Defendant

Adobe Systems Inc.

10 cases as defendant.

Cases
10
Active
0
10 closed
Filed
2010–2018
Top venue
E.D. Texas
1 case

Company profile

Adobe Inc., formerly known as Adobe Systems Incorporated, is a multinational computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California. Founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, the company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol ADBE. As of 2025, the company had over 31,000 employees and reported revenue of $23.77 billion.

Adobe is a major operating company specializing in software for the creation and publication of a wide range of digital content. Its flagship products are offered through a subscription service called Adobe Creative Cloud and include well-known applications such as Photoshop for image editing, Illustrator for vector graphics, Premiere Pro for video editing, and Acrobat for creating and editing PDF documents. The company's offerings are grouped into categories including Creativity & Design, PDF & E-signatures, and Marketing & Commerce.

The company’s patent litigation posture, based on the provided data, is that of an operating company defending its products and services. The single tracked case shows Adobe as a defendant, a common position for technology companies facing claims from non-practicing entities (NPEs). The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue historically favored by patent plaintiffs.

The notable tracked case, TQP Development, LLC v. Adobe Systems, Inc., was filed in 2012. The plaintiff, TQP Development, is a patent assertion entity that has filed numerous lawsuits against various companies over patents related to data encryption. This pattern of an NPE asserting a patent portfolio against multiple operating companies is a common feature of the U.S. patent litigation landscape.

Filing activity

2010: 3 cases3'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'172018: 2 cases'18
Cases filed per year naming Adobe Systems Inc. as defendant.

Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Adobe Systems Inc.

§101 motion to dismiss; claim construction
Docket:
2:18-cv-09344 / 1:18-cv-10355
Filed:
2018-02-23
Patents:8634462RE46777
π Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLCΔ Adobe Systems Inc.

Realtime asserted the '462 patent against Adobe. In the C.D. Cal. Google/Adobe claim-construction order, the five patents asserted against both Google and Adobe were listed as '046, '535, '298, '477, and RE46,777, suggesting the '462 may be related to or replaced by RE46,777. The case had a §101 motion to dismiss and claim construction on July 25, 2019.

Prism Technologies LLC v. Adobe Systems Inc. et al.

judgment (non-infringement)
Docket:
8:10-cv-00220-LES-TDT
Filed:
2010-06-08
Terminated:
2012-12-10
Patents:7290288
π Prism Technologies LLCΔ Adobe Systems Inc.Δ Autodesk, Inc.Δ McAfee, Inc.Δ National Instruments Corp.Δ Nuance Communications, Inc.Δ Quark, Inc.Δ Sage Software, Inc.Δ Symantec Corp.Δ The Mathworks, Inc.Δ The Sage Group plcΔ Trend Micro Inc.

Prism asserted the '288 patent only. After two Markman rounds, the court entered final judgment on 2012-12-10 granting summary judgment of non-infringement for McAfee, Symantec, and Trend Micro; Mathworks was dismissed with prejudice, and invalidity counterclaims were dismissed.

Walker Digital, LLC v. Microsoft Corp. et al.

Terminated
Docket:
2:10-cv-00825
Filed:
2010-05-20
Patents:5742768
π Walker Digital, LLCΔ Microsoft Corp.Δ Adobe Systems Inc.Δ Apple Inc.Δ Autodesk, Inc.Δ Corel CorporationΔ Intuit Inc.Δ McAfee, Inc.Δ SAP America, Inc.Δ Symantec Corporation

Litigation initiated by Walker Digital, LLC, a patent assertion entity, against numerous major software companies. The case was resolved via dismissals with prejudice for various defendants throughout 2011 and 2012, suggesting settlements were reached.

Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Adobe Systems Inc.

transferred
Docket:
1:18-cv-10355; 2:18-cv-09344-GW-JC
Patents:9578298
π Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLCΔ Adobe Systems Inc.

Realtime asserted U.S. Patent 9,578,298 as one of seven patents against Adobe Systems Inc. The case was filed in D. Mass. and transferred to C.D. Cal.; the court issued a claim construction order construing Claim 1 of the '298 patent on July 25, 2019.