Autodesk, Inc. is a multinational software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. As a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq exchange (ADSK), Autodesk reported revenue of $7.21 billion for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026, with approximately 14,300 employees. The company is a leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software.
Autodesk develops a broad portfolio of software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction (AEC), manufacturing, and media and entertainment industries. Its flagship product is AutoCAD, a computer-aided design (CAD) software application. Other major product lines include Revit for building information modeling (BIM), Inventor and Fusion for mechanical design and manufacturing, Civil 3D for civil infrastructure, and Maya and 3ds Max for 3D animation and visual effects.
The company’s litigation profile is that of an operating company defending its technology. Based on the provided data, Autodesk has only appeared as a defendant in one tracked patent case and has not been a plaintiff. This defensive posture is common for large technology corporations that are targets for patent assertion entities.
The single tracked case, filed in 2010 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, was Walker Digital, LLC v. Microsoft Corp. et al. The plaintiff, Walker Digital, is a research and development lab founded by Priceline.com founder Jay Walker that holds hundreds of patents and is frequently described as a non-practicing entity (NPE) or "patent troll." Walker Digital has filed numerous patent infringement lawsuits against more than 100 companies across various technology sectors.