Cloud Byte LLC

Cloud Byte LLC is a New York-based, privately held patent licensing entity that was formed in Delaware on February 22, 2024. The company's business model focuses on acquiring, managing, and licensing patents, primarily within the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Cloud Byte LLC operates solely as a patent assertion entity and does not offer direct products or services. Its intellectual property portfolio consists of approximately 350+ global patent assets, encompassing innovations in unified communications networks, telecommunications, computers, enterprise networking equipment, servers, switches, and storage systems.

Cloud Byte LLC has a patent-litigation posture characteristic of a Non-Practicing Entity (NPE), primarily asserting acquired patent portfolios. The company has initiated three tracked cases as a plaintiff while being a defendant in one, which is likely a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) challenge against one of its patents. Its plaintiff cases have been filed in venues such as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a jurisdiction known for patent litigation.

Notable litigation includes multiple lawsuits against Dell Technologies, Inc. and Dell Inc., accusing them of infringing several patents related to networking products, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) technology, and server systems with high availability or fault tolerance features. Cloud Byte LLC acquired nearly 200 patent assets from Singaporean entity IP Wave Pte. Ltd., which had obtained them from NEC Asia Pacific Corporation and originally from NEC Corporation. In December 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,739,544, owned and asserted by Cloud Byte LLC, which relates to a disk array rebuild system and method. This challenge was instituted by the Central Reexamination Unit in February 2025.