Since April 2015, a group of 11 NPEs managed by Nicolas J. Labbit have collectively filed over 250 patent infringement suits against operating companies. Each of the NPEs detailed in this report were incorporated in Texas in 2015 and launched their first and only litigation campaigns this year. Labbit appears to have formed a solo practice after working as an associate at Stevens Love, a small law firm in Longview, Texas that no longer exists. According to Texas State Bar records, Labbit graduated from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (now Texas A&M University School of Law) in May 2010.

UrgenSync, LLC, a newly formed NPE, kicked off a campaign targeting VoIP-to-911 services. In 33 separate suits, UrgenSync asserts a single patent generally related to VoIP emergency call systems (8,295,802). Thirty-five companies have been hit so far, including 8×8, CenturyLink, Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, Cox Communications, and EarthLink, Jive Software, Juniper Networks, Ooma, RingCentral, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, and Vonage. Defendants’ communication control apparatuses for emergency calls placed using VoIP services are accused of infringement.