Asserter profile

Sony Corporation

operating company0 patents now2 ever0 cases filed during tenure4 connections

Also seen as: SONY CORPORATION · SONY GROUP CORPORATION

PTAB exposure

1of this entity’s patents have been challenged at PTAB (1 total proceeding). 1 currently have active proceedings.

Two-hop network

Edges marked ⚖️ overlap with at least one infringement suit filed during the receiving entity’s tenure with the patent. Bold-bordered = this entity. Red = NPE; orange = shell LLC; green = defensive aggregator; blue = operating company.

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    Nsony["Sony Corporation"]
    Nakimasa_oyama_hidekazu_watanabe_masahiro_asai_kazunori_ozawa["Akimasa Oyama, Hidekazu Watanabe, Masah…"]
    Nsca_ipla["SCA IPLA Holdings Inc."]
    Nuchimura_kouichi_takahashi_ryohei["UCHIMURA, KOUICHI; TAKAHASHI, RYOHEI"]
    Ninterdigital_vc["INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC."]
    Nmobilemedia_ideas["Mobilemedia Ideas LLC"]
    Nthomson_licensing["THOMSON LICENSING"]
    Nakimasa_oyama_hidekazu_watanabe_masahiro_asai_kazunori_ozawa -->|"1997 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 6108329"| Nsony
    Nsony -->|"2010 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 6108329"| Nsca_ipla
    Nuchimura_kouichi_takahashi_ryohei -->|"2017 · Assignment · 10741211"| Nsony
    Nsony -->|"2025 · Assignment · 10741211"| Ninterdigital_vc
    Nsca_ipla -->|"2010 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 6108329"| Nmobilemedia_ideas
    Nthomson_licensing -->|"2020 · Assignment · 12143606"| Ninterdigital_vc
    Nthomson_licensing -->|"2025 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 11936876"| Ninterdigital_vc
    classDef focal fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#92400e,stroke-width:3px,color:#1c1917
    classDef npe fill:#fee2e2,stroke:#be123c,stroke-width:2px,color:#1c1917
    classDef shell fill:#fed7aa,stroke:#9a3412,stroke-width:2px,color:#1c1917
    classDef defensive fill:#dcfce7,stroke:#15803d,stroke-width:2px,color:#1c1917
    classDef operating fill:#e0f2fe,stroke:#075985,stroke-width:1px,color:#1c1917
    class Nsony focal
    class Nsca_ipla shell
    class Ninterdigital_vc npe
    class Nmobilemedia_ideas npe
    class Nthomson_licensing operating

Patents previously held (2)

Connected entities (4)

Correspondent attorneys (2)

Attorneys / firms recorded with USPTO when this entity received a patent. Recurrence is the signal — many firms do both NPE and operating-company patent work, so a single appearance doesn’t mean much.