IPCom Gmbh & Co KG has opened up a new litigation campaign in the US, filing suit against AT&T (multiple subsidiaries, including AT&T Mobility) (2:20-cv-00321), Deutsche Telekom (including Sprint) (2:20-cv-00322), and Verizon (including Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless) (2:20-cv-00323) in the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiff targets the defendants’ alleged use of certain devices, features, and services in their various wireless telecommunication networks, IPCom pleading details concerning relationships with third-parties Ericsson and Nokia (Alcatel), which allegedly supply telecommunications equipment, and Mavenir, which allegedly provides such equipment, as well as messaging services. IPCom’s new complaints assert up to six patents, received from Robert Bosch and apparently subject to separate security agreements with Fortress Investment Group LLC (in 2008) and Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (in 2013).

RPX took notice, among the USPTO assignment records made available during the second half of August, of transfers to several frequent plaintiffs in litigation, including affiliates of Leigh M. Rothschild, IP Edge LLC, and Monument Patent Holdings, LLC.

RPX took notice, among the USPTO assignment records made available during the first half of July, of a patent transfer involving over 160 assets to Fortress Investment Group LLC. Other assignees of note included IP Edge LLC, the most prolific patent plaintiff in 2017 thus far, and Rondevoo Technologies, Inc., which appears to be on the precipice of launching its first litigation campaign.

Recent European litigation activity has included several developments in German cases brought by subsidiaries of American NPEs, with a stay entered in two lawsuits brought by ParkerVision, Inc. and the affirmance of an injunction for Xperi Corporation. Meanwhile, plaintiffs originating in Europe have varied widely in size, financial resources, and level of activity, with one of Europe’s most persistent litigants (IPCom GmbH & Co KG) backed by financing from the US-based Fortress Investment Group LLC.

November 25, 2011- Reuters reports IPCom, a German NPE that acquired a portfolio of mobile communications related patents from Bosch, intends to enforce a 2009 injunction barring HTC from selling mobile devices in Germany after HTC reportedly dropped its appeal in the case.