In the first half of June 2016, RPX saw six patent transfers to NPEs recorded with the USPTO. At least one of those transactions involved a patent that has already been asserted in litigation.

A recently formed NPE, Stonemark Technologies LLC, has asserted multiple computerized imagery and remote printing patents against Office Depot (2:16-cv-00191) in the Eastern District of Texas. Office Depot’s web-based print center, which allows customers to print customized images on promotional products, is the service accused of infringing four patents (7,050,654; 7,236,647; 7,315,659; 7,835,591). On the same day, Teespring, a company that provides custom-printed clothing, filed an action (3:16-cv-01116) in the Northern District of California, seeking declaratory judgments of non-infringement of the same four patents, as well as of a fifth, related patent (7,302,114).

In the second half of December 2015, RPX saw three patent transfers to NPEs recorded with the USPTO—a slight decline compared to the first half of the month.