IP Edge Opens Up New Smart Home Security Campaign In Delaware

Backertop Licensing LLC, a plaintiff apparently associated with Texas monetization firm IP Edge LLC, has filed its first litigation, suing Assa Abloy (August Home) ( 1:22-cv-00573), Hampton Products ( 1:22-cv-00574), Smartfrog (Canary Connect) ( 1:22-cv-00572), and Wyze Labs ( 1:22-cv-00570) over the provision of certain smart home security products (e.g., cameras and locks) and related software products. At issue are features including auto-lock and unlock and home/away modes. A single former IBM patent, acquired from another NPE, is at issue in these new complaints, which, while filed in the District of Delaware, have yet to be assigned a judge.

Backertop's asserted patent (9,332,385; 9,654,617; 10,477,011; 10,728,382) broadly concern disabling an application based on the proximity of a mobile device. They belong to a five-member family with grant dates ranging from May 2016 through July 2020 and an estimated priority date back in February 2015. Original