Asserter profile

THOMSON LICENSING

operating company1 patent now6 ever0 cases filed during tenure11 connections

Also seen as: Thomson Licensing · Thomson Licensing S.A. · THOMSON LICENSING S.A.

PTAB exposure

3of this entity’s patents have been challenged at PTAB (3 total 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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    Nthomson_licensing["THOMSON LICENSING"]
    Nyin_peng_lu_xiaoan_sole_joel_xu_qian_zheng_yunfei["YIN, PENG; LU, XIAOAN; SOLE, JOEL; XU,…"]
    Ninterdigital_vc["INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC."]
    Nxu_qian_abbas_adeel_lu_xiaoan_sole_joel_yin_peng_zheng_yunfe["XU, QIAN; ABBAS, ADEEL; LU, XIAOAN; SOL…"]
    Nthomson_licensing_dtv_france["THOMSON LICENSING DTV, FRANCE"]
    Nstauder_jurgen_doser_ingo_tobias_lee_bongsun["STAUDER, JURGEN; DOSER, INGO TOBIAS; LE…"]
    Nthomson_licensing_dtv["THOMSON LICENSING DTV"]
    Ndurand_alain_laurent_christophe_straub_gilles_vincent_christ["Durand, Alain; Laurent, Christophe; Str…"]
    Ninterdigital_ce_patent["InterDigital CE Patent Holdings"]
    Ninterdigital_ce_patent_sas["InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS"]
    Nwittman_brian_albert["WITTMAN, BRIAN ALBERT"]
    Nduffield_david_jay["Duffield, David Jay"]
    Nsony["Sony Corporation"]
    Ninterdigital_madison_patent_france["INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, F…"]
    Ninterdigital_madison_patent["INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS"]
    Ninterdigital_madison_patent_sas["InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings SAS"]
    Nyin_peng_lu_xiaoan_sole_joel_xu_qian_zheng_yunfei -->|"2020 · Assignment · 12143606"| Nthomson_licensing
    Nthomson_licensing -->|"2020 · Assignment · 12143606"| Ninterdigital_vc
    Nthomson_licensing -->|"2025 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 11936876"| Ninterdigital_vc
    Nxu_qian_abbas_adeel_lu_xiaoan_sole_joel_yin_peng_zheng_yunfe -->|"2025 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 11936876"| Nthomson_licensing
    Nthomson_licensing -->|"2017 · ASSIGNMENT · 10250877"| Nthomson_licensing_dtv_france
    Nstauder_jurgen_doser_ingo_tobias_lee_bongsun -->|"2007 · ASSIGNMENT · 9185268"| Nthomson_licensing
    Nthomson_licensing -->|"2017 · ASSIGNMENT · 9185268"| Nthomson_licensing_dtv
    Ndurand_alain_laurent_christophe_straub_gilles_vincent_christ -->|"2002 · Assignment · 7340612"| Nthomson_licensing
    Nthomson_licensing -->|"2018 · Assignment · 7340612"| Ninterdigital_ce_patent
    Nthomson_licensing -->|"2024 · Correction · 7340612"| Ninterdigital_ce_patent_sas
    Nwittman_brian_albert -->|"2004 · Assignment · 7818794"| Nthomson_licensing
    Nthomson_licensing -->|"2019 · Assignment · 7818794"| Ninterdigital_ce_patent_sas
    Nduffield_david_jay -->|"2001 · Assignment · 8024752"| Nthomson_licensing
    Nthomson_licensing -->|"2016 · Assignment · 8024752"| Nthomson_licensing_dtv
    Nsony -->|"2025 · Assignment · 10741211"| Ninterdigital_vc
    Nthomson_licensing_dtv -->|"2018 · ASSIGNMENT · 10250877"| Ninterdigital_madison_patent_france
    Nthomson_licensing_dtv -->|"2018 · ASSIGNMENT · 9185268"| Ninterdigital_madison_patent
    Nthomson_licensing_dtv -->|"2018 · Assignment · 8024752"| Ninterdigital_madison_patent_sas
    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 Nthomson_licensing focal
    class Ninterdigital_vc npe
    class Nthomson_licensing_dtv_france operating
    class Nthomson_licensing_dtv shell
    class Ninterdigital_ce_patent npe
    class Ninterdigital_ce_patent_sas npe
    class Nsony operating
    class Ninterdigital_madison_patent_france npe
    class Ninterdigital_madison_patent npe
    class Ninterdigital_madison_patent_sas shell

Patents currently held (1)

Patents previously held (5)

Connected entities (11)

Correspondent attorneys (3)

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.