Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard, commonly known as HP, was an American multinational information technology company founded in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in Palo Alto, California. The original Hewlett-Packard Company officially split in November 2015 into two separate publicly traded entities: HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. HP Inc. retained the personal systems and printing businesses, serving as the legal successor to the original company and trading on the NYSE under the ticker symbol HPQ. As of fiscal year 2025, HP Inc. reported net revenue of $55.3 billion and had approximately 55,000 employees. Its headquarters remain in Palo Alto, California.

HP Inc. develops and provides a wide array of hardware components, software, and related services to consumers, small to medium-sized businesses, and large enterprises. Its primary product lines include personal computing devices such as laptops, desktops, workstations, and tablets, alongside a comprehensive range of printers and related supplies, including 3D printing services. The company also offers monitors, scanners, and various accessories, with a growing emphasis on services and solutions.

In terms of patent litigation, Hewlett-Packard (referring to the successor entity HP Inc.) exhibits the posture of an operating company defending against assertion suits. The provided case data indicates one tracked case where Hewlett-Packard is named as a defendant: Sampo IP LLC v. Hewlett-Packard. This single defendant case suggests the company primarily defends itself against intellectual property claims rather than actively asserting a patent portfolio as a plaintiff.