Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC (DHE), an affiliate of patent monetization firm Dominion Harbor Group, LLC (DHG), has formed a new European licensing partnership with Swedish IP brokerage and consulting firm Parallel North IP AB. In a press release issued on May 3, DHE announced that it will work with Parallel North IP to monetize the portfolio of former Kodak imaging patents that DHG subsidiary Monument Peak Ventures, LLC acquired from Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) in February. DHE describes the deal with Parallel North IP as part of a “comprehensive global plan to commercialize” the Kodak portfolio.

RPX took notice, among the USPTO assignment records made available during the first part of April, of the transfer of patents from operating companies including GlobalFoundries, NXP Semiconductors, Panasonic, and Toshiba. Also noted was an assignment of nearly 950 patents from Intellectual Ventures LLC to Monument Patent Holdings, LLC (one of the Top Ten NPEs in 2016, by defendants added and new campaigns filed). While some of April’s transactions involved patents that have already been litigated, most involve assets not yet seen in litigation, suggesting that the launch of several new campaigns is imminent.

Numic Technology, LLC, one of the many NPEs controlled by Daniel F. Perez, has added four new defendants to its wireless camera campaign. The Texas-based NPE has filed suit against BLU Products (2:16-cv-00079), Sonim Technologies (2:16-cv-00080), TCL (TCT Mobile, dba Alcatel OneTouch) (2:16-cv-00081), and ZTE (2:16-cv-00078) for the infringement of eight patents in the Eastern District of Texas. Numic began this litigation campaign, its first and only one to date, with a lawsuit against Nikon (2:15-cv-01046) in June 2015, asserting a single patent (5,969,698) also included in its newest filings. The NPE dismissed its case against Nikon with prejudice in late October 2015, while the other cases remain active and in the early stages. The accused products have included smartphones and tablets.

In the second half of April 2015, RPX saw 13 transfers of patents recorded with the USPTO.

For the first half of February 2015, RPX saw nineteen transfers of patents to NPEs recorded with the USPTO.