Inventor-Linked Plaintiffs, Familiar Monetizers, and Even a University Hit E‑Commerce and Software Sector in Q2

Among the NPEs hitting E-Commerce and Software in Q2 were a variety of inventor-controlled plaintiffs. For instance, BenedorTSE LLC added a new case to an ongoing campaign targeting mobile payment services in late May. Other mobile-centric cases from such plaintiffs included complaints from Aawaaz Inc., targeting mobile devices with integrated AI chatbots and other AI services in its first complaint in late May; IQX Corp., which filed its first two complaints over text message marketing systems in late May and late April; and TaskTime Texas LLC, which brought its inaugural complaint over mobile devices with task management software in late May as well.

Still more inventor-controlled litigants tagging this sector were Datascription LLC, which brought a single complaint in early May over social media services with automatic video transcription. Funded plaintiff Semantic Engines LLC also tagged the use of generative AI models in search processing systems and collaborative editing tools in its first complaint, brought in late April. Furthermore, Snowflake ITM, Inc.launched a campaign over products with identity verification, authentication, and authorization features in mid-April; while X One Inc. flagged online ordering systems in a new set of complaints, also filed in mid-April.

Also hitting this sector in Q2 were two plaintiffs linked to a patent monetization professional who appears to be associated with a growing number of other litigating NPEs: In late April, Authentixx LLC filed a new wave of complaints over certain website authentication technology, while Glimmeration LLC hit providers of platforms for purchasing rare metals in “digital form” in its first set of early April cases. Moreover, Quartz Auto Technologies, LLC, an entity linked to two other individuals behind a growing collection of litigating plaintiffs, targeted ridesharing platforms in a new mid-April suit after a court denied its motion to add the asserted patent to an existing case.

Two patent monetization firms also filed E-Commerce and Software litigation in the second quarter. In late May, NIXU FL IP Protection LLC—a subsidiary of SIM IP—filed its first US case over network appliances with Advanced DNS Protection functionality; the case asserts a patent that “shares priority” with a European patent that NIXU FL IP has asserted before Europe’s Unified Patent Court (UPC). (See the “UPC Update” section below for more on SIM IP, including information on other recent UPC filings by this plaintiff and another SIM IP entity.) Also, Many Worlds 2T Innovations LLC, a plaintiff linked to ASE Monetization, filed a single mid-April complaint over streaming media recommendation functionality.

Moreover, Carnegie Mellon University filed a complaint targeting technologies for determining localized demand for ridesharing and delivery services in a single complaint filed in late May. Academia Sinica, describing itself as a research academy, also brought its first patent case over integrated development environments (IDEs) and code editors in mid-May.

See RPX’s second-quarter review for more on the key trends that shaped patent litigation in Q2 2026.