Texas LFP Targets Bluetooth Support In Most Recent Suit

Texas Instruments (TI) (2:21-cv-00221) has been sued through a new Eastern District of Texas complaint, the defendant accused of infringing a single patent broadly pertaining to a radio-frequency (RF) module assembly. The plaintiff, Texas LFP, LLC, targets TI over the provision of its SimpleLink-series of devices, including the CC2650MODA wireless module—in particular, the incorporation of certain RF modules that support the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.1 specification.

Texas LFP was formed in Texas on July 19, 2011 with Kevin LaDue as its sole managing member. More recent Texas records, starting in 2019, indicate that Milton J. LaDue (of uncertain relation, if any, to Kevin), LaDue Children's 2008 TR C, and LaDue Children's 2008 TR JA (presumably trusts formed for certain individuals, perhaps Kevin's children) as its managing members. In its complaint, Texas LFP characterizes itself as a "family-owned entity that wholly owns and operates Rochester Gauges, Inc.", a