Fleet Connect Solutions LLC v. CommScope, Inc.
Unknown- Docket:
- 2:22-cv-00160
- Court:
- Texas Eastern District Court
- Filed:
- 2022-05-05
Patent infringement suit filed by Fleet Connect Solutions LLC against CommScope, Inc. asserting U.S. Patent 7,742,388.
Defendant
2 cases as defendant.
CommScope Holding Company, Inc. is a global network infrastructure provider founded in 1976. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol COMM. CommScope recently relocated its headquarters from North Carolina to Richardson, Texas. As a large operating company, it reported having approximately 20,000 employees and annual revenues in the range of $4.2 billion for 2024.
CommScope is an operating company that designs and manufactures a wide array of products for wired and wireless communication networks. Its offerings include solutions for service providers and enterprises, spanning broadband, venue, and outdoor wireless networks. Major product lines consist of fiber optic and copper cabling, coaxial cables, antennas, radio frequency (RF) filters, and enterprise-level networking equipment for data centers and campuses. The company serves customers in the telecommunications, cable television, and enterprise markets globally.
Based on its litigation history, CommScope presents as an operating company defending itself against patent infringement claims. The company has been a defendant in all two of its tracked patent cases and has not been a plaintiff. These suits were filed by Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) in plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions. The provided case list shows suits filed in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, both popular venues for patent litigation.
The company's two tracked patent suits were initiated by NPEs. In 2022, Fleet Connect Solutions LLC filed a case in the Eastern District of Texas. The year prior, Atlas Global Technologies LLC, a frequent patent plaintiff, sued CommScope and other technology companies in the Western District of Texas. These cases reflect a common pattern of technology manufacturers facing litigation from patent assertion entities.
Patent infringement suit filed by Fleet Connect Solutions LLC against CommScope, Inc. asserting U.S. Patent 7,742,388.
This case is one of the initial filings in a broad litigation campaign by Atlas Global Technologies LLC asserting U.S. Patent 10,020,919 against multiple technology companies.