News & Updates on Retail Patent Litigation
NPEs and patent holders continued targeting major retailers in January. Frequent filers included Patent Armory, Wolverine Barcode IP, Content Aware, Intellectual Ventures, VDPP, and Cedar Lane Technologies. Retailers across the spectrum—from big-box to specialty—found themselves named as defendants in infringement actions.
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The holiday season brought a flurry of patent litigation activity targeting retailers, with particular focus on e-commerce platforms, payment systems, and retail technology. Frequent filers included Alpha Modus, Near Field Electronics, VDPP LLC, and Cedar Lane Technologies, along with continued activity from various NPEs targeting retail operations and technology implementations.
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NPEs were very active in September with numerous cases filed against retailers. Notable plaintiffs included Alpha Modus, Headwater Research, Cedar Lane Technologies, VDPP, and Random Chat.
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June continued a busy early summer for NPEs. Notable filers included Adaptive Avenue Associates, Authentixx, Big Will Enterprises, Cedar Lane Technologies, Context Directions, Happy Products, Local Interest, Linfo IP, Near Field Electronics, Nostromo, Patent Armory, Random Chat, S3G Technology, and Wolverine Barcode IP.
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April showers bring May flowers and, at least this year, patent litigation against retailers, with NPEs targeting everything from e-commerce platforms to specialty retailers. Notable filers included AML IP, BrowserKey, Cedar Lane Technologies, DataCloud Technologies, Dynamic Data Innovations, Linfo IP, Malikie Innovations, Mearby Systems, Random Chat, S3G Technology, Torus Ventures, Virtual Creative Artists, WebSock Global…
After a busy Q1, NPEs slowed considerably in April. Frequent filers included Adaptive Avenue Associates, Aloft Media, AML IP, Cedar Lane Technologies, OrderMagic, Patent Armory, S3G Technology, and VDPP.
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NPEs entered 2025 continuing their Q4 wave of filings with many entities filing actions for each of the last three months. Frequent filers included AML IP, Cedar Lane Technologies, Consolidated Transaction Processing, Context Direction, DataCloud Technologies, EasyWeb Innovations, K.Mizra, Linfo IP, Nearby Systems, Patent Armory, QR Switch, Quantion, Random Chat, Secure Matrix, Valtrus Innovations, and…
NPE activity was very light in February.* Frequent filers included AuthWallet, Cedar Lane Technologies, and Dynapass IP Holdings.
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The NPEs came back from their holidays with increased filings.* Frequent filers included AML IP, Cedar Lane Technologies, Communication Interface Technologies, Innovaport, Lockport, IP, Recog IP, Ridgeview IP, S3G Technology, and Sockeye Licensing.
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NPE activity was above the norm for year-end.* Frequent filers included Ameranth, AML, Cedar Lane Technologies, Consolidated Transaction Processing, Linfo IP, Locket IP, Nimitz Technologies, R2 Solutions, Recog IP, and Sunflower Licensing.
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