Stingray(Texas based NPE) filed 2 patent infringement law suit against Samsung electronics, with eastern district court of Texas on 29th Jan, 2021. Firm claimed that 8 of their IOT related US patents were violated by Samsung. Patent in question are related to multi channel mobile ad hoc network. In the law suit, Stingray pointed finger to Samsung Electronic’s IOT repeater SmartThings Hub, SmartThings Monitoring Kit, SmartThings water leak sensor & SmartThings Motion sensor, all of which were sold in the United States.

All 8 patents mentioned in the petition had been held by local telecommunication company Harris since the early 2000, but were transferred to Stingray on 23 June, 2020 in USPTO.

Patent in question are :

US7082117, US7224678, US7440572, US7616961 Click

US6958986, US6961310, US6980537, US7027426  click

All eight patents mentioned in the petition had been held by local telecommunications company Harris since the early 2000s but were transferred to Stingray IP Solutions on June 23 in 2020, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.