Spangenberg’s Back to Litigating
December 20, 2025
SIM IP, Erich Spangenberg’s newest operation, has filed its first US suit, subsidiary Friendship IP Protection LLC (f/k/a SIM IP 6 LLC) accusing Meta Platforms (Instagram, WhatsApp) (7:25-cv-00577) of infringing three patents through the provision of online platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads, and WhatsApp), as well as hardware and software products “utilized by Defendants to operate” such online platforms. The plaintiff pleads willfulness through citations during prosecution roughly a decade ago.
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