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20 cases as plaintiff.
Key Patent Innovations Ltd.
Key Patent Innovations Ltd. is a privately held Irish intellectual property monetization company founded in 2020 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company describes itself as specializing in identifying and unlocking value from patent portfolios. Publicly available information indicates the company has around 15 employees, though financial details like revenue are not disclosed.
As a non-practicing entity (NPE), Key Patent Innovations does not manufacture products or provide technology services. Its business operations focus exclusively on acquiring large patent portfolios from technology companies and monetizing them through licensing and litigation. The company manages several major portfolios through its subsidiaries, including patents related to data center technology acquired from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (managed by its subsidiary Valtrus Innovations Ltd.), OLED display technology from OSRAM (managed by Pictiva Displays International), and a significant portfolio of approximately 32,000 patents related to mobile devices, messaging, and wireless networking acquired from BlackBerry for up to $900 million in 2023 (managed by its subsidiary Malikie Innovations Ltd.).
Key Patent Innovations is an active patent litigant, primarily acting as a plaintiff. The provided case list shows an even split between plaintiff and defendant cases; however, the defendant cases are declaratory judgment actions filed by companies seeking to invalidate the patents being asserted against them, a common tactic used by accused infringers. The firm and its subsidiaries frequently file infringement suits in patent-holder-friendly jurisdictions like the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
The company's litigation activities often involve its subsidiaries as co-plaintiffs. The provided case data shows Valtrus Innovations litigating alongside Key Patent Innovations. In one notable tracked case, Starbucks Corporation v. Valtrus Innovations Ltd. et al., Starbucks is seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement and has invoked Washington state's "Patent Troll Prevention Act" in response to licensing demands from Valtrus. The acquisition of the extensive BlackBerry portfolio in 2023 signaled a major expansion of the firm's monetization campaigns against technology operating companies.
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Valtrus and KPI sued Lumen, asserting U.S. Patent 6,718,277 and other patents referred to as '287 and '682. The case transferred to E.D. Tex. under MDL No. 3190 by order entered Aug. 7, 2026. Lumen had moved to sever/stay claims regarding Vertiv-accused products.
Malikie Innovations Ltd. and Key Patent Innovations Ltd. sued Foundry Digital LLC and related Bitcoin mining defendants. The case targets their Bitcoin mining operations, including participation in the Foundry USA Pool; defendants filed transfer motions, the parties engaged in claim construction, and Riot Platforms filed counterclaims seeking declaratory judgment of non-infringement of the '827 patent.
Patent infringement suit brought by Malikie Innovations and Key Patent Innovations against Core Scientific, with CoreWeave later added. The '039 patent was added by amendment; the case remains pending with claim-construction and dismissal motion activity.
Malikie and Key Patent Innovations sued MARA Holdings over six patents, including 8,532,286, targeting Bitcoin protocol implementations, ASIC-based mining rigs, mining computers, nodes, mining software, and digital wallets. The court denied MARA's motion to dismiss and entered a claim construction order, then the case was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice without a merits ruling.
Patent infringement suit filed by Valtrus and Key Patent Innovations against FedEx. The case is currently active and is the lead case for pretrial consolidation with the NetApp litigation.
Patent infringement suit filed by Valtrus and Key Patent Innovations against NetApp. The case is active and has been consolidated for all pretrial issues with the lead case against FedEx.
This lawsuit alleges NetApp, Inc. infringes US patent 7120832, relating to monitoring storage device performance. The case was consolidated for pretrial issues with a lead case, and NetApp filed a motion for sanctions.
This case, designated as the lead for consolidated pretrial issues, alleges FedEx Corporation and FedEx Office and Print Services, Inc. infringed US patent 7120832 by making, using, selling, offering to sell, and/or importing products embodying the patented storage device performance monitoring technology.
Valtrus action against Equinix listed as related/active; narrative says '179 may be among the patents at issue but does not confirm live assertion. Markman set Mar. 10, 2026 and jury selection Sept. 14, 2026.
Valtrus asserted a portfolio including US 6,862,179 against TierPoint. The member case was dismissed without prejudice by joint motion; lead case 2:24-cv-00777 remained open.
Valtrus Innovations Ltd. and Key Patent Innovations Ltd. sued Digital Realty Trust entities in E.D. Tex., with US 7,031,870 part of the campaign portfolio. The case was dismissed with prejudice by joint motion on Jan. 22/23, 2025.
Valtrus Innovations Ltd. and Key Patent Innovations Ltd. sued CyrusOne, LLC in E.D. Tex., with US 7,031,870 at issue. The case was dismissed with prejudice by joint motion on Nov. 22, 2024.
Valtrus Innovations Ltd. (later with Key Patent Innovations Ltd.) asserted US 7,031,870 as part of a seven-patent portfolio against NTT Data Services, LLC and others. This is the lead consolidated case; the '870 patent is listed among the asserted patents in the P.R. 4-3 joint claim construction statement, with Markman held Oct. 14, 2025 and trial calendared for April 2026. Vertiv intervened.
Valtrus and KPI sued TierPoint. The case was dismissed without prejudice on joint motion granted by Judge Gilstrap, with no finding on infringement or validity.
Maintained as open lead case after TierPoint's dismissal; DataBank answer and consolidation order are on file.
Pending in MDL No. 3190; NTT America, Inc. identified as corporate parent. Accused facilities include Itasca, IL CH1/CH2/CH3. The '277 patent assertion was confirmed.
Pending in MDL No. 3190.
Conditional Transfer Order (CTO 2) filed in MDL No. 3190; transferred Sept. 9, 2026. Caption includes additional unnamed Cogent entities as 'et al.'
Transferred to E.D. Tex. on Aug. 27, 2026 as part of MDL No. 3190.
Lead case in the TierPoint/DataBank pair; narrative says it is part of the same asserted portfolio and was maintained open after the TierPoint member case closed, but the DataBank-specific '179 claim status is not confirmed.