Asserter profile

Sony Corporation

operating company11 patents now15 ever0 cases filed during tenure18 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."]
    Ntoshihiko_kawai_keisuke_ohmori_mitsuru_tanabe["Toshihiko Kawai; Keisuke Ohmori; Mitsur…"]
    Ntakatoshi_nakamura_yoichiro_sako_toshiro_terauchi_masamichi_["Takatoshi Nakamura; Yoichiro Sako; Tosh…"]
    Nkimishima_masato["KIMISHIMA, MASATO"]
    Nyoshiyuki_nakamura["Yoshiyuki Nakamura"]
    Nyuichiro_koyama_toshiyuki_sekiya["Yuichiro Koyama; Toshiyuki Sekiya"]
    Nosada_yasuo["Osada, Yasuo"]
    Nohnuma_kensuke_asazu_hideki_matsuzaki_katsuro_yamamoto_tomoy["Ohnuma, Kensuke; Asazu, Hideki; Matsuza…"]
    Nfranck_giron_javier_alonso_garcia_jana_eggink_wilhelm_hagg_t["Franck Giron; Javier Alonso Garcia; Jan…"]
    Nhiroyuki_hanaya_koichi_matsuda["Hiroyuki Hanaya; Koichi Matsuda"]
    Nline["LINE CORPORATION"]
    Nhiroki_tsukahara["Hiroki Tsukahara"]
    Nsony_nec_optiarc["Sony NEC Optiarc Inc."]
    Nkoichi_matsuda_taketo_naito_hiroshi_ueno["Koichi Matsuda; Taketo Naito; Hiroshi U…"]
    Nkazumasa_yamamura_mamoru_ishiguro["Kazumasa Yamamura; Mamoru Ishiguro"]
    Nmobilemedia_ideas["Mobilemedia Ideas LLC"]
    Nthomson_licensing["THOMSON LICENSING"]
    Nomori_kiyoshi_takahashi_katsunori_tsutsumi_hideaki["Omori, Kiyoshi; Takahashi, Katsunori; T…"]
    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
    Ntoshihiko_kawai_keisuke_ohmori_mitsuru_tanabe -->|"1990 · Assignment · 5157511"| Nsony
    Ntakatoshi_nakamura_yoichiro_sako_toshiro_terauchi_masamichi_ -->|"2007 · Assignment · 8249617"| Nsony
    Nkimishima_masato -->|"2014 · Assignment · 10976162"| Nsony
    Nyoshiyuki_nakamura -->|"2002 · Assignment · 7050089"| Nsony
    Nyuichiro_koyama_toshiyuki_sekiya -->|"2019 · Assignment · 11402461"| Nsony
    Nosada_yasuo -->|"2008 · Assignment · 8083195"| Nsony
    Nohnuma_kensuke_asazu_hideki_matsuzaki_katsuro_yamamoto_tomoy -->|"2004 · Assignment · 7949604"| Nsony
    Nfranck_giron_javier_alonso_garcia_jana_eggink_wilhelm_hagg_t -->|"2010 · Assignment · 8346801"| Nsony
    Nhiroyuki_hanaya_koichi_matsuda -->|"1998 · Assignment · 6577328"| Nsony
    Nsony -->|"2015 · Assignment · 6577328"| Nline
    Nhiroki_tsukahara -->|"2001 · Assignment · 6803909"| Nsony
    Nsony_nec_optiarc -->|"2008 · Assignment · 7966628"| Nsony
    Nkoichi_matsuda_taketo_naito_hiroshi_ueno -->|"1999 · Assignment · 6292198"| Nsony
    Nsony -->|"2015 · Assignment · 6292198"| Nline
    Nkazumasa_yamamura_mamoru_ishiguro -->|"1981 · Assignment · 4428001"| Nsony
    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
    Nomori_kiyoshi_takahashi_katsunori_tsutsumi_hideaki -->|"2007 · Assignment · 7966628"| Nsony_nec_optiarc
    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 Nline operating
    class Nsony_nec_optiarc operating
    class Nmobilemedia_ideas npe
    class Nthomson_licensing operating

Patents currently held (11)

Patents previously held (4)

Connected entities (18)

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.