RPX took notice, among the USPTO assignment records made available during the first half of August, of transactions involving recently asserted patents (e.g. to an affiliate of IP Edge LLC) as well as at least one assignment suggesting that new litigation is coming (i.e. to Red Dragon Innovations, LLC). August has also seen clean-up activity by Intellectual Ventures LLC in an ongoing automotive campaign.

Of note among the assignment records published by the USPTO during the second half of July were multiple NPE-to-NPE transactions involving patents that have been previously asserted in litigation. Also in late July, a confirmatory assignment involving patents currently being litigated by Intellectual Ventures LLC was recorded, and CG Technology, LLC completed an uncharacteristic patent acquisition.