Defendant

Belden Canada ULC

3 cases as defendant.

Cases
3
Active
0
3 closed
Filed
2024
Top venue
PTAB
1 case
Also appears as a plaintiff in 1 case → View as plaintiff

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Belden Canada ULC — Company Profile

Company overview. Belden Canada ULC is a Canadian unlimited liability company and a subsidiary of Belden Inc. (NYSE: BDC), the St. Louis, Missouri–based network infrastructure supplier (Belden roots date to 1902; Delaware incorporation 1988). Belden Canada ULC's patent records list a Saint-Laurent, Quebec address, and Belden operates Canadian sites in St-Laurent (QC) and Cobourg (ON). Belden Inc. reported FY2024 revenue of $2.46 billion; public sources put headcount near 7,500–8,000 and market capitalization around $5 billion. Belden Canada ULC does not itself file public financials.

Products / operations. Belden Inc. supplies copper and fiber cable, connectivity, interconnect panels, racks and enclosures, industrial networking equipment and network-security products, organized in two segments: Smart Infrastructure Solutions (smart buildings, broadband) and Automation Solutions. Belden Canada ULC is the group's fiber-connectivity IP-holding/operating entity: patents assigned to it (originally to Belden CDT Canada Inc.) cover modular fiber optic cassettes and trays, cross-connect systems, patch panels, cable guides, strain-relief assemblies and single-pair Ethernet connectors — the hardware behind Belden's fiber patching and cassette product lines. It is an operating company, not a non-practicing entity.

Patent-litigation posture. In the tracked data it appears once, as plaintiff (1 plaintiff case, 0 defendant cases). That profile — a product manufacturer asserting its own internally developed patents against a direct competitor — is consistent with an operating company enforcing a portfolio, not an NPE. The case was filed in the District of Delaware rather than a plaintiff-friendly venue like the Eastern District of Texas, plausibly because the defendants are Delaware-organized.

Notable case and context. Belden Canada ULC v. CommScope, Inc. et al., No. 1:23-cv-00810-RGA (D. Del., filed July 27, 2023, Judge Richard G. Andrews), asserts U.S. Patents 10,795,107; 11,435,542; 11,656,422; and 11,740,423 (a single modular fiber-optic cassette family) against CommScope's Propel modular fiber connectivity products. The case was stayed and administratively closed in September 2024 pending four CommScope IPRs (IPR2024-01218, -01227, -01228, -01382). Public records also show related matters outside our tracked set, including an earlier Delaware suit (1:22-cv-00782) over the Reede connector patent and a 2025 Delaware case (1:25-cv-00870).

CommScope Technologies LLC v. Belden Canada ULC

terminated; adverse judgment
Docket:
IPR2024-01382
Filed:
2024-08-30
Terminated:
2025-09-08
Patents:11740423

CommScope Technologies LLC filed an inter partes review challenging claims 1–30 of U.S. 11,740,423. The PTAB instituted review; after Belden statutorily disclaimed all claims, an adverse judgment was entered and the proceeding terminated.

CommScope Technologies LLC et al. v. Belden Canada ULC

terminated - adverse judgment
Docket:
IPR2024-01227
Filed:
2024-07-26
Terminated:
2025-09-08
Patents:11435542

CommScope entities filed an inter partes review challenging U.S. Patent No. 11,435,542. The Board instituted review on Feb. 27, 2025, and terminated the proceeding with adverse judgment against Belden on Sept. 8, 2025; a statutory disclaimer of claims 1-5 and 8-13 followed, and the IPR certificate issued Dec. 15, 2025.

CommScope Technologies LLC v. Belden Canada ULC

terminated – adverse judgment
Docket:
IPR2024-01218
Filed:
2024-07-26
Terminated:
2025-09-08
Patents:10795107

CommScope Technologies LLC petitioned for inter partes review of claims 1–5 and 8–13 of US 10,795,107. The PTAB instituted on Feb. 27, 2025, and terminated by adverse judgment on Sept. 8, 2025 after Belden's statutory disclaimer; an IPR certificate issued Dec. 12, 2025 canceling the disclaimed claims.