Kajeet, Inc. has again expanded its litigation over parental controls, accusing Trend Micro (6:21-cv-00389) of infringement through the provision of various software products, including the Trend Micro Premium Security Suite, Maximum Security, Internet Security, Mobile Security, and other products that “include Trend Micro’s parental control features”. The new Western District of Texas complaint comes a couple of months after Delaware District Judge Maryellen Noreika agreed with Central District of California Judge John A. Kronstadt that an early Alice challenge to the claims of the asserted patent should be rejected—on a narrow basis.

Kajeet, a company offering “software and hardware solutions promoting safe use of mobile devices by children both at home and in schools and libraries”, has sued Broadcom (NortonLifeLock) (1:20-cv-01339) in the District of Delaware over a single patent generally related to allowing “functions on a communication network” of a device based on the response of a remote “administrator” device. The plaintiff’s infringement allegations target the provision of Norton security software products, including “all versions of the Norton Family, Norton 360 Deluxe, Norton 360 Premium, Norton 360 with LifeLock Select, and Norton 360 with LifeLock Ultimate Plus products as well as all versions of the Norton Family app, Norton Family for Parents app, and Norton Family parental control app”. Claims from other patents in the asserted 32-member family have been invalidated under Alice in earlier cases in Kajeet’s litigation.