The first half of 2020 saw prolific NPE IP Edge LLC file over 240 patent infringement suits and also acquire new portfolios from an increasingly wide range of sources, including Empire Technology Development LLC, a subsidiary of Allied Inventors Management, LLC (AIM); Huawei; and a litigating subsidiary of IPValue Management (d/b/a IPValue). While additional patent assignments to IP Edge continue to surface, details of a 2019 transaction involving the Japanese monetization firm IP Bridge, Inc. and patents originating with Panasonic and Seiko Epson have recently become available.

The litigation filed by Celebration IP LLC, targeting chipsets that control the discharge of lithium ion batteries; Forutome IP LLC, devices that feature a programmable tri-state buffer; Fury Technologies LLC, worksite drone platforms; and Swirlate IP LLC, the use of the HARQ protocol, were not the only new campaigns launched by IP Edge LLC last week. Two other plaintiffs associated with the prolific Texas monetization firm also started up litigation, one over devices using pulse width modulation (PWM) signals and the other, over the website use of the OAuth authentication standard. Meanwhile, multiple other signs point to a busy 2020 for IP Edge.