Cox Communications, Inc., is a privately held telecommunications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the largest division and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the family-owned conglomerate Cox Enterprises, Inc. Founded in 1962, the company is the third-largest cable television provider in the United States, serving approximately 6.5 million residential and commercial customers across 18 states. While revenue figures vary, they were reported as $12.6 billion in 2020, with approximately 18,000 employees.
Cox is a multi-service broadband communications operator. For residential customers, its major services include high-speed internet (Cox High Speed Internet), digital cable television (Contour), and digital telephone services (Cox Digital Telephone). The company also offers home security and automation products. For commercial clients, its Cox Business division provides voice, data, and video services to a range of business sizes, from small businesses to enterprise-level corporations.
Based on its litigation history, Cox Communications is an operating company that defends itself in patent lawsuits. The company's record of zero cases as a plaintiff and two as a defendant indicates it is a target of patent assertions rather than an entity that actively asserts its own patents against others. The cases have been filed in the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, both active venues for patent litigation.
The two tracked cases involve different types of plaintiffs. The 2023 suit was filed by DISH Technologies L.L.C., a direct competitor in the television service market. The 2022 case was filed by Disintermedation Services Inc., which has been identified in litigation reports as a non-practicing entity (NPE) that has filed suits against numerous other companies. Disintermedation Services asserts patents related to real-time communication systems.