Venus Locations LLC has filed four new lawsuits in its sole litigation campaign, asserting a single patent (6,442,485) generally related to translating GPS location data into map data against Actsoft (2:16-cv-00983), InTouch GPS (2:16-cv-00984), Omnitracs (2:16-cv-00985), and Teletrac (2:16-cv-00986). As in Venus’s first round of litigation, which targeted various companies including AT&T, LYFT, Microsoft, SOFTBANK (Sprint), T-Mobile, Trimble Navigation, and Verizon, the NPE’s latest complaints accuse the defendants of infringement through the provision of GPS, navigation, and fleet tracking services. In April 2016, Venus Locations took this campaign over from NovelPoint Tracking LLC, an NPE formed in Texas in January 2012 by Gautham (Gau) Bodepudi, Sanjay Pant, and Lillian Woung, the principals of patent monetization firm IP Edge LLC.

RPX reported an assignment, recorded in the first half of July and executed on June 27, of two computer security patents (5,434,562; 6,212,635) from NovelPoint Security LLC, an entity created by the principals of patent monetization firm IP Edge LLC, to Vortex Pathway LLC, a Texas entity created on June 21, 2016. Two months later, Vortex Pathway has now filed eight new complaints, asserting the ‘635 patent against Addonics Technologies (2:16-cv-00961), Chunghwa Telecom (2:16-cv-00956), Fortinet (2:16-cv-00952), Gemalto (2:16-cv-00953), Giesecke & Devrient (2:16-cv-00950), Goldkey (2:16-cv-00957), HID Global (2:16-cv-00954), and Yubico (2:16-cv-00955). Infringement allegations center on the defendants’ FIPS 140-2 standard compliant token security products: Addonics’s Cipher USB Token, Chunghwa’s HiKey PKI Token, Fortinet’s FortiToken 300, Gemalto’s Smart Guardian FIPS Crypto Module, G&D’s StarSign Crypto USB Token, Goldkey’s Security Token, HID’s ActivClient, and Yubico’s YubiKey.

One year to the day after filing its last round of litigation, Long Corner Consumer Electronics LLC (LCCE) filed suit against Blu Products, Datalogic ADC, Double Power Technology, Leapfrog Technology, Motion Computing, MSI Computer, Spectralink, Trimble Navigation, Unitech, and Verizon. LCCE’s campaign asserts a patent related to moving graphical objects displayed on the screen of a device in response to movement of that device (7,808,483). The complaints accuse devices with a touchscreen and an orientation sensor.

Long Corner Consumer Electronics filed 14 new suits agains tablet and mobile device makers including Aluratek, Archos, Best Buy, DPI, HP, Mach Speed, Samsung, Shaghal (eMatic), Sony, Techno Source, Toshiba, Visual Land, Yifang, and ZTE. Each case asserts a single patent related to moving graphical objects displayed on the screen of a device in response to movement of that device (7,808,483). The accused products are devices with touchscreens and orientation sensors. Long Corner Consumer Electronics acquired the patent from the inventor in July 2013 and began filing litigation in November of that year. Since then, the entity has filed 30 suits asserting the ‘483 patent. The majority of cases appear to be open. Long Corner Consumer Electronics appears to be controlled by Sanjay Pant (a former Haynes and Boone attorney), who also has ties to Long Corner Security, Novelpoint Holdings, Novelpoint Learning, Novelpoint Security, and Novelpoint Tracking. 4/15, Eastern District of Texas, 2:14cv00351, 2:14cv00352, 2:14cv00353, 2:14cv00354, 2:14cv00355, 2:14cv00356, 2:14cv00357, 2:14cv00358, 2:14cv00359, 2:14cv00360, 2:14cv00361, 2:14cv00362, 2:14cv00363, 2:14cv00364

Long Corner Consumer Electronics (LCCE), an entity related to Long Corner Security, filed its first litigation right before Thanksgiving with a total of 16 cases. The lawsuits name Acer, ASUS, Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, BlackBerry, Coolpad, FUHU, Fujitsu, HTC, Huawei, Kyocera, LG, Lenovo, Panasonic, and Viewsonic as defendants in the new campaign. The cases all assert a patent related to moving graphical objects displayed on the screen of a device in response to movement of that device (7,808,483). Defendants’ devices that incorporate both a touchscreen and an orientation sensor, namely mobile phones and tablets, are accused of infringing the asserted patent. LCCE acquired the patent-in-suit from an individual inventor. LCCE is controlled by Sanjay Pant, who is also behind Long Corner Security and the various NovelPoint entities. 11/26, Eastern District of Texas, 2:13cv00998, 2:13cv00999, 2:13cv01000, 2:13cv01001, 2:13cv01002, 2:13cv01003, 2:13cv01004, 2:13cv01005, 2:13cv01006, 2:13cv01007, 2:13cv01008, 2:13cv01009, 2:13cv01010, 2:13cv01011, 2:13cv01012, 2:13cv01013