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IV Files Against Tesla in Austin . . . and in Waco
New Patent Litigation
Intellectual Ventures II LLC, a subsidiary of Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV), has added two Western District of Texas cases against Tesla (1:24-cv-00390, 6:24-cv-00188), one in the Austin Division and the other in the Waco Division, to the automotive wing of one of the longest-running litigation campaigns, active since 2011. The same dozen patents are asserted in the two complaints, with infringement allegations targeting the provision of automobiles and related products that support the Autopilot and Connectivity services, as well as the use of Kubernetes within the “Tesla Infrastructure”.
April 20, 2024
Another Batch of Patents Leaves Intellectual Ventures
Patent Market, Patent Watch
Amid a recent bustle of internal Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) assignment activity is one clear divestiture. In early October, two IV entities assigned a combined 145 patent assets to AI-CORE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. The recipient, formed in Texas the prior month, has yet to file suit over its new holdings, but given its connections—to two IV veterans and their growing web of patent plaintiffs—it appears to be just a matter of time.
December 3, 2023
IV Initiates Second New Litigation Campaign of 2023
New Patent Litigation
Intellectual Ventures LLC, through Intellectual Ventures I LLC and Intellectual Ventures II LLC, has filed suit against Comerica (2:23-cv-00524), JP Morgan Chase (2:23-cv-00523), and Liberty Mutual (Comparion Insurance Agency, Ironshore Holdings) (2:23-cv-00525) over the provision of various financial (Comerica and JPMorgan Chase) and insurance (Liberty Mutual) products and services. At issue is the use of Docker, Kafka, Kubernetes, and/or Spark. Six patents are asserted in the case against JP Morgan Chase, four of those in the other two complaints, each of which was filed in the Eastern District of Texas, where Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap presides.
November 30, 2023
IV Hits Ubiquiti in Its Newest Campaign
New Patent Litigation
This past May, Intellectual Ventures I LLC (IV I) launched a new litigation campaign by suing Extreme Networks in the District of Delaware where little happened before the NPE filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on August 8. That same day IV I filed a second Delaware complaint over the same wireless communications patent, accusing Ubiquiti (1:23-cv-00865) of infringement through the provision of products that support IEEE 802.11ac SU Beamforming, including the Ubiquiti WiFi BaseStation XG Wave 2 Access Point.
August 19, 2023
IV Divestiture to Mind Fusion Comes into Sharper Focus
Patent Market, Patent Watch
RecepTrexx LLC has been expanding its litigation over six former Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) patents that the plaintiff received from Mind Fusion LLC in early April. Thus, while it has been clear for some time that at some point earlier this year IV moved a portfolio of patents to Mind Fusion, the size of that divestiture has been a little uncertain. The USPTO recently has made public two assignments from IV affiliates to Mind Fusion, both dated in mid-February, that combined bring the size of the deal into focus.
July 23, 2023
Something Old, Something New, for IV
New Patent Litigation
Intellectual Ventures LLC has added a June case against Volvo (6:23-cv-00429) to one of the longest-running litigation campaigns, active since 2011. That new Western District of Texas complaint follows multiple April suits in the same campaign, filed separately (in that same district) against each of Lenovo (6:23-cv-00307), OnePlus (6:23-cv-00290), TCL (6:23-cv-00309), TP-Link (6:23-cv-00308), and Zebra Technologies (6:23-cv-00292) and a May case that comprises a brand new campaign, hitting Extreme Networks (1:23-cv-00489) in the District of Delaware. There, the suit is among several assigned to Western District of Pennsylvania Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan, sitting in Delaware by designation.
June 15, 2023
IV Campaign Sprawls over Four More Defendants
New Patent Litigation
Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV), as Intellectual Ventures I LLC (IV I) and Intellectual Ventures II LLC (IV II), has sued OnePlus (6:23-cv-00290), TCL (6:23-cv-00293), TP-Link (6:23-cv-00291), and Zebra Technologies (6:23-cv-00292) over the provision of a wide array of devices, ranging from access points to smartphones. The accused features include compliance with the IEEE 802.11ac/ax/n networking standards; the incorporation of Qualcomm processors and LPDDR4, LPDDR4X, and LPDDR5 memory; the incorporation of ARM Cortex-Axx processors; and support for multi-hop wireless networking. Each of the five asserted patents has appeared earlier in this campaign, which has been active since September 2011.
April 23, 2023
Federal Circuit Turns Away a Pair of Additional Petitions Arising from Judge Albright’s Courtroom
Patent Litigation Feature
The Federal Circuit has denied two more petitions for writs of mandamus asking the appellate court to order Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright to transfer cases before him elsewhere for convenience. In late January, the Federal Circuit turned away a similar petition from GM in litigation brought by Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV). Thus, as in the IV-GM suit, it looks like the case between Flypsi, Inc. (d/b/a Flyp) and Alphabet (Google) and the case between ViaSat and Western Digital will play out before Judge Albright, whose growing body of convenience transfer rulings—as now left undisturbed multiple times and as considered alongside that court’s solidifying pattern when it comes to claim construction—suggests a significant reason why the venue fight has become such a pivotal event for many cases landing there.
March 11, 2023
Its Multifront Litigation Against HPE Ending, IV Sues Lenovo
New Patent Litigation
Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV), as Intellectual Ventures II LLC, has sued Lenovo (6:23-cv-00068) over the provision of networking devices (e.g., the BladeCenter, Flex System x, System x, and ThinkSystem-series servers) that include the Lenovo Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) and/or Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) embedded secure management processors, as well as related software. The two asserted patents—in suit against HP Enterprise (HPE) through a June 2022 case, also filed in the Western District of Texas—broadly pertain to remotely managing network devices. District Judge Alan D. Albright has granted a joint motion for a stay in that case, after IV and HPE filed a notice of settlement.
February 3, 2023
IV Case Against GM to Stay in the Western District of Texas
Patent Litigation Feature
The Federal Circuit has denied a petition for a writ of mandamus that had sought an order requiring Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright to transfer a case filed by Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) (as Intellectual Ventures I LLC (IV I) and Intellectual Ventures II LLC (IV II)) against GM to the Eastern District of Michigan. Judge Albright having found, among other things, “that there were GM employees in the Western District of Texas with relevant and material information” and that “the Western District could compel the testimony of potential third-party witnesses, including inventor testimony”, the appellate court ruled that the district court’s findings “provide a plausible basis for the conclusion that GM failed to demonstrate that litigating this case in the transferee forum would be clearly more convenient”. Judge Albright denied GM’s motion to transfer one day before holding a claim construction hearing in the suit, the court handing down the resulting Markman order about a month later but doing something in parallel that it has relatively seldom done: entering a memorandum that explains the reasoning for the court’s constructions.
January 27, 2023