In 2015, seven NPEs controlled by Monument Patent Holdings, LLC filed over 40 patent infringement suits against operating companies—a marked increase compared to just nine cases lodged by two Monument entities (DataTech IP, LLC and Optical Tech IP) in 2014. Monument Patent Holdings was incorporated in Texas in December 2013 and is managed by four Dominion Harbor Group, LLC executives: David Pridham, Dominion’s CEO, formerly of IPNav; Matthew DelGiorno, Dominion’s president, formerly of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Conner Mowles, Dominion’s CFO, formerly of IPNav; and Lee Bradlee Sheafe, Dominion’s Chief IP Officer.

QoS IP, LLC filed a second lawsuit in its sole litigation campaign, this time against Huawei (6:15-cv-00880). As in a complaint filed earlier this month against Alcatel-Lucent (6:15-cv-00860), QoS asserts a single patent (7,385,982) generally related to quality-of-service capabilities within Fibre Channel networks. It accuses Huawei of infringement through the sale of switches that support Fibre Channel over Ethernet.