For years, RPX has reported on the intelligence that can be culled from public records about the approach to patent monetization by the large collection of patent plaintiffs linked to IP Edge LLC. That Texas monetization firm has never filed suit itself but has, through its associated LLCs, been the top filer by volume of NPE litigation, both for several years running and by an order of magnitude. The “Series of Extraordinary Events” currently underway—first before Delaware Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly, but now also the Federal Circuit—appears to have confirmed that body of reporting, based solely on public records, that the founders of IP Edge, through sister entity MAVEXAR LLC, have constructed a business model by which individuals with no prior, cognizable connection to patent monetization take ownership of patents, the assertion of which MAVEXAR manages—all for a small percentage of the proceeds paid back to those individuals.

IP Edge LLC plaintiff Shingletop IP LLC has filed separate suits against Acer (6:21-cv-00861) and Sun Cupid (Nuu) (6:21-cv-00860) over the provision of devices (e.g., laptops, smartphones, and other mobile devices) that incorporate eSIM technology. Acer is further accused of infringement through the alleged use of eSIM technology provided by Gemalto, Thales Group, and Ubigi. Asserted against each defendant are three patents received in a portfolio from UK-based telecommunications company Ghost Telecom that has already spawned two other IP Edge campaigns.

Coretek Licensing LLC, an entity associated with Texas monetization firm IP Edge LLC, has expanded its sole litigation campaign with new suits against Avaya (5:20-cv-01666) in the Northern District of Ohio and Highfive Technologies (1:20-cv-01015), LogMeIn (1:20-cv-01014), and Verizon (BlueJeans Network) (1:20-cv-01016) in the District of Delaware. The four asserted patents, originating with UK-based telecommunications company Ghost Telecom Limited, generally relate to various aspects of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, with infringement allegations targeting VoIP-related features within the defendants’ videoconferencing and communications platforms.

Monetization firm IP Edge LLC finished out June with half a dozen new litigation campaigns, two of which were covered last week—a campaign targeting geographic connections drawn between geographic locations by Lyft’s Driver app, initiated by Boxey Tech LLC (details here), and a battery management campaign, initiated by Syclone IP LLC against Sony (details here). Coretek Licensing LLC, another IP Edge plaintiff, also launched its first litigation, suing HCL Technologies (1:20-cv-04996), Mitel Networks (1:20-cv-00873), Snap (1:20-cv-00874), TeamViewer (1:20-cv-00875), and Zoom (1:20-cv-00876) over the provision of certain VoIP-related features within the defendants’ mobile apps, including HCL SameTime, MiCollab, Snapchat, Blizz, and Zoom, respectively.

Having launched over a dozen new campaigns during the first half of 2020, public records indicate that IP Edge LLC continues to create new Texas NPEs—including at least 20 in the past three months alone. It also appears to have a full pipeline of patents poised for litigation, with USPTO records reflecting a number of patent assignments to various IP Edge affiliates recorded this month. Meanwhile, multiple recent internal transfers among IP Edge NPEs gave rise to new litigation filed this past week.