Belkin Inc.

Let me verify the litigation context for the FISI case.

Belkin International, Inc. (commonly "Belkin"; formerly Belkin Components) is a U.S. consumer-electronics accessory maker founded in April 1983 by Chet Pipkin in Southern California. It is headquartered at 555 S. Aviation Blvd., El Segundo, California (previously Playa Vista, Los Angeles). Belkin is privately held and is an operating subsidiary of FIT Hon Teng (Foxconn Interconnect Technology), the Hong Kong-listed affiliate of Hon Hai/Foxconn, which acquired it in September 2018 for roughly $866 million. PitchBook lists about 1,450 employees and Tracxn about 1,426; the Financial Times reported projected sales of about $1 billion for the fiscal year ending September 2018. As a subsidiary, Belkin has no public ticker.

Products / operations. Belkin designs and sells connectivity and power accessories: wireless/Qi chargers, wall and car chargers (BOOST↑CHARGE lines), power banks, cables, adapters, docks and USB hubs, surge protectors, screen protectors and cases, and audio products (headphones, earbuds). It also offers KVM and cybersecurity solutions and smart-home lines. Belkin International is the parent of the Linksys networking brand (acquired from Cisco in 2013) and the Wemo smart-home brand; it co-founded the Phyn smart-water venture (exited 2021). Reported at acquisition were more than 700 patents spanning connectors, audio, and IoT/smart-home technology. Products are designed in Southern California and sold in 50+ countries.

Patent-litigation posture. Belkin is an operating company, not an NPE. The tracked data show 1 case as defendant and 0 as plaintiff, consistent with a products company defending against third-party assertions rather than asserting patents of its own. Its single tracked matter is a defensive one.

Notable case. In Fundamental Innovation Systems International LLC v. Belkin Inc. et al., filed April 23, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, FISI — a Delaware-formed NPE backed by private-equity firm Centerbridge Partners, asserting former BlackBerry/Research In Motion USB charging patents (the "Fischer family") — accused Belkin wall chargers, car chargers, and power banks of infringement of U.S. Patents 7,239,111, 8,624,550, 7,453,233, 6,936,936, and 8,330,422. FISI filed roughly 20 such suits against accessory and device makers; this matter was venued in Delaware rather than the Eastern District of Texas.