Bank of America, N.A. is a national banking association and a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. While the Bank of America name has roots dating back to 1904 with the founding of Bank of Italy, the current Bank of America Corporation was formed in 1998 through the merger of NationsBank and Bank of America. As of 2025, Bank of America Corporation had approximately 213,000 employees.
Bank of America, N.A. provides a comprehensive range of banking, investing, asset management, and other financial and risk management products and services to individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses, and large corporations. Its offerings include checking and savings accounts, credit cards, auto loans, mortgages, wealth management, corporate banking, investment banking, and trading across various asset classes. Bank of America is recognized as one of the largest banking institutions in the United States.
In terms of patent litigation, Bank of America, N.A. primarily functions as an operating company defending against patent assertions. The company has been named as a defendant in two tracked cases and as a plaintiff in one case, according to the provided data. Its defendant cases include "Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Bank of America Corporation et al." in the Delaware District Court and "Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Bank of America, N.A. et al." in the North Carolina Western District Court.
A notable case in which Bank of America, N.A. was involved as a plaintiff is "Bank of America, N.A. et al. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC" before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), initiated in 2013. The defendant cases also involve Intellectual Ventures I LLC, indicating a focus on defending against suits from this particular patent assertion entity.