Hisense Co., Ltd.

Hisense Co., Ltd. is a Chinese multinational major appliance and electronics manufacturer, commonly known as Hisense. Headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, the company was founded in September 1969 as the Qingdao No. 2 Radio Factory. Hisense operates as a state-owned enterprise with publicly traded subsidiaries, including Hisense Visual Technology (listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange) and Hisense Home Appliances (listed on the Shenzhen and Hong Kong stock exchanges). The conglomerate employs over 60,000 people globally and reported a revenue of $27.9 billion in 2023.

Hisense manufactures a wide array of products, with televisions being its primary offering; it ranks among the world's largest TV manufacturers. Its extensive product lines also include white goods such as refrigerators, washing machines, and air conditioners, as well as mobile phones, set-top boxes, digital TV broadcasting equipment, laptops, wireless modules, optical components, commercial displays, projectors, and POS solutions. Beyond consumer electronics, Hisense also engages in IT intelligent information and modern service industries, offering intelligent transportation and medical solutions. The company also acts as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for other brands.

Based on our tracked database, Hisense Co., Ltd. appears as a defendant in one U.S. patent litigation case. However, Hisense is an active operating company that engages in two-way patent litigation. They have both defended against infringement claims and asserted their own patent portfolio. For instance, Hisense was a defendant in Nokia Technologies Oy v. Hisense Co., Ltd. et al. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, which was subsequently dismissed. [case data, cite: 3, 6] Hisense also successfully defended itself in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against patent assertion entity Phenix Longhorn, LLC, where a jury found no infringement and one asserted patent invalid.

The case Nokia Technologies Oy v. Hisense Co., Ltd. et al., filed in April 2025, involved claims related to H.264 and H.265 video decoding standard-essential patents (SEPs). This was part of a broader multi-jurisdictional dispute, which also saw Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. filing a counterclaim against Nokia of America Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas concerning patents related to edge systems and private wireless networks. Both parties' lawsuits were voluntarily dismissed following a global settlement and licensing agreement. Hisense's portfolio growth is also supported by strategic acquisitions, including Toshiba's visual solutions business and Slovenian appliance manufacturer Gorenje.