Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Cobra Firing Systems LLC is a privately held company founded in 2009 by Scott Smith. Headquartered in Gansevoort, New York, the company has an estimated 11 to 50 employees and annual revenues in the range of $1 million to $5 million. Cobra Firing Systems operates as a manufacturer and seller of its own products.
The company designs, manufactures, and sells wireless pyrotechnic firing systems. Its product line includes wireless remote controllers, various firing modules with different cue counts, scripting software, and related accessories. Cobra serves a wide range of customers, from hobbyists and "backyard" users to large professional fireworks display companies, as well as the special effects (SPFX) and military simulation industries.
Cobra Firing Systems' patent litigation posture is that of an operating company defending itself against infringement claims. The company has been a defendant in its two tracked U.S. patent cases and has not been a plaintiff. The cases were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, not a venue known for a high concentration of non-practicing entity (NPE) litigation.
Both tracked cases were initiated by the same entity, Titan International Technologies, LTD (or Titan Technologies International Inc). The lawsuits allege infringement of patents related to the "Automated Detonation of Fireworks." One case is an appeal to the Federal Circuit from the earlier district court action, Titan International Technologies, LTD v. COBRA Firing Systems, LLC et al., filed in 2024. In the district court case, Cobra argued that it did not make or sell the accused products, attributing them to a separate company named Ignite Firing Systems, LLC.
The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, finding insufficient evidence of direct infringement. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants' "Ignite i18" and "Ignite i36" products infringed. The case has been appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.