Another ETRI Exclusive Licensee Files US Suit

Perceptix Technologies LLC has accused Meta Platforms (8:25-cv-01404) of infringing a single patent generally related to a certain "headset for a user specific audio service" over the provision of various Meta Quest-series virtual reality (VR) headsets. At issue in the new Central District of California complaint is the incorporation of an "information collecting unit", which determines whether the headsets have been put on, as well as features for controlling audio signal output through a settings pane. Perceptix pleads that it is the exclusive licensee of the asserted patent, which is owned by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI).

ETRI is a South Korean research institution. Background for this setup—ETRI as patentholder exclusively licensing an entity that then files suit against others, including, previously, the big three wireless carriers—can be read at "2018 Patent Marketplace Trends: ETRI Continues Its Attempts to Exclusively License