Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV), through
subsidiary Intellectual Ventures II LLC (IV II), has sued
Dell (VMware) (6:20-cv-00220) over the provision of various
products related to virtualization and data center network traffic
monitoring and optimization. Five patents of disparate origins are
asserted in the new Western District of Texas complaint, IV having
moved three of them into the plaintiff's possession back in
2018, assigning the other two to IV II earlier in March—along
with five others of similar subject matter but not yet asserted in
litigation. Various VMware products are accused of infringing the
five patents.
Those five patents include a single asset (9,338,217) from a family having one member
asserted in litigation before acquisition by IV; three patents (7,016,963; 9,092,546; 9,686,378) from a 13-member family no member
of which appears to have been previously litigated; and a fifth
patent (6,816,464) comprising a family of one also
making its debut in
