Divx LLC

DivX, LLC is a privately held American video technology company founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Diego, California. The company has a history of acquisitions, with certain assets, intellectual property, and subsidiaries being sold to Fortress Investment Group in February 2018. DivX, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DivX CF Investors, which is advised by Fortress Investment Group LLC. DivX has approximately 51-100 employees.

DivX specializes in digital video technologies, best known for creating the DivX family of digital video codecs, including MPEG-4 Part 2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC DivX Plus, and DivX HEVC Ultra HD codecs. Its product offerings include consumer software for playing, converting, and casting high-quality video (up to 4K resolution) across various devices. The company also licenses its technologies and certifies consumer electronic devices and integrated circuits, with over 2 billion DivX-enabled devices shipped worldwide. DivX launched a strategic patent licensing program in 2019, managing a portfolio of over 600 patents globally.

While our database tracks DivX LLC as a defendant in one case before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), external information indicates the company is an active patent licensor and plaintiff, often characterized as a Patent Assertion Entity (NPE) by organizations like Unified Patents. DivX has been involved in multiple patent infringement lawsuits as a plaintiff against major technology companies.

A notable case involving DivX LLC is Unified Patents v. Divx LLC at the PTAB, which was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. This case centered on U.S. Patent No. 10,326,987 B2, related to adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming video encoding systems, where the claims were ultimately found unpatentable. DivX's patent litigation activities, including suits against Amazon and Netflix concerning streaming and encryption technologies, are often connected to its ownership by entities affiliated with Fortress Investment Group.