Assignment history

Inventors

• Edward Snow Willis
• David Alan INGLIS
• Hashim Mohammad QADERI
• Scott Hutchens
• Christopher Scott TRAVERS
• Conrad Delbert Seaman

All inventors were employed by BlackBerry Ltd at the time of filing.

Original assignee

BlackBerry Ltd. is the original assignee. BlackBerry Ltd. is a Canadian multinational technology company known for its smartphones and, more recently, for enterprise software and cybersecurity solutions. It is currently an operating company.

Assignment timeline

• 2020-07-07 (executed) / recorded 2020-07-07 — Reel 052063/0187

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: QADERI, Hashim Mohammad, INGLIS, DAVID ALAN, TRAVERS, CHRISTOPHER SCOTT, HUTCHENS, Scott, WILLIS, EDWARD SNOW, SEAMAN, CONRAD DELBERT (all inventors)
  • Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
  • Correspondent: BERRY LAW GROUP PLLC, 3500 WEST OLIVE AVENUE, SUITE 500, BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, 91505. This correspondent does not appear elsewhere in this site's tracked patents.
  • Context: Internal reorg (assignment from inventors to their employer)

• 2023-06-16 (executed) / recorded 2023-06-16 — Reel 060299/0189

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
  • Assignee: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
  • Correspondent: David C. Radulescu, NIXON PEABODY LLP, 7900 XERXES AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 800, BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES, 55431-1159. This correspondent does not appear elsewhere in this site's tracked patents.
  • Context: Transfer to asserter

• 2023-06-19 (executed) / recorded 2023-06-20 — Reel 060343/0748

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
  • Assignee: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
  • Correspondent: David C. Radulescu, NIXON PEABODY LLP, 7900 XERXES AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 800, BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES, 55431-1159. This correspondent also filed the preceding assignment for Malikie Innovations Ltd.
  • Context: Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment (correction/confirmation of prior assignment)

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11119756
    2020 : Assigned to BlackBerry Ltd
    2021 : Issued
    2023 : Assigned to Malikie Innovations Ltd
         : Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — present. The patent was assigned from BlackBerry Limited, an operating company, to Malikie Innovations Limited. While the patent text describes Malikie Innovations Ltd as the "Current Assignee", external sources, specifically Unified Patents, identify Malikie Innovations Limited as a known NPE. The transfer to an entity like Malikie Innovations, which does not appear to have its own product lines, suggests a licensing-focused entity.
2. Known asserter in the chain — present. Malikie Innovations Limited is identified as a known NPE by Unified Patents.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. David C. Radulescu of Nixon Peabody LLP acted as the correspondent for both the 2023-06-16 and 2023-06-19 assignments to Malikie Innovations Limited (Reel 060299/0189 and Reel 060343/0748). This recurrence, specifically for the transfers involving the identified NPE, is a signal.
4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are two assignments from BlackBerry Limited to Malikie Innovations Limited within a short period (June 2023), but these appear to be related to the same transfer (one being a "Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment") rather than multiple distinct transfers through chained LLCs.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. There is a PTAB case IPR2026-00120 filed in 2026 and a US case filed in Texas Eastern District Court in 2025 related to this patent. The assignment to Malikie Innovations Limited occurred in June 2023 (Reel 060299/0189), which is more than six months prior to the 2025 litigation date. However, without knowing the exact date the first infringement suit was filed, it's hard to be definitive.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. BlackBerry Ltd. is an active operating company, not in bankruptcy.
7. Privateering — unclear. While the patent was transferred from an operating company (BlackBerry) to an NPE (Malikie Innovations), there is no explicit information in the provided text or readily available public records (like SEC filings) to confirm that Malikie Innovations is asserting the patent on behalf of BlackBerry against competitors.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain ends with Malikie Innovations Limited, an identified NPE, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence
The transfer of the patent from an operating company (BlackBerry Limited) to Malikie Innovations Limited (Reel 060299/0189), which is publicly recognized as a Non-Practicing Entity, coupled with the repeat correspondent (David C. Radulescu of Nixon Peabody LLP) handling multiple assignments for Malikie Innovations Limited (Reel 060299/0189 and Reel 060343/0748), strongly indicates an NPE pattern.

Verification: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/