GenghisComm Sues Lenovo Group in Marshall on Seven Patents It Ties to the LTE and 5G Standards.

The case

The case is GenghisComm Holdings, LLC v. Lenovo Group Ltd., No. 2:26-cv-00947 (E.D. Tex., Marshall Division), filed October 20, 2026 and assigned to Judge Robert W. Schroeder III. The complaint is signed by Alison Aubry Richards of Global IP Law Group, LLC in Chicago. It describes GenghisComm as a Colorado limited liability company based in Boulder and Lenovo Group Limited as a foreign company headquartered in Hong Kong and the ultimate parent of the Lenovo group, including Motorola Mobility LLC. Venue is pleaded under 28 U.S.C. 1400(b), and the complaint lists retailers in Longview and Marshall, Texas that it says sell the accused devices. GenghisComm demands a jury.

The seven patents

The patents in suit are U.S. Patent No. 11,381,285, titled Transmit pre-coding; U.S. Patent No. 10,200,227, titled Pre-coding in multi-user MIMO; U.S. Patent No. 10,389,568, titled Single carrier frequency division multiple access baseband signal generation; U.S. Patent No. 11,223,508, titled Wireless communications using flexible channel bandwidth; U.S. Patent No. 11,804,882, titled Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access Baseband Signal Generation; U.S. Patent No. 9,768,842, titled Pre-coding in multi-user MIMO; U.S. Patent No. 11,252,005, titled Spreading and precoding in OFDM. The complaint says GenghisComm owns each patent and that its director is the named inventor. It says the '842 patent expired on May 14, 2022, and seeks royalties on that patent for November 4, 2020 through May 14, 2022. For the '285, '227, '568, '508 and '005 patents, it seeks royalties for the six years before filing until each patent expired; for the '882 patent, it alleges that Lenovo continues to sell the accused devices. Google Patents lists an adjusted expiration date of July 8, 2026 for the '882 patent. The exhibit list filed with the complaint identifies the claims charted for each patent: claims 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the '285 patent; claims 11 and 18 of the '227 patent; claims 1, 2, 6, 9, 10 and 11 of the '568 patent; claims 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 of the '508 patent; claims 1, 5, 8 and 9 of the '882 patent; method claims 11 and 13 and apparatus claims 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the '842 patent; and claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the '005 patent.

The complaint also recites USPTO history. It says the Board reversed an examiner in an ex parte reexamination of the '227 patent requested by Unified Patents, followed by a February 26, 2026 reexamination certificate; that the Board denied nine IPR petitions Samsung filed on GenghisComm patents; and that a July 1, 2026 reexamination certificate issued for the '285 patent. It says Samsung-requested reexaminations of the '842 and '005 patents drew final rejections on September 16 and September 30, 2026, of claims 1 to 4, 7 to 9, 11, 17, 18, 22, 24 to 26 and 28 of the '842 patent and claims 13, 18 and 19 of the '005 patent, and that GenghisComm intends to appeal to the Board.

What Lenovo products are accused

The complaint accuses Lenovo and Motorola devices with LTE or 5G connectivity sold or used in the United States since 2020, including Motorola One, Razr, Moto G, Moto E, Motorola Edge and ThinkPhone smartphones; Lenovo Yoga Tab, Idea Tab, Tab and ThinkTab tablets and the Moto Pad; ThinkPad, Chromebook, Yoga and Flex laptops with WWAN connectivity; and the Moto Watch. It alleges the devices comply with 3GPP TS 36.211 version 8.7.0 for LTE and 3GPP TS 38.211 version 15.2.0 for 5G, and lists the sections it says are mandatory. It alleges that neither GenghisComm nor its director had any involvement in setting the 4G/LTE or 5G standards, that standards bodies nonetheless included technology GenghisComm disclosed and claimed, and that GenghisComm and its director have no FRAND obligations, so that no FRAND valuation framework applies to its patents.

The counts and the knowledge allegations

There are seven counts, one per patent, each brought by GenghisComm against Lenovo Group Limited. The complaint pleads direct infringement under 35 U.S.C. 271(a), including, on information and belief, that Lenovo itself performs the steps of the method claims in testing, development and demonstrations, and that end users act under Lenovo's direction and control when the devices perform the claimed methods, and in the alternative induced infringement under section 271(b) and contributory infringement under section 271(c). It says counsel sent separate letters with claim charts to Lenovo and Motorola on November 4, 2020, and that Lenovo has known of at least the '842, '227 and '568 patents since then; that June 29, 2022 letters to Lenovo identified the '508 patent; that a December 21, 2022 letter identified the '005 and '285 patents; and that Lenovo never agreed to a license. It pleads willfulness for every count except the '882 count, where it says infringement after service will be willful.

Relief requested

GenghisComm asks for a judgment of infringement, past and future damages of no less than a reasonable royalty with prejudgment and post-judgment interest, a finding of willfulness with enhanced damages under 35 U.S.C. 284, an exceptional case finding under 35 U.S.C. 285, and fees and costs.