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Inventor-Backed Plaintiff Targets Mobile Devices with Multiple Digital Cameras
New Patent Litigation
C47 Technologies LLC has filed what appears to be its first US patent case, suing Samsung (2:24-cv-00372) in the Eastern District of Texas. The inventor-controlled plaintiff accuses Samsung of infringing a single patent generally related to image capturing and processing through the provision of mobile devices with multiple digital cameras “that enable users of the Samsung products to use applications and features including, but not limited to, Samsung’s Dual Capture, Live Focus, Portrait Mode, and Portrait Video features”.
May 18, 2024
Rothschild Plaintiff Hits Google in Wireless Charging Campaign
New Patent Litigation
Following a revival of its sole litigation campaign with a suit against Samsung in February 2024, Electronic Edison Transmission Technologies, LLC—an entity associated with prolific inventor and frequent plaintiff Leigh M. Rothschild—has now sued Alphabet (Google) (2:24-cv-00335) in the Eastern District of Texas. Google is accused of infringing a single patent generally related to wirelessly transferring power from a “donor mobile device” to a “receptor mobile device” through the provision of various Pixel-series smartphones (e.g., the Pixel 5, Pixel 6, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel 8). At issue is the Battery Share feature, which allows for reverse-charging other devices using the Qi wireless charging standard.
May 17, 2024
InfoGation Draws In More Automakers
New Patent Litigation
After suing Aisin, DENSO (DENSO Ten), and Panasonic (Panasonic Automotive Systems), each for the first time, earlier in May, InfoGation Corporation has added separate suits against Mercedes-Benz (Daimler, Mercedes-Benz USA) (2:24-cv-00363), Volkswagen (Porsche) (2:24-cv-00350), and Subaru (2:24-cv-00362) while hitting Honda again, this time through US subsidiary American Honda Motor (2:24-cv-00346). Vehicle navigation systems are the focus of the active cases in this campaign, which started back in 2016.
May 16, 2024
Delaware Jury Awards IPA Technologies $242M in Trial over Former SRI International Patent
Patent Litigation Feature
This past week, IPA Technologies Inc. successfully convinced a Delaware jury that Microsoft has infringed three claims from a single patent generally related to speech-based control over electronic resources through the provision of the Cortana digital assistant. The jury returned a verdict indicating that Microsoft failed to prove those claims anticipated by certain prior art (“the WARREN implementation of the RETSINA system”) and awarding $242M in damages. Meanwhile, district court litigation against Alphabet (Google) remains stayed to await IPA’s appeals from adverse final written decisions handed down in remand PTAB proceedings.
May 12, 2024
Advanced Coding Technologies Hits Google
New Patent Litigation, TPLF
Advanced Coding Technologies LLC (ACT) has added a case against Alphabet (Google) (2:24-cv-00353) to the litigation campaign begun back in April 2022 over a portfolio of patents received from JVCKenwood. The plaintiff describes the three asserted patents—also in suit in the Eastern District of Texas against LG Electronics (LGE) and Samsung—as generally related to “coding and decoding data efficiently”, with infringement allegations highlighting Google Pixel smartphones “that, upon information and belief, encode and/or decode digital video using the AV1 codec using Tensor processors”. According to court documents, ACT is now finalizing a settlement with one of those two prior defendants.
May 12, 2024
Slyde Analytics Steadily Expands Number of Asserted Patents in Smartwatch Campaign
New Patent Litigation, TPLF
Slyde Analytics LLC, a funded Ascend Innovation Management, LLC (AIM) plaintiff, has filed a fourth complaint in its smartwatch campaign, suing Apple (2:24-cv-00331) in the Eastern District of Texas, where litigation is already underway against Samsung (sued in February 2023 over four patents), Zepp Health (sued in April 2023 over seven patents), and Garmin (March 2024, nine patents). Apple is accused of infringing 11 patents through the provision of smartwatches and related products, including smartphones, with an emphasis on features related to athletic performance metric tracking, displays, and power management.
May 10, 2024
IPR and EPR Rulings Imperil Recent East Texas Verdicts in Favor of G+ Communications
In Case You Missed It, TPLF
In mid-April, an Eastern District of Texas jury returned a verdict awarding G+ Communications LLC $142M in a damages retrial against Samsung before Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap: $61M for the infringement of one former ZTE patent and $81M of another. Now, in an inter partes review (IPR) triggered by a petition filed by Samsung based on the disclosure of an LG Electronics (LGE) patent, the PTAB has canceled a set of claims from that second patent that includes claim 20, the one found infringed by the East Texas jury. In parallel, the Patent Office, also last week, in an ex parte reexamination (EPR) found the infringed claims of the second patent to be obvious on multiple grounds, including a single-reference challenge based on an application associated with another LGE patent.
May 6, 2024
Yet Another New Mexico Plaintiff Launches Patent Litigation
New Patent Litigation
New Mexico entity Lab Technology LLC has filed separate Eastern District of Texas cases against Samsung (2:24-cv-00324) and Verizon (2:24-cv-00323). Against Samsung the plaintiff asserts five patents apparently received from TP Lab, Inc., three of which are also in suit against Verizon. One of those three patents asserted against both Samsung and Verizon generally relates to “refreshing” a phone’s display with a location-specific “communication service”. Lab Technology is not the first plaintiff to accuse Samsung of infringing that patent, here targeting provision of the Galaxy Watch6 where the prior lawsuit, dismissed with prejudice in January 2019, focused on Samsung smartphones.
May 3, 2024
Second Wave Filed in Wireless Communications Campaign
New Patent Litigation
Telsync Technologies LLC has sued Accenture (2:24-cv-00294), AT&T (2:24-cv-00295), Ericsson (2:24-cv-00297), Samsung (2:24-cv-00298), and ZTE (2:24-cv-00299) in separate Eastern District of Texas complaints as well as Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile) (6:24-cv-00227) in the Western District of Texas. Asserting a single patent generally related to establishing communications between multiple devices over a physical distance, Telsync targets the provision of products that are compliant with 5G networking, including certain 5G networking solutions (Accenture, Ericsson, and Samsung) and 5G telecommunications networks (AT&T and T-Mobile).
May 3, 2024
SiOnyx Sues Samsung over Smartphone Image Sensors
New Patent Litigation
SiOnyx, LLC, a provider of night vision cameras and low light image sensors and modules, has filed complaints against Samsung in the Eastern District of Texas (2:24-cv-00291) and before the International Trade Commission (ITC) (337-TA-3744). Samsung is alleged to infringe six patents through the provision of certain smartphones, including the Galaxy S23 Ultra and Galaxy Z Flip5, that include Samsung ISOCELL image sensors, targeting features for isolating pixels that allegedly incorporate light-trapping materials.
May 3, 2024