Defendant

Comark Holdings, LLC

1 case as defendant.

Cases
1
Active
0
1 closed
Filed
2017
Top venue
D. Delaware Judge
1 case

Company profile

Company overview. Comark Holdings, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company that serves as the holding entity for Comark LLC (formerly Comark Corporation), a Milford, Massachusetts-based designer and manufacturer of ruggedized edge computing and display hardware founded in 1974. It is a privately held portfolio company of JMC Capital Partners, a Boston private-equity firm; JMC investment vehicles (e.g., JMC/Comark Holdings, LP) were disclosed as real parties in interest in related proceedings. Independent size figures for the holding entity are not published; its operating subsidiary has roughly 100–150 employees, with third-party revenue estimates ranging from roughly $10M–$100M. Note: this company is unrelated to Comark Holdings Inc., the Canadian apparel retailer (Ricki's/Cleo/Bootlegger) that entered CCAA creditor protection in 2025.

Products / operations. Comark Holdings itself is a holding vehicle with no independent operations. Its subsidiary Comark LLC builds custom-engineered, ruggedized hardware for mission-critical and harsh environments: industrial and military displays, panel and node computers, edge servers and storage, mobile data terminals, ruggedized desktops/workstations, and kiosks, serving aerospace/defense, marine, industrial and building automation, government, healthcare, and oil & gas customers. Comark is an ISO 9001-certified manufacturer with in-house U.S. production and MIL-STD, ABS, and UL certifications.

Patent-litigation posture. Comark Holdings is an operating-company-related defendant, not an NPE: the database shows zero plaintiff cases and one defendant case. In 2017, Manufacturing Resources International, Inc. sued Comark Holdings, Comark LLC, Civiq Smartscapes, and Civiq Holdings together in the District of Delaware (Judge Andrews), alleging infringement of patents covering cooling systems and methods for large electronic displays used outdoors. Comark Holdings was named as an affiliate of Civiq Smartscapes, another JMC Capital portfolio company, which acquired Toronto's Vertigo Digital Displays in 2016.

Notable context. The tracked case — Manufacturing Resources International, Inc. v. Civiq Smartscapes, LLC et al. (1:17-cv-00269-RGA) — centered on Civiq's outdoor digital signage products (e.g., Link, Waypoint, Totem, Pronto). Comark Holdings was also identified as a real party in interest in related IPR petitions (e.g., IPR2018-00774). The Delaware venue, not a plaintiff-friendly Texas forum, is the sole jurisdiction in the tracked data.

Manufacturing Resources International, Inc. v. Civiq Smartscapes, LLC et al.

Dismissed with prejudice
Docket:
1:17-cv-00269
Filed:
2017-03-14
Terminated:
2020-01-24
Patents:8854595

MRI sued Civiq Smartscapes and related entities alleging infringement of the '595 patent. The parties filed a joint stipulation of dismissal (settlement), and the case was terminated without any liability determination on the merits.