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A Last 2023 Look at Notable Patent Assignments
Patent Market, Patent Watch
Patent transfers recently made public by the USPTO include multiple assignments between NPEs, several of which have litigated previously received assets, but others of which are new and have yet to file suit. They also include a grant to the US Treasury Department of four assets, one of which was “litigated” through this past July, when Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright, on the court’s own motion, brought the campaign to an end.
December 17, 2023
Intellectual Discovery-Managed Texas Plaintiff Opens Up Funded Cell Network Campaign
New Patent Litigation, TPLF
Wireless Alliance, LLC, an Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd. plaintiff, has filed its first litigation, suing AT&T (AT&T Mobility) (2:23-cv-00095), Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile) (2:23-cv-00096), and Verizon (Verizon Wireless) (2:23-cv-00097) over the provision of their respective 4G and/or 5G cellular networking services. Three wireless communications patents are asserted in the Eastern District of Texas complaints. Wireless Alliance pleads that it owns one of those patents and is the exclusive licensee with respect to the other two, which it indicates are owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI).
March 8, 2023
New NPE with Familiar Ties Acquires Patents from Intellectual Discovery
Patent Market, Patent Watch
Recently released USPTO records reflect an early January assignment from Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd. to an NPE formed in Texas late last year. Public records tie the assignee to a California law firm associated with multiple litigating NPEs over the years.
January 31, 2022
Notable Outbound Operating Company Assignments Appear in Recently Released USPTO Records
Patent Market, Patent Watch
RPX ended its 2020 Patent Watch coverage with articles featuring the role that operating company patents play in fueling NPE litigation, the run of third-party litigation finance into the patent space, and the rise in the number of cases focused on companies doing business in the Automotive market sector. A review of assignments of US patents recently made public identifies multiple transactions falling into that first category—i.e., patent divestments by operating companies.
January 11, 2021
Wi-Fi Calling Campaign Snags Deutsche Telekom and Verizon as AT&T Exits
New Patent Litigation
In April 2019, Kaifi, LLC, a Texas plaintiff associated with Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd., launched its Wi-Fi calling campaign with a single case accusing AT&T of infringing a patent generally directed to maintaining connectivity when a user moves from an inside to outside, with the same backend infrastructure managing the handoffs. That case ended in early August 2020 after District Judge Rodney Gilstrap handed down an April 2020 order construing multiple terms from the patent’s claims and while the court was in receipt of a large number of motions for summary judgment and to strike contentions and related expert opinions, as well as an earlier motion to dismiss for lack of standing—the related papers for nearly all of which were filed under seal. Kaifi has now reupped its campaign, accusing Deutsche Telekom (IBSV, Layer3 TV, MetroPCS, Theory Mobile, T-Mobile) (2:20-cv-00281) and Verizon (Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless) (2:20-cv-00280) of infringing the same patent in separate complaints, also filed in the Eastern District of Texas.
August 28, 2020
Throop, Part of Intellectual Discovery’s “Golden Wave”, Launches Litigation
New Patent Litigation
Throop, LLC, a California entity, has filed its first lawsuits, accusing Alphabet (Google) (2:19-cv-10602), Microsoft (2:19-cv-10604), Seiko (Epson America) (2:19-cv-10597), Sony (2:19-cv-10605), and Vuzix (2:19-cv-10606) of infringing two patents, generally related to wearable devices that can communicate real-time video information. The accused products are the defendants’ augmented reality wearable devices, including the Google Glass, Microsoft HoloLens, Epson Moverio BT (used with Moverio Assist), Sony EyeGlass, and M100 Smart Glasses, respectively, targeting features that allow for video communications with other users.
December 22, 2019
Transfer to Intellectual Discovery, Executed in 2012, Included in Mid-February Assignment Records
Patent Market, Patent Watch
Among the assignments recorded with the USPTO in the first half of February was a transfer from Avago (now Broadcom, after their merger) to Intellectual Discovery Co. Ltd. Patents included in that transaction, which was executed in July 2012, are currently being asserted in litigation by Document Security Systems, Inc.
February 16, 2018
Intellectual Discovery Closes 2017 with an Automotive Acquisition
Patent Market, Patent Watch
Among the patent transactions made public by the USPTO during the second week of January was an acquisition by Intellectual Discovery Co. Ltd., involving two automotive portfolios.
January 18, 2018
Transfers of Multiple Portfolios from Transpacific IP to Yates Recorded in Late December
Four assignments from Transpacific IP Group Limited to Brian Yates were recorded during the second half of December, perhaps signaling that the patent attorney is gearing up for a busy 2018. Also notable among late-December recordings were multiple assignments involving Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd., and an internal transfer to a newly created NPE affiliated with Strategic Intellectual Solutions, LLC.
December 30, 2017
Second Week of October Sees Recordation of Patent Transfers to IPVal, IP Bridge, Unwired Planet, and a New Yates NPE
RPX noted among the assignment records released by the USPTO during the second week of October transfers to affiliates of IP Valuation Partners LLC (d/b/a IPVal) and IP Bridge, Inc. Also during the week, a late September assignment between two NPEs controlled by patent attorney Brian Yates was recorded, as well as a 2016 transfer to Unwired Planet International Ltd.
October 20, 2017