Defendant
2 cases as defendant.
Advanced Coding Technologies LLC (ACT) is a Texas-based intellectual property licensing firm explicitly characterized as a patent assertion entity (PAE) or Non-Practicing Entity (NPE). The company focuses on intellectual property strategy and monetization, with expertise in video technology domains including video codecs, streaming, processing, and delivery. ACT also sponsors research at the University of Texas at Tyler.
As an NPE, Advanced Coding Technologies LLC primarily operates by asserting an acquired patent portfolio. This is evident from its litigation posture, with two tracked cases as a plaintiff against major technology companies and one defendant case brought by Unified Patents, an organization known for challenging NPE patents. The company's patent portfolio includes patents received from JVCKenwood and an Intellectual Ventures LLC (IV) affiliate.
Advanced Coding Technologies LLC has been an active plaintiff in patent litigation, filing suits in plaintiff-friendly venues such as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Notable cases include Advanced Coding Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, filed in the Eastern District of Texas in May 2024, which centered on six patents related to digital video encoding/decoding, AV1 codec implementations, and 5G New Radio communications before settling in February 2026. ACT also filed Advanced Coding Technologies LLC v. Apple Inc. in the Western District of Texas in October 2025, and previously asserted patents against Samsung, ByteDance, and LG Electronics.
This Inter Partes Review petition was filed by Unified Patents against Advanced Coding Technologies LLC at the PTAB and was not instituted due to procedural reasons.
An IPR petition filed by Unified Patents against Advanced Coding Technologies LLC concerning US Patent 9042448 was not instituted by the PTAB.