New and Existing Financial Services NPE Campaigns Dominate a Down Week; Alternative Investment Hedge Fund Sues Chinese Companies in Own Name; Intel and Samsung Clash on Semiconductors

Patent filings in district courts and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) continue to decline slightly compared to last year’s highs, with 17 new PTAB cases and 38 new district court filings. The newly filed lawsuits consist primarily of several apparently funded lawsuits. For example, a Fortress entity sued Amazon, and an Internet-existent Taiwanese entity sued Apple and Samsung for wireless charging patents. Dynapass filings, and other banking campaigns gain momentum. The Board has mostly reclaimed around his Robocast and Daedalus Prime in existing campaigns, detailed below. Ericsson continued to challenge Phillips’ patents. There is also his funder, Element Capital, which has been hit by an inter partes review (IPR) after filing lawsuits in its own name against Chinese subsidiaries of other companies, including Motorola, through its Singapore subsidiary. I have received

Meta Faces Music: The patent infringement lawsuit filed by transceiver maker Voxer against Meta was finally settled after an appeal presided over by the Austin Court, Judge Yeakel, following an unsuccessful appeal by Meta. The final judgment he received was reported at $174.5 million, and the trial and complaint detail a lengthy series of meetings and negotiations between the parties prior to the dispute.

‘Alternative Investments’ Hedge Fund Sues Chinese Subscribers Through Singapore Entity: Although the lawsuit itself is not new, Motorola’s Chinese subsidiary and BOE Technology Group have filed an IPR against a patent asserted in US court over a US patent. Litigation investment firms rarely file lawsuits in their own name, but Element Capital, which appears to be based in New York but does litigate through its Singapore subsidiary, has taken Tecumseh and riskier bets. other smaller players. The three patents involved relate to screen displays (more precisely, “electro-optical devices comprising an active matrix substrate mounted in a display”). The IPR filed this week is IPR2023-00605 against US Patent 7,259,736.

Intel-derived portfolio and Samsung clash over semiconductors: The Daedalus Prime entity, led by Ed Gomez, received another IPR against semiconductor patents (derived from Intel) asserted in the International Trade Commission (ITC) and District Court. The battle looks like a proxy war between a long-established American chip maker and a South Korean giant that has been building its own chip business for years. IPR is 2023-00536, US Patent 10,700,178

In other news, Lego was embroiled in three patent lawsuits for Equitable IP’s Communication Interface Technologies. Adnexus Incorporated has filed a unitary patent action against Ebay, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Google over its targeted online advertising patent (US 8,719,101).