to its sole litigation campaign, begun in December 2023 against Withings and since hitting Apple, Zepp Health, and Samsung (in that order). A single patent generally related to a wearable device with sensors that can be used to determine a user’s stress level is asserted against each defendant, with Google accused of infringement through the provision of its Pixel Watches.

This past January, Pay As You Go, LLC (PAYG), a plaintiff associated with monetization figure Leigh M. Rothschild, voluntarily dismissed its October 2023 case against Verizon, doing so without prejudice. Now, PAYG has sued Verizon (2:24-cv-00400) again, this time asserting a later family member of the patent previously in suit, both described as generally related to “telecommunications services and methods that enable a user and/or other responsible party to make payments as the user uses the telecommunication services”. The plaintiff again targets the provision of wireless telecommunication services that support features for allowing users to purchase such services in “blocks of data that can be used in a single month on the customer-user’s device”.

Following a revival of its sole litigation campaign with a suit against Samsung in February 2024, Electronic Edison Transmission Technologies, LLC—an entity associated with prolific inventor and frequent plaintiff Leigh M. Rothschild—has now sued Alphabet (Google) (2:24-cv-00335) in the Eastern District of Texas. Google is accused of infringing a single patent generally related to wirelessly transferring power from a “donor mobile device” to a “receptor mobile device” through the provision of various Pixel-series smartphones (e.g., the Pixel 5, Pixel 6, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel 8). At issue is the Battery Share feature, which allows for reverse-charging other devices using the Qi wireless charging standard.

Wyoming Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC (WIPH), a plaintiff associated with monetization figure Leigh M. Rothschild, has expanded its sole litigation campaign with separate Eastern District of Texas suits against Alphabet (Google) (2:24-cv-00336) and Vista Outdoor (2:24-cv-00340). The plaintiff asserts a different patent against each defendant, both generally related to comparing a deviation between a user’s action and a “standard action” and instructing the user to change to the standard action. Google is accused of infringement through the provision of the Fitbit app, with features for analyzing user health metrics to provide recommendations such as suggested workouts and fitness goals at issue. Vista Outdoor, meanwhile, is targeted over the Bushnell Launch Pro system, with features for analyzing and improving a user’s golf swing at issue.

The last of its three cases against AT&T, Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile),and Verizon having ended, Pay As You Go, LLC, a plaintiff associated with monetization figure Leigh M. Rothschild, has sued Cloudera (1:24-cv-00463), this time in the Western (rather than the Eastern) District of Texas. The plaintiff describes the sole patent-in-campaign here as generally related to “telecommunications services and methods that enable a user and/or other responsible party to make payments as the user uses the telecommunication services”, with its most recent infringement allegations focused on the provision of functionality within the “Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) cloud-native services” by which a “customer-user can choose to pay for additional blocks of data using a third-party payment service”.

The bulk of the Eastern District of Texas complaint that Quantum Technology Innovations, LLC just filed against Liberty Media (SiriusXM) (2:24-cv-00246) is devoted to recounting the prosecution history of the sole patent-in-suit and to pleading defensively against an Alice attack. The intensity of that focus is perhaps motivated by the SiriusXM motion challenging the patents asserted against it this past December—by Display Technologies, LLC, which, like Quantum, is a plaintiff associated with Leigh M. Rothschild—as patent-ineligibly drawn to the abstract idea of “transferring a digital media file”. There, SiriusXM cites a prior court order characterizing Display’s “goal”: to pursue a “’nuisance-value’ settlement” through a “ransom” that SiriusXM does not wish to pay.