Alphabet (Google) (3:23-cv-03624) has filed an action in the Northern District of California against AGIS Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries Advanced Ground Information Systems, Inc. (AGIS) and AGIS Software Development LLC (ASD), seeking declaratory judgments of invalidity, noninfringement, and unenforceability of a single patent generally related to a “forced message alert software application program” which requires participants to respond after receiving an alert. Google alleges that AGIS Holdings—through its two controlled plaintiffs—has asserted the patent against its Find My Device application in multiple cases, two against Google itself as well as several against others (e.g., HTC, Huawei, LG Electronics (LGE), and ZTE).

AGIS Holdings Inc. subsidiary AGIS Software Development LLC (ASD) has filed a third complaint against Alphabet (Google) (6:23-cv-00160) in the campaign that AGIS Holdings—through two controlled plaintiffs—has been litigating since May 2014, this time in the Western District of Texas. The asserted patent generally relates to a “forced message alert software application program” that requires participants to respond after receiving an alert, with Google accused of infringement over the support for location tracking and lost/stolen device management services in its various hardware and software products.

AGIS Software Development LLC (ASD) and Advanced Ground Information Systems, Inc. (AGIS), subsidiaries of AGIS Holdings Inc., have filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC), naming as proposed respondents Alphabet (Google), ASUSTek, BLU Products, Caterpillar, HMD Global, Kyocera, Lenovo (Motorola Mobility), OnePlus Technology, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, TCL, and Xiaomi (337-TA-3655). The ITC complaint targets with five patents the provision of “certain location-sharing systems, related software, components thereof, and products containing same”, including “mobile devices containing location-sharing software, mobile phones and tablets containing location-sharing software, notebook and laptop computers containing location-sharing software, and associated components thereof”. Parallel district court cases followed the ITC filing by a couple of days, one against each of these proposed respondents, the set rounded out by suits previously filed and well underway against Google and Samsung.  

AGIS Software Development LLC (ASD), a subsidiary of AGIS Holdings Inc., has sued Verizon (2:22-cv-00185) in the Eastern District of Texas over four patents generally related to messaging and location sharing on cellular communication systems. The defendant is accused of infringement through the provision of a wide array of products and services, ranging from location tracking services to first responder solutions. At issue are features for forming or joining networks and groups, including groups of users’ own devices for remote tracking and monitoring; location sharing and related mapping features; sending text, voice, and multimedia communications; and making voice calls. Since launching its sole litigation campaign in May 2014, AGIS Holdings, through its controlled entities, has sued more than ten defendants over the provision of location sharing, mobile communications, and device tracking features in various hardware and software products.

In conjunction with a motion to dismiss its January 2021 district court case for improper venue, Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp (3:21-cv-03076) has filed a Northern District of California complaint against AGIS Holdings Inc. subsidiary AGIS Software Development LLC (ASD), seeking declaratory judgments of noninfringement for six cellular communications patents through its provision of the WhatsApp Messenger platform. Since launching its sole litigation campaign in May 2014, AGIS Holdings, through its controlled entities, has sued more than ten defendants over various hardware and software products, with features such as location sharing, mobile communications, and lost device tracking at issue.

Throughout May 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) saw activity in multiple long-running campaigns, including challenges brought against patents and plaintiffs with colorful and tangled litigation histories. The Board saw petitions for AIA review brought in May against Publishing Technologies LLC, an NPE controlled by patent attorney and frequent litigant Bradley D. Liddle; in the mobile devices campaign waged by AGIS Software Development LLC; and in the networking campaign brought by XR Communications, LLC. Also in May, the Board instituted trial for inter partes reviews (IPRs) against Iridescent Networks, Inc. and Oyster Optics, LLC. Final decisions issued in May include three against prolific plaintiff Realtime Data LLC, which saw claims cancelled from one of its data compression patents while another two survived unscathed, as well as final decisions cancelling claims from patents held by General Patent Corporation and VirnetX Holding Corporation.

AGIS Software Development LLC has started a new litigation campaign, accusing Apple (2:17-cv-00516), HTC (2:17-cv-00514), Huawei (2:17-cv-00513), LG Electronics (2:17-cv-00515), and ZTE (2:17-cv-00517) of infringing four messaging patents (8,213,970; 9,408,055; 9,445,251; 9,467,838) through the provision of mobile devices, apps, and services that allow users to locate one another, track devices, and exchange text and multimedia communications. The plaintiff is related to Advanced Ground Information Systems, Inc. (AGIS), which previously asserted a different set of patents from the same family in an unsuccessful 2014 suit against Life360 (9:14-cv-80651) that ended in a verdict of non-infringement and a subsequent attorney fee award against the plaintiff. The trial followed nearly a year of acrimonious litigation, with Life360’s CEO sending a profanity-laced response to an AGIS demand letter and waging a subsequent PR campaign against the entity’s “troll-like behavior”.