Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Company overview. Hanwha Techwin America (HTA) was the U.S. sales and support subsidiary of South Korean video-surveillance maker Hanwha Techwin, headquartered at 500 Frank W. Burr Blvd., Teaneck, New Jersey. The parent rebranded globally to Hanwha Vision in March 2023, and the U.S. entity is now Hanwha Vision America, Inc. The business traces to Samsung Techwin America; the Hanwha Group acquired it and renamed it effective April 2016. Parent Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd. (KOSPI: 489790) was spun off from Hanwha Aerospace, listed Sept. 27, 2024, and merged with the legacy Hanwha Vision on Jan. 1, 2025; it sits within the Hanwha Group, with Hanwha Aerospace/Industrial Solutions as controlling shareholder. The listed parent reported roughly KRW 1.5 trillion in trailing revenue and a market capitalization in the low single-digit trillions of won in 2025. U.S. subsidiary headcount is not publicly disclosed; a 2017 trade report put the New Jersey headquarters at just over 60 employees.
Products / services. HTA is an operating company, not an NPE. It supplies network (IP) video surveillance hardware and software for professional security: Wisenet-branded IP cameras (including AI, multi-sensor, thermal and 8K models), analog/HD and "Pentabrid" hybrid recorders, its Wisenet WAVE video management system, edge analytics, in-house camera SoCs (Wisenet7), and cloud offerings. The parent also manufactures chip mounters and semiconductor equipment.
Patent-litigation posture. The tracked record shows a single case and zero plaintiff suits — HTA is an operating company defending, not a two-way litigant. It was sued by Cedar Lane Technologies Inc. in the District of New Jersey on Aug. 17, 2022. Cedar Lane is a Canadian-domiciled patent assertion entity widely classified as an NPE by Unified Patents and Stanford's NPE Litigation Database, holding acquired image-processing and communications patents.
Notable case/context. Cedar Lane Technologies Inc. v. Hanwha Techwin America (D.N.J., 2022) asserted acquired imaging patents against a surveillance-camera vendor. Notably, this action was filed in the defendant's home district rather than Cedar Lane's usual Texas or Delaware venues. South Korean government records list the case as settled on March 22, 2023.
KIPO NPE report ties this D.N.J. Cedar Lane Technologies Inc. suit to US 6,473,527 and reports settlement on 2023-03-22; IPWatchdog separately lists this docket as Hanwha Techwin America and as asserting only US 6,972,790.