Monetization firm IP Edge LLC, through associated entity Aristors Licensing LLC, has filed suit against BlackBerry (1:19-cv-01583), Everbridge (1:19-cv-01584), and United Technologies (1:19-cv-01585) in the District of Delaware; against Singlewire Software (3:19-cv-00695) in the Western District of Wisconsin; and against Status Solutions (1:19-cv-00722) in the Southern District of Ohio, all as part of a new litigation campaign over a family of patents generally related to sending sensor data to emergency responders and “emergency alert groups” on a mobile device. Targeted are the defendants’ crisis communication systems; for example, BlackBerry’s AtHoc system.

IP Edge LLC affiliate MagnaCross LLC has filed a fresh round of lawsuits, capping off a wave of year-end litigation by other NPEs also controlled by the prolific monetization firm. The latest MagnaCross complaints target Avaya (2:16-cv-01461), Comtrend (2:16-cv-01462), EnGenius (2:16-cv-01463), Huawei (2:16-cv-01464), Juniper Networks (2:16-cv-01465), Siemens (2:16-cv-01466), and Sierra Wireless (2:16-cv-01467), accusing the companies of infringing a single patent (6,917,304) generally related to wireless data transmission through the provision of wireless access points or routers.

Over the past two months, four NPEs with apparent connections to patent monetization firm IP Edge LLC have collectively filed nearly 50 patent infringement suits against operating companies. This report provides an overview of each of those four NPEs’ campaigns, which canvass a broad spectrum of defendants in multiple market sectors. Active defendants in these campaigns range from networking companies (Allied Telesis, Sophos) to retailers (1-800-Flowers, Staples), from electronics companies (Hisense, TCL) to wireless carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile).

On the heels of dismissal in the last remaining cases that it filed in June 2015, BSG Tech LLC has added five new suits, bringing the number of defendants in its sole litigation campaign to over 50. The new complaints, like the NPE’s previous filings, target the e-commerce websites of defendants 1-800-Flowers.com (Harry and David) (2:16-cv-00531), Autozone.com (2:16-cv-00529), Liberty Interactive (BuySeasons) (2:16-cv-00530), Rakuten (2:16-cv-00532), and Staples (2:16-cv-00533). In state records, BSG Tech has identified as its member Yun Sun Chong, an individual with connections to multiple other Texas NPEs.

March not to be outdone by February, PanTaurus LLC has filed a seventh wave of litigation in its secure data storage campaign, suing Harris Corporation (2:16-cv-00178), Motorola Solutions (2:16-cv-00179), Pitney Bowes (2:16-cv-00180), Pulse Secure (2:16-cv-00181), Vormetric (2:16-cv-00182), and WatchData Technologies (2:16-cv-00183). The complaints in the campaign assert a single patent (6,272,533) generally related to a computer-based data storage system with a manually operable read/write switch for data protection. The NPE’s complaints call attention to claim 29, which recites a “switch operable to selectively enable and disable at least one of said operating modes” without the “manually operative” limitation.

PanTaurus LLC has filed yet another wave of litigation in its secure data storage campaign. As in past complaints, the thirteen new ones assert a single patent (6,272,533) generally related to a computer-based data storage system with a manually operable read/write switch for data protection. The NPE’s complaints call attention to claim 29, which recites a “switch operable to selectively enable and disable at least one of said operating modes” without the “manually operative” limitation.

New NPE Guyzar LLC has filed suit against 20 defendants on the same day, asserting a single patent (5,845,070), which generally relates to using a separate certification server to authenticate a first server without revealing confidential information, against companies using the OAuth protocol to offer the ability to log in using an account from another service. Defendants range from news outlets (LATimes.com, The Washington Post) to entertainment companies (Buzzfeed, ESPN, Television Food Network) to e-commerce platforms (TripAdvsor, Kayak.com). This litigation campaign is the NPE’s first and only one to date, but the ‘070 patent has passed through the hands of some very active players prior to Guyzar’s acquisition: it was previously owned by a company tied to both Monument Patent Holdings LLC and Guy Fielder, founder of PACid Group, LLC and numerous related licensing entities.

In mid-2015, the first of eight new NPEs began asserting former Xerox patents in litigation against operating companies. These NPEs collectively filed over 260 patent infringement cases between May and July 2015 alone, all asserting patents received from Xerox earlier this year.

Loramax LLC launched its first litigation campaign earlier this month, and this second round of filings includes 25 new suits. Many of the defendants are air travel companies, including American Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue, and Virgin America, but the new round of suits also targets other companies, such as eBay, FedEx, Safeway, Target, and Walgreen.

PanTaurus LLC filed thirteen suits asserting a patent related to a secure computer storage device (6,272,533). Adobe, Ancestry.com, AOL, Boeing, Etsy, Rovi, Sling Media, and US Xpress Enterprises are among the named defendants. The complaints accuse the companies’ Hadoop-compatible computer file systems of infringing the patent-in-suit.