MyPort Technologies, Inc. has filed a District of Delaware complaint against Apple (1:24-cv-01337), asserting four of the six patents that it received from associated entity and former plaintiff MyPort IP, Inc. MyPort Technologies accuses Apple of infringement through the provision of smartphones and tablets, targeting a wide array of features, ranging from storing recorded audio and images to iMessage security tools. The plaintiff is one of six entities to grant a security interest in patents held in early October 2024 to the same Delaware LLC bearing a name suggestive of the involvement of third-party litigation funding (TPLF).

In early October, five entities recorded a security interest in the patents each respectively holds, naming as the secured party the same Delaware LLC, with a name suggestive of the involvement of third-party litigation funding. Two of the entities launched litigation later in October, one of them already had active litigation underway, the sole case of a fourth closed back in 2012, and the fifth one does not appear ever to have litigated a patent—yet.