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1 case as defendant.
Cooler Screens, Inc. is a private, venture-backed technology company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company has received over $100 million in funding from investors including Verizon Ventures and Microsoft's M12 venture fund. While employee and revenue figures are not officially disclosed, some estimates place its annual revenue around $16.3 million with approximately 75 employees.
Cooler Screens is an operating company that replaces traditional glass doors on refrigerators and freezers in retail stores with IoT-enabled digital smart screens. This platform serves as an in-store digital advertising and merchandising tool. The screens display dynamic, high-resolution planograms of the products inside, as well as targeted advertisements and promotions to shoppers. The system can use sensors, cameras, and eye-tracking to gather anonymized demographic and engagement data, allowing brands to deliver relevant advertising at the point of sale. Cooler Screens installs its technology in the stores of retail partners, which have included Walgreens, Kroger, and Chevron.
Based on the provided data, Cooler Screens is an operating company defending its technology in patent litigation. It has been named as a defendant in one tracked case and has not been a plaintiff in any patent suits. The single case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the company's home jurisdiction.
The notable patent case is Alpha Modus, Corp. et al. v. Cooler Screens, Inc., filed in August 2025. The plaintiff, Alpha Modus Holdings Inc., alleges that Cooler Screens' smart display systems infringe on its patents related to in-store consumer engagement and analytics. Prior to suing Cooler Screens directly, Alpha Modus had sued and reached confidential settlements with retailers Kroger and Walgreens regarding their use of Cooler Screens' technology. Separately, in non-patent litigation, Cooler Screens sued its former partner Walgreens for breach of contract in 2023.
This case appears to be ongoing. The lawsuit followed prior settlements Alpha Modus reached with Kroger and Walgreens concerning their use of Cooler Screens technology.