In the first quarter of 2016, RPX received five patent transfers in connection with deals completed during the quarter.

Micro Design LLC has added Cisco (1:15-cv-00821) and Panasonic (1:15-cv-00817) to its campaign targeting processor chips. In two separate suits, the NPE accuses the companies of manufacturing chips that allegedly infringe a single patent concerning communication between a microprocessor and a coprocessor (7,437,535). Since initiating this campaign in June 2014, Micro Design has asserted the ‘535 patent against 22 companies including Amazon, Apple, Best Buy, Google, HP, HTC, LG Electronics, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony. These 12 defendants are currently active in the campaign (Micro Design’s sole litigation campaign to date).

Micro Design LLC filed a dozen new suits at the end of August, after closing its remaining open cases earlier in the month. The new filings assert the same patent from the prior cases (7,437,535) against defendants Amazon, Apple, Best Buy, Google, HP, HTC, LGE, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony. The patent-in-suit concerns communication between a microprocessor and a memory co-processor. Microprocessors made by the defendants or incorporated into their devices are accused of infringement.

Newly formed Micro Design LLC sued seven companies for alleged infringement of a patent related to communication of commands between a microprocessor and a memory co-processor (7,437,535). Micro Design contends that Acer, ASUS, Cray, Dell, Fujitsu, Lenovo, and NEC are making, using, and selling products that contain microprocessor/co-processor configurations covered by the claims of the patent-in-suit.