Fibar Group S.A.

Fibar Group S.A., commonly known as FIBARO, is a Polish company headquartered in Wysogotowo, near Poznań, Poland. Founded in November 2010, the company has been a subsidiary of the Italian Nice Group since July 2018. FIBARO employs between 250 and 400 people.

FIBARO is a manufacturer of smart home devices and building automation systems, operating in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector. Its product portfolio includes building automation management panels, various sensors (e.g., motion, flood, smoke, CO), actuators like smart electrical sockets and thermostatic radiator heads, and access management solutions such as intercoms. The company's devices are designed to be compatible with Z-Wave and HomeKit technologies, and integrate with external voice assistants including Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant. All FIBARO products are developed and manufactured in Poland.

In terms of patent litigation, Fibar Group S.A. appears as a defendant in all its tracked cases, with no records as a plaintiff. This posture indicates it is an operating company primarily defending against patent infringement claims. Its single tracked case, Avant Location Technologies LLC v. Fibar Group S.A., was filed on March 8, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue known for a high volume of patent litigation.

The plaintiff in the case, Avant Location Technologies LLC, has been identified as a Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) and an entity of Anjay Venture Partners LLC. Avant Location Technologies has asserted patents related to monitoring the presence of mobile stations against multiple operating companies, including Fibar Group S.A., Apple, and Samsung. Unified Patents has actively sought and found prior art against Avant Location Technologies' asserted patents.