It was a heavy week for patent filings, with 78 new district court complaints and 41 new Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) petitions, all inter partes reviews (IPRs). IP Edge and Leigh Rothschild entities made up the bulk of those district court filings, while on the Board front, a number of long-running campaigns saw patents challenged, including the wide-ranging Express Mobile suits, some Divx [Fortress] challenges, and a number of challenges against the Xerox-owned Palo Alto Research Center.
Verkada Fight Over Home Security Cams Spills into ITC, District Court: A three-way fight between, on one side, Motorola and Avigilon, and on the other, Verkada, a smaller rival in the home security systems market, has come to a head this week, with Motorola and Avigilon filing an International Trade Commission (ITC) complaint and Verkada filing a declaratory judgment action of noninfringement of the asserted patents. Verkada pleads in the latter that the larger competitor Avigilon is effectively trying to shut them out of the market by seeking to exclude their products from the United States via ITC complaint.
IP Edge Sub Targets Assorted Generic Websites: In four new suits in Delaware this week, IP Edge subsidiary Nimitz Technologies LLC, using three patents on relatively generic internet architecture (streaming involving a server and a recipient, more or less) has sued four small (relatively speaking) internet web-only companies—CNET Media, Bleacher Report, Pinterest, and Reddit—for their use of widely adopted streaming services architecture, including HLS (effectively, HTTP live-streaming) and MPEG-DASH (both standardized versions of how to organize streaming media transactions). Bleacher Report, which is owned by AT&T, is likely indemnified, which should make early rounds of challenge interesting. One would assume that, if these companies infringe, nearly any company with a website would as well. The patents are U.S. 7,590,991, 7,227,899, and 7,848,328, and were all acquired by IP Edge from sovereign nation NPE France Brevets.
IP Edge Targets Big Box Hardware Stores: IP Edge entity Optical Licensing LLC has continued to assert their one memory patent, U.S. 6,791,898, this time hauling Home Depot and Lowe’s into court in Waco before Judge Albright.
The only accused product in the Home Depot complaint is an adjustable thermostat (the “Velux Active Indoor Climate Control Starter Kit” with standard memory attached, with a footnote that notes “The Accused Product is just one of the products provided by Defendant, and Plaintiff’s investigation is on-going to additional products to be included as an Accused Product that may be added at a later date.” For their part, Lowe’s is accused of infringing just the “Velux Active Kit,” with the same footnote. The patent has a tortured history, including spending some time parked with a Vector Capital Corporation subsidiary; it relates to memory devices.
Until just this past month, IP Edge had never taken any of their thousands of filed complaints to trial; recently, an ITC investigation for one of their controlled entities made it to the hearing phase, though they still have yet to appear before a jury in any of their filed cases. After these two additional suits, they have now accused 11 defendants in 2021 (none previously), and have settled with the first six.
PTAB (41)
Case Number | Action | Owner | Petitioner | Patent |
IPR2021-01458 | Filed | Palo Alto Research Center Inc. [Xerox] | Twitter, Inc. | 8489599 |
IPR2021-01469 | Filed | Sable Networks, Inc. | Splunk Inc. | 8817790 |
IPR2021-01493 | Filed | Bright Data Ltd. | Netnut Ltd. | 10484510 |
IPR2021-01459 | Filed | Palo Alto Research Center Inc. [Xerox] | Twitter, Inc. | 8489599 |
IPR2021-01474 | Filed | 3Shape A/S | Align Technology, Inc. | 10097815 |
IPR2021-01418 | Filed | DivX, LLC [Fortress IP, Softbank] | Hulu, LLC | 10257443 |
IPR2021-01501 | Filed | Blaze Mobile, Inc. Michelle Fisher |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 10621612 |
IPR2021-01454 | Filed | Sonrai Memory Limited [Magnetar Capital, Atlantic IP] | Google LLC | 6874014 |
IPR2021-01483 | Filed | Onpoint Systems LLC | PAWS | 9848295 |
IPR2021-01491 | Filed | Led Wafer Solutions LLC | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 8952405 |
IPR2021-01498 | Filed | Rotolight Limited | Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG | 10203101 |
IPR2021-01449 | Filed | Atos, LLC | Allstate Insurance Company | 9846174 |
IPR2021-01476 | Filed | DivX, LLC [Fortress IP, Softbank] | Unified Patents, LLC | 10326987 |
IPR2021-01434 | Filed | Palo Alto Research Center Inc. [Xerox] | Facebook, Inc. | 8732584 |
IPR2021-01456 | Filed | Express Mobile, Inc. | Facebook, Inc. | 9471287 |
IPR2021-01446 | Filed | Safe Driving Technologies LLC [IP Holdings LLC, General Patent Corporation] | Ford Motor Company | 9047170 |
IPR2021-01413 | Filed | Memoryweb, LLC | Unified Patents, LLC | 10621228 |
IPR2021-01419 | Filed | DivX, LLC [Softbank Corp, Fortress IP] | Hulu, LLC | 10257443 |
IPR2021-01475 | Filed | 3Shape A/S | Align Technology, Inc. | 10097815 |
IPR2021-01468 | Filed | Neo Wireless LLC [Softbank Corp, Fortress IP, CFIP NCF LLC] | Dell, Inc. Dell Technologies Inc. |
10075941 |
IPR2021-01451 | Filed | Osteomed LLC | Stryker Corporation Wright Medical Technology, Inc. |
9351776 |
IPR2021-01437 | Filed | Pamarope Pty Ltd | Coloplast A/S | 10925715 |
IPR2021-01457 | Filed | Express Mobile, Inc. | Facebook, Inc. | 9928044 |
IPR2021-01378 | Filed | Intellectual Ventures II LLC | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 6816464 |
IPR2021-01496 | Filed | Rotolight Limited | Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG | 10197257 |
IPR2021-01497 | Filed | Rotolight Limited | Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG | 10197258 |
IPR2021-01466 | Filed | Rapidpulse, Inc. | Penumbra, Inc. | 10531883 |
IPR2021-01473 | Filed | 3Shape A/S | Align Technology, Inc. | 10097815 |
IPR2021-01500 | Filed | Blaze Mobile, Inc. Michelle Fisher |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 10339556 |
IPR2021-01471 | Filed | Express Mobile, Inc. | Atlassian Corp. PLCTLASSIAN CORP. PLC Atlassian, Inc. |
9063755 |
IPR2021-01461 | Filed | Palo Alto Research Center Inc. [Xerox] | Facebook, Inc. | 9208439 |
IPR2021-01472 | Filed | Palo Alto Research Center Inc. [Xerox] | Facebook, Inc. | 9137190 |
IPR2021-01453 | Filed | Osteomed LLC | Stryker Corporation Wright Medical Technology, Inc. |
10245085 |
IPR2021-01450 | Filed | Osteomed LLC | Stryker Corporation Wright Medical Technology, Inc. |
8529608 |
IPR2021-01455 | Filed | Express Mobile, Inc. | Facebook, Inc. | 9063755 |
IPR2021-01460 | Filed | Opticurrent, LLC [Longhorn Asset Group, LLC] | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC d/b/a Onsemi | 6958623 |
IPR2021-01499 | Filed | Blaze Mobile, Inc. Michelle Fisher |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 9996849 |
IPR2021-01492 | Filed | Bright Data Ltd. | Netnut Ltd. | 10257319 |
IPR2021-01467 | Filed | Palo Alto Research Center Inc. [Xerox] | Facebook, Inc. | 8606781 |
IPR2021-01482 | Filed | Agis Software Development LLC [AGIS Holdings, LLC] | WhatsApp, Inc. [Facebook] | 9445251 |
IPR2021-01452 | Filed | Osteomed LLC | Stryker Corporation Wright Medical Technology, Inc. |
9763716 |
IPR2021-00598 | Not Instituted – Merits | Fundamental Innovation Systems International LLC [FISI Holdings, LLC] | TCT Mobile US Inc. TCT Mobile US Holdings Inc. Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co. Ltd. TCL Communication, Inc. |
8232766 |
IPR2021-00511 | Not Instituted – Merits | Scorpcast, LLC [d/b/a Haustars] | MG Freesites Ltd. | 8595057 |
IPR2021-00681 | Not Instituted – Merits | Litl LLC [TRI Ventures, LLC] | Lenovo United States Inc. Lenovo US Inc. |
8289688 |
IPR2021-00547 | Not Instituted – Merits | Koninklijke Philips NV | TCL Industries Holdings Co., Ltd | 9590977 |
IPR2021-00571 | Not Instituted – Merits | Correct Transmission, LLC [Orckit-Corrigent, Corrigent Systems] | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 7127523 |
IPR2021-00559 | Not Instituted – Merits | Koninklijke Philips NV | Quectel Wireless Solutions Co. Ltd | 9635599 |
IPR2021-00647 | Instituted | D3d Technologies Inc. | Microsoft Corporation | 8384771 |
IPR2021-00648 | Instituted | D3d Technologies Inc. | Microsoft Corporation | 9349183 |
IPR2020-01612 | Instituted | Katrina Goldsmith Omnitracs, LLC |
Platform Science, Inc. | 6925308 |
IPR2021-00530 | Instituted | Clicktale Ltd Content Square SAS Content Square Israel, Ltd. |
Quantum Metric, Incorporated Decibel Insight, Inc. Decibel Insight, Inc |
9792365 |
IPR2021-00600 | Instituted | Koss Corporation | Apple, Inc | 10298451 |
IPR2020-01735 | Final Written Decision | Invensas Corporation [Xperi Holding Corp.] | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC (d/b/a ON Semicondutor) Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC d/b/a ON Semiconductor NVIDIA Corporation |
6849946 |
IPR2020-00541 | Final Written Decision | Pact XPP Schweiz AG | Intel Corporation | 9075605 |
IPR2020-00594 | Final Written Decision | Laitram, LLC | Ashworth Bros., Inc. | 10189645 |
PGR2020-00028 | Final Written Decision | FMC Corporation | Sygenta Participation AG Syngenta Crop Protection AG |
10294202 |
IPR2020-00603 | Final Written Decision | Invensas Corporation [Xperi Holding Corp.] | NVIDIA Corporation Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC d/b/a ON Semiconductor |
6232231 |
IPR2020-00649 | Final Written Decision | P Tech, LLC | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | 9192395 |
IPR2020-00593 | Final Written Decision | Laitram, LLC | Ashworth Bros., Inc. | 10023388 |
IPR2020-00602 | Final Written Decision | Invensas Corporation [Xperi Holding Corp.] | NVIDIA Corporation Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC d/b/a ON Semiconductor |
6849946 |
IPR2020-01729 | Final Written Decision | Invensas Corporation [Xperi Holding Corp.] | Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC (d/b/a ON Semicondutor) Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC d/b/a ON Semiconductor NVIDIA Corporation |
6232231 |
PGR2020-00031 | Final Written Decision | Hart Intercivic, Inc. | Election Systems & Software, LLC | 10445966 |
District Court (78)
Case Number | Action | Plaintiff | Defendant | Patent |
2:21-cv-00341 | Filed | Jabaa, LLC | Caleres | 7480637 |
6:21-cv-00902 | Filed | Scramoge Technology Ltd. [Magnetar Capital, Atlantic IP] | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Group |
9490652 10199876 10193392 |
2:21-cv-01174 | Filed | Swirlate IP LLC [IP Edge] | Fluke Corporation | 7567662 7154961 7567622 |
1:21-cv-01252 | Filed | Zogenix International Ltd. Zogenix, Inc. |
Apotex Apotex, Inc. |
10603290 10452815 |
0:21-cv-61832 | Filed | Optical Licensing LLC [IP Edge] | 3D Plus U.S.A., Inc. Heico Corporation |
6791898 |
2:21-cv-12023 | Filed | JosNoe Medical, Inc. | Specialty Surgical Instrumentation, Inc. Doing business as Symmetry Surgical, Inc. | 7537563 |
4:21-cv-00683 | Filed | Xerox | Monument Peak Ventures, LLC [Dominion Harbor] | 5923908 7684090 6157436 7006890 6873336 7092966 6215559 6396599 |
6:21-cv-00908 | Filed | Geographic Location Innovations, LLC [Leigh Rothschild] | GPM Investments, LLC | 7917285 |
6:21-cv-00909 | Filed | Bell Northern Research, LLC [Hilco Inc d/b/a Hilco Global] | Dell Technologies Inc. Dell Technologies |
RE48629 7564914 6963129 6858930 8416862 |
6:21-cv-00347 | Filed | George Spencer | Antonio Savarese Greg Carr Tom Selgas Matthew Everett |
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1:21-cv-01260 | Filed | Aedes Technologies, LLC | Home Depot | 9175509 9982371 |
6:21-cv-00911 | Filed | Callstat Solutions LLC [Jeffrey Gross] | BMC Software, Inc. | 6236983 |
6:21-cv-00914 | Filed | Callstat Solutions LLC [Jeffrey Gross] | Motorola Moblity LLC | 6137789 6510148 |
3:21-cv-01556 | Filed | TQ Delta, LLC [Techquity Capital Management, LLC] | Comcast Time Warner Cable Inc. Dish Network Verizon Communications Coxcom LLC and Cox Communications Inc. |
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6:21-cv-00344 | Filed | Pearl IP Licensing LLC [IP Edge] | AAON, Inc. | 6819539 |
3:21-cv-06704 | Filed | Social Positioning Input Systems, LLC [Leigh Rothschild] | Abaqus | 9261365 |
1:21-cv-01242 | Filed | Stormborn Technologies LLC [IP Edge] | BioTelemetry Inc. Koninklijke Philips Electonics N.V. Philips North America LLC |
RE44199 |
1:21-cv-01247 | Filed | Nimitz Technologies LLC [IP Edge] | CNET Media, Inc. | 7590991 7227899 7848328 |
1:21-cv-01251 | Filed | BelAir Electronics, Inc. | caseable INC. | 7194291 10097676 7941195 |
2:21-cv-12015 | Filed | MicroPairing Technologies LLC | FCA US LLC | 8006117 8020028 7793136 7178049 |
3:21-cv-06656 | Filed | Express Mobile, Inc. | eBay Inc. | 6546397 7594168 |
1:21-cv-04906 | Filed | Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems, LLC [Leigh Rothschild] | Nikon Corporation | 8856221 |
2:21-cv-01490 | Filed | Michael Ochoa | Unknown Parties Gerry Patterson Bryan Goff Puritas Beverages LLC |
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2:21-cv-04906 | Filed | Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems, LLC [Leigh Rothschild] | Nikon Corporation | 8856221 |
1:21-cv-01257 | Filed | Solar Paste, LLC | Risen Solar Co., Ltd. Changzhou Fusion New Material Co., Ltd. Risen Energy America, Inc. |
8895843 8497420 8889979 8889980 7767254 |
2:21-cv-00346 | Filed | Safilo | The E3 Company, LLC dba TE3CO, LLC | 9671794 9890609 |
1:21-cv-11446 | Filed | General Electric Co. | SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Inc. Gamesa Electric S.A.U. |
7629705 6921985 |
5:21-cv-06858 | Filed | Verkada, Inc. | Motorola Solutions, Inc. Avigilon Corp. Avigilon Technologies Corp. Avigilon Fortress Corp. Avigilon Patent Holding 1 Corp. |
7868912 8508607 10726312 |
6:21-cv-01465 | Filed | Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Saint-Gobain Cristaux et Detecteurs |
Crystal Photonics, Inc. | 7651632 8034258 |
3:21-cv-06698 | Filed | Rothschild Broadcast Distribution Systems, LLC [Leigh Rothschild] | Ellation, LLC | 8856221 |
1:21-cv-04624 | Filed | Pearl IP Licensing LLC [IP Edge] | Deep Sea Electronics | 6819539 |
1:21-cv-01241 | Filed | Stormborn Technologies LLC [IP Edge] | Horner APG, LLC | RE44199 |
1:21-cv-01245 | Filed | Harmony Licensing LLC [IP Edge] | Sagemcom USA LLC | RE42219 |
1:21-cv-01246 | Filed | Nimitz Technologies LLC [IP Edge] | Bleacher Report, Inc. | 7590991 7227899 7848328 |
1:21-cv-01248 | Filed | Nimitz Technologies LLC [IP Edge] | Pinterest, Inc. | 7590991 7227899 7848328 |
1:21-cv-01249 | Filed | Nimitz Technologies LLC [IP Edge] | Reddit, Inc. | 7590991 7227899 7848328 |
2:21-cv-01172 | Filed | Valyrian IP LLC [IP Edge] | Infratel US Inc | 6970706 |
2:21-cv-16342 | Filed | Display Technologies, LLC [Leigh Rothschild] | Ascensia Diabetes Care US Inc. | 9300723 |
6:21-cv-00906 | Filed | Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. | Amazon.com Services LLC Amazon.com, Inc. |
7554126 |
6:21-cv-00046 | Filed | Social Positioning Input Systems, LLC [Leigh Rothschild] | Track Your Truck, Inc. | 9261365 |
1:21-cv-01256 | Filed | Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Slayback Pharma LLC Apotex Apotex, Inc. |
11103483 |
1:21-cv-03605 | Filed | Green Light Innovations, Inc. | Brit-Tech Manufacturer LLC Ameri Homelink, LLC doing business as MaxLit |
9153150 |
2:21-cv-00345 | Filed | Monument Peak Ventures, LLC [Dominion Harbor, LLC] | Xerox | 7684090 6810149 7006890 6873336 7092966 7092573 |
4:21-cv-00686 | Filed | RFC Lenders of Texas, LLC [IP Investments Group, LLC] | KeHE Distributors LLC dba KeHE Distributors of Texas LLC | 7430471 |
4:21-cv-01015 | Filed | Henry Chu | Universal Air Conditioner Inc. | D557287 D554667 D603876 D532020 |
2:21-cv-00520 | Filed | Menicon America Menicon Singapore Pte |
Optixon | 7850002 8955672 7828137 |
3:21-cv-06858 | Filed | Verkada, Inc. | Motorola Solutions, Inc. Avigilon Corp. Avigilon Fortress Corporation Avigilon Technologies Corporation Avigilon Patent Holding 1 Corporation |
7868912 8508607 10726312 |
6:21-cv-00913 | Filed | Callstat Solutions LLC [Jeffrey Gross] | HTC Corp. | 6137789 6510148 |
2:21-cv-00348 | Filed | Power2B, Inc. | Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd. Samsung Group |
8816994 10664070 7952570 8547364 9946369 |
1:21-cv-01269 | Filed | Astellas Pharma Gilead Sciences |
Aurobindo Pharma, Ltd. | 8106183 9085601 8524883 |
1:21-cv-03682 | Filed | Caselas, LLC [Raymond Anthony Joao] | NCR Payment Solutions LLC NCR Corp. JetPay LLC |
9117230 7661585 9715691 7529698 9117206 |
2:21-cv-00522 | Filed | Digital Verification Systems [Leigh Rothschild] | eFileCabinet | 9054860 |
1:21-cv-01019 | Filed | Gilbert P. Hyatt | Andrew Hirshfeld | |
5:21-cv-06656 | Filed | Express Mobile, Inc. | eBay Inc. | 7594168 6546397 |
0:21-cv-61827 | Filed | Wave Linx LLC [IP Edge] | Onstream Conferencing Corporation | 8843549 |
2:21-cv-01173 | Filed | Swirlate IP LLC [IP Edge] | [Withdrawn] | |
3:21-cv-00313 | Filed | Rimco, Inc. d/b/a Idaho Wrecker Sales | Dual-Tech, Inc. | 8192135 |
6:21-cv-00904 | Filed | Optical Licensing LLC [IP Edge] | Home Depot | 6791898 |
6:21-cv-00905 | Filed | Optical Licensing LLC [IP Edge] | Lowe’s Companies, Inc. | 6791898 |
2:21-cv-12040 | Filed | Aptiv Services US, LLC | Blitzsafe Texas, LLC | 7489786 8155342 |
1:21-cv-01261 | Filed | Aedes Technologies, LLC | Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Lowes Home Centers, LLC |
9175509 9982371 |
3:21-cv-06820 | Filed | Ikorongo Technology LLC Ikorongo Texas, LLC [Concert Technology Corp] |
Lyft, Inc. | RE45543 RE47704 |
1:21-cv-04718 | Filed | Shenzhenshi LechuangTiancheng Keji Youxiangonsi Shenzhen Lanhe Technologies Co., Ltd. |
Shenzhen Jisu Technologies Co., Ltd. | D903086 |
6:21-cv-00915 | Filed | Prova Group, Inc. | Cintas Corp. | 10229384 10839344 9082124 8370225 11042839 |
2:21-cv-00523 | Filed | Social Positioning Input Systems [Leigh Rothschild] | Automile | 9261365 |
1:21-cv-00688 | Filed | Far North Patents, LLC [Richard Delgado, poss. Antonelli, Harrington, & Thompson LLP] | Avaya | 7986770 7085230 7088802 8689105 8068437 |
3:21-cv-01565 | Filed | Vision Works IP Corp. | Polaris, Inc. | 8315769 8682558 |
1:21-cv-04623 | Filed | Social Positioning Input Systems, LLC [Leigh Rothschild] | Jio, Inc. | 9261365 |
1:21-cv-01244 | Filed | Harmony Licensing LLC [IP Edge] | NimbeLink Corp. | RE42219 |
1:21-cv-01250 | Filed | Harmony Licensing LLC [IP Edge] | Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. | RE42219 |
5:21-cv-01684 | Filed | Harmony Licensing LLC [IP Edge] | Ruby Industrial Technologies LLC | RE42219 |
2:21-cv-04285 | Filed | Typhoon IP LLC [IP Edge] | Clarion Corp. | 8108141 7881861 8838370 |
2:21-cv-04286 | Filed | Typhoon IP LLC [IP Edge] | Alpine Electronics of America, Inc. | 8108141 7881861 8838370 |
1:21-cv-04904 | Filed | Display Technologies, LLC [Leigh Rothschild] | Nikon Corporation | 9300723 |
2:21-cv-04904 | Filed | Display Technologies, LLC [Leigh Rothschild] | Nikon Corporation | 9300723 |
6:21-cv-00912 | Filed | Callstat Solutions LLC [Jeffrey Gross] | Hewlett-Packard | 6130761 |
2:21-cv-00347 | Filed | Alexsam, Inc. | American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. | 6000608 |
4:21-cv-06893 | Filed | Social Positioning Input Systems, LLC [Leigh Rothschild] | Loginext Solutions, Inc. | 9261365 |
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4 comments so far.
Josh Malone
September 11, 2021 11:23 pmThe AIA/PTAB is a farce. They are killing off legitimate inventors that compete with entrenched monopolies. Patent trolls are unaffected. We are exposing this. After 10 years enough is enough.
Pro Say
September 10, 2021 10:29 amJosh: Why you ask?
Because . . . such easy innovation execution . . . at . . . the . . . Death Squad.
Josh Malone
September 9, 2021 03:20 pmWho is Michelle Fisher and why is Samsung unwilling to plead their invalidity challenge in a real court?