This past September saw two single-asset assignments from Korea
University Research and Business Foundation (KURBF) to apparent
IP Edge LLC entities, each of which launched a litigation
campaign at the end of November.
Scanton Technologies, LLC sued Avalanche
Technology (
1:21-cv-01688) and Everspin Technologies (
6:21-cv-01238) over the provision of spin-transfer torque
magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) products, while
Whirlwind Licensing LLC hit Infineon
(Cypress Semiconductor) (
6:21-cv-01236) over the inclusion of certain clock modulation
features within the Cypress Traveo II for Body CYT4BF Series of
automotive microcontrollers.
KURBF, an arm of Korea University, transferred Scanton's
patent (
7,742,333) on September 2, and assigned the second asset (
8,319,537) to Whirlwind one week later. IP Edge recorded both
transactions on November 23. Comprising a family of one, the
'333 patent generally relates to a "magnetic memory
device". It issued in
