Defendant
2 cases as defendant.
FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), a global transportation, e-commerce, and business services conglomerate headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1971 as Federal Express, the parent company has grown to become one of the world's largest logistics providers, reporting revenues of approximately $88 billion to $92 billion in recent fiscal years and employing over 500,000 people. FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. functions as an internal entity that provides shared services such as sales, marketing, information technology, customer service, and other back-office functions to the various FedEx operating companies.
The broader FedEx enterprise operates a portfolio of specialized business segments. These include FedEx Express for time-definite air and ground delivery worldwide; FedEx Ground for small-package ground shipping in North America; and FedEx Freight for less-than-truckload (LTL) freight services. The corporation also offers a range of business solutions through other subsidiaries like FedEx Office (document and business services), FedEx Logistics (supply chain management and freight forwarding), and FedEx Dataworks (data analytics solutions). This integrated structure allows the company to offer a comprehensive suite of logistics and transportation services.
As a defendant in its only tracked patent case, FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. displays the litigation posture of an operating company defending its technology and business practices. The data shows zero cases filed as a plaintiff and one case as a defendant, which is characteristic of a large operating enterprise being targeted by a patent assertion entity. The single case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, the company's home jurisdiction.
The notable tracked case is Chemtron Research LLC v. FedEx Corporate Services, Inc., filed in October 2025. The plaintiff, Chemtron Research LLC, is a Delaware-based entity that holds a significant patent portfolio, suggesting it is a patent-holding company. This lawsuit aligns with the common pattern of operating companies facing patent infringement claims from non-practicing entities (NPEs).
Patent infringement suit filed by Chemtron Research LLC against FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. in the Western District of Tennessee.
This was a multi-defendant litigation where claims against most defendants were eventually dismissed, following settlements or as a result of the § 101 invalidity finding in the separate Symantec case.