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Messy Prior Dismissal Put to Bed, Attestwave Files Fresh Wave of Complaints
New Patent Litigation
Attestwave LLC has added a new round of cases to the litigation campaign it began back in October 2022, suing BlackBerry (2:24-cv-00929), Cortado Mobile Solutions (2:24-cv-00928), Honeywell (2:24-cv-00926), Sophos (2:24-cv-00930), and SOTI (2:24-cv-00927). The plaintiff asserts a patent new to the litigation but related to the prior patent-in-suit, the patent broadly directed to “assuring proper execution of a software computer program” through tamper detection and validation. Targeted in the set of Eastern District of Texas complaints is the provision of application and/or device management software, including enterprise mobility management (EMM), mobile device management (MDM), and unified endpoint management (UEM) solutions. At issue is the use of device attestation for “verifying device and app integrity”.
November 17, 2024
Helix Microinnovations Braves Delaware
New Patent Litigation
Helix Microinnovations LLC has refiled its case against Microchip Technology (1:24-cv-00962), moving it from the Eastern District of Texas to the District of Delaware, and has filed new suits, one against each of Marubeni (1:24-cv-06394) and Swissbit (1:24-cv-06396), both in the Southern District of New York. All defendants, including previously sued Analog Devices, Micro-Hybrid Electronic, ON Semiconductor, and Realtek Semiconductor, are accused of infringing a single “chip-on-board” (COB) packaging patent. The shift to Delaware could surface whether Helix is backed by third-party litigation funding here.
August 24, 2024
It’s a Summer of New Suits for InnoMemory
New Patent Litigation
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).
August 18, 2024
Authpoint Kicks Off Litigation over Authentication and Networking Products
New Patent Litigation
Delaware-based NPE Authpoint LLC has filed its first litigation, suing HP Enterprise (HPE) (2:24-cv-00632) and its subsidiary Aruba Networks (2:24-cv-00633) in the Eastern District of Texas and Ping Identity (1:24-cv-02152) in the District of Colorado. The HPE defendants are accused of infringing a single patent broadly directed to “forwarding a stream of multicast messages through a network” through the provision of the MIM-IMA-8E1 module as implemented in certain A-MSR series routers. Ping Identity, meanwhile, is accused of infringing another patent—generally related to a client authenticating itself to a second network from a first network—through the provision of the PingID authentication service.
August 9, 2024
New Semiconductor Campaign Fixes Infringement Allegations on QFN Packaging
New Patent Litigation
Delaware plaintiff Helix Microinnovations LLC has launched its first litigation, suing Analog Devices (2:24-cv-00629), Microchip Technology (2:24-cv-00630), Micro-Hybrid Electronic (2:24-cv-00631), and Realtek Semiconductor (2:24-cv-00628) in separate Eastern District of Texas complaints, as well as ON Semiconductor (6:24-cv-00402) in the Western District of Texas. The defendants are accused of infringing a single “chip-on-board” (COB) packaging patent through the provision of its QFN (quad-flat no lead) packages. Helix Microinnovations discloses that it has no parent and that no publicly traded company owns “ten percent or more of its stock”, but all signs point to a familiar figure behind this new campaign.
August 5, 2024
In Return to Litigation, Hyperquery Shifts Focus Away From “Pre-Installed” Google Products
New Patent Litigation
Hyperquery LLC has filed a new round of suits, hitting Amazon (2:24-cv-00617), Nintendo (2:24-cv-00613), and Sony (2:24-cv-00611) in separate Eastern District of Texas complaints, while also suing Roku (6:24-cv-00399) in the Western District of Texas. The last round, a May-to-September affair, targeted ASUSTek, HP, LG Electronics (LGE), OnePlus, Samsung, TCL, and ZTE over the provision of mobile devices equipped with a “pre-installed Google search engine” and/or “pre-installed Google Play Store”. Just one of the two patents previously in suit appears in these latest complaints, with infringement allegations focused on the defendants’ respective app stores.
August 1, 2024
InnoMemory Campaign Sees Some Quick Exits Amid New Filings
New Patent Litigation
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.
July 17, 2024
Torus Ventures Returns with an Alphabetical Bang
New Patent Litigation
When the litigation campaign of Torus Ventures LLC paused in September 2022, seven defendants had been sued. As of last Friday, though, that number has nearly quintupled, Torus having filed separate Eastern District of Texas complaints against A-Max Auto Insurance Agencies (2:24-cv-00498), AffordaCare Insurance Agency (2:24-cv-00501), AFNB Holdings (American First National Bank) (2:24-cv-00530), Agentra Solutions (2:24-cv-00502), Agility Bank National Association (2:24-cv-00503), Al Boenker Insurance Agency (2:24-cv-00508), AI United (2:24-cv-00506), Aimbridge Hospitality (2:24-cv-00507), Allcat Claims Service (2:24-cv-00509), Amarillo National Bank (2:24-cv-00513), American Bank Holding (2:24-cv-00514), American Contractors Insurance Group (2:24-cv-00516), Anco Insurance Managers (2:24-cv-00519), Association Member Benefits Advisors (2:24-cv-00520), Assurant (American Financial & Automotive Services) (2:24-cv-00517), Austin Bank Texas National Association (2:24-cv-00521), Aspen Insurance Holdings (AgriLogic Consulting) (2:24-cv-00505), Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA Texas) (2:24-cv-00499), Azuma Leasing (2:24-cv-00522), Behringer Harvard Real Estate Services (2:24-cv-00526), Boon-Chapman Benefit Administrators (2:24-cv-00527), Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates (2:24-cv-00528), Brightline Dealer Advisors (2:24-cv-00529), H.U. Group Holdings (Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories) (2:24-cv-00523), and Spend Life Wisely (American National Bank of Texas) (2:24-cv-00518). Each defendant is targeted with a single patent over its website’s support of the TLS 1.3 security protocol.
July 12, 2024
Telsync Expands 5G Networking Campaign
New Patent Litigation
F5 (2:24-cv-01037) is the latest defendant to be added to the litigation campaign that Telsync Technologies LLC launched in August 2023. In the new complaint, filed in the Western District of Washington, the plaintiff asserts a single patent generally related to establishing communications between multiple devices over a physical distance. The defendant is accused of infringement through the provision of the F5 Aspen Mesh solution, targeted over its support of the 5G service-based architecture (SBA) framework.
July 12, 2024
InnoBrilliance Resumes Litigation over Former TP Lab Patent Family
New Patent Litigation
InnoBrilliance, LLC has filed separate Eastern District of Texas lawsuits against Amazon (2:24-cv-00481), Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology (2:24-cv-00495), Lorex Holdings (Lorex Technology) (2:24-cv-00485), Panasonic (2:24-cv-00486), Philips (2:24-cv-00483), Shenzhen MTC (2:24-cv-00488), TCL (2:24-cv-00491), Walmart (2:24-cv-00492), and Zhejiang Dahua Technology (2:24-cv-00496) over the support for viewing multiple video streams in their various products, ranging from TVs to videoconferencing solutions. The defendants are accused of infringing two patents, from five asserted across this campaign since its January 2021 start, that generally relate to displaying multiple video streams on a “television system”.
July 6, 2024