DataServe Technologies LLC

DataServe Technologies LLC is a Delaware-based entity that holds and monetizes patent assets. Public records indicate a "John Green" has been associated with the company as its "Head of Operations." Due to the common name, it should not be confused with several active IT managed services providers named Data-Serv or DataServ, which are separate operating companies with headquarters in New York, Ohio, and New Jersey. The ownership and founding date of the patent-holding entity DataServe Technologies LLC could not be verified from public sources.

The company appears to be a non-practicing entity (NPE) that generates revenue from patent assertion and sales, rather than from the sale of products or services. In July 2020, DataServe Technologies sold a portfolio of more than 30 patents to another patent assertion entity, K. Mizra LLC. This portfolio originated with the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), a Dutch research organization. This activity is consistent with the business model of an NPE, which involves acquiring patents from third parties for the purpose of monetization.

DataServe Technologies' patent-litigation posture is that of a patent assertion entity. This is supported by its litigation history, which consists of one case filed as a plaintiff and zero cases as a defendant. This pattern is characteristic of an NPE, which asserts patents it owns without having operational activities that would expose it to infringement lawsuits from others.

The company's one tracked case is DataServe Technologies LLC et al. v. General Motors LLC, filed on April 5, 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, a popular venue for patent litigation. The sale of its TNO-originated portfolio to K. Mizra LLC in 2020 suggests its role in the patent market may involve both direct assertion and acting as an intermediary that transfers patent assets to other licensing and assertion entities.