Litigation

Wapp Tech Limited Partnership v. Apple Inc. et al.

transferred

4:25-cv-00230-ALM

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Court: E.D. Tex. (Sherman)
Filed: 2025-03-06

Patents at issue (5)

8924192 PTAB: discretionary denial

Plaintiffs (1)

π Wapp Tech Limited Partnership

Defendants (5)

Summary

Wapp sued Apple, Capital One entities, and Frost entities; claim construction proceedings occurred in 2026, mediation was suspended, and on July 23, 2026 the court granted Apple's renewed motion to dismiss for improper venue and transferred the case to S.D. Cal. A motion to reconsider was filed August 6, 2026.

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Further reading

Examples of NPE shell companies: how patent trolls structure their entities
The shell company is the patent troll's signature legal artifact. Knowing the structures lets you read the litigation strategy off the corporate filing.
Anatomy of a shakedown: how a patent troll campaign actually works
A patent troll demand letter isn't a lawsuit. It's the output of an industrial process designed to extract money at scale, calibrated to your defense costs, and dependent on you not coordinating with the other 199 targets in the same campaign.
How to read a patent claim chart
The claim chart is where the plaintiff's case actually lives. The complaint is a pitch deck; the chart is the homework — and most patent troll homework doesn't survive a careful read.
Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. (1996)
Claim construction is exclusively the court's job. The Markman hearing is the most consequential single ruling in nearly every patent case — and a defendant's best chance to end the litigation before trial.
IPR estoppel: the trade-off behind the cheapest invalidity tool
File your strongest art, file it well — or don't file at all if your strongest grounds aren't patents and publications. Estoppel is what makes IPR powerful for the system and dangerous for the defendant who underprepares.

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