Expedia, Inc.

Expedia Group, Inc. is a major American online travel technology company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1996 as a division of Microsoft, it was spun off as a public company in 1999. Expedia Group is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol EXPE. The company's revenue for 2024 was reported as $13.69 billion, and it employed approximately 16,500 people that year.

Expedia Group operates as an online travel agency, providing a comprehensive platform for booking travel services. Its portfolio includes a wide array of well-known brands such as Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Vrbo, Travelocity, Orbitz, Hotwire.com, and Trivago. Through its various websites and platforms, the company facilitates reservations for lodging, airline tickets, car rentals, cruises, and other travel-related services for both leisure and corporate travelers. The company serves as an aggregator of travel fares and a metasearch engine, connecting millions of travelers with a vast inventory of flights and accommodation options.

As an operating company, Expedia's patent litigation history shows it defending its technology against infringement claims. The provided data indicates that Expedia, Inc. has been a defendant in one tracked case and has not acted as a plaintiff. This defensive posture is typical for a large technology-focused operating company. The single tracked case, Aml Ip LLC v. Expedia, Inc., was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, a common venue for patent litigation.