Defendant

Intellectual Ventures I LLC

19 cases as defendant.

Cases
19
Active
9
10 closed
Filed
2013–2026
Top venue
D. Delaware
4 cases
Also appears as a plaintiff in 28 cases → View as plaintiff

Company profile

Intellectual Ventures I LLC is one of the primary legal entities used by Intellectual Ventures Management, LLC, a private firm founded in 2000. The parent company, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, was co-founded by former Microsoft executives Nathan Myhrvold and Edward Jung. While the broader Intellectual Ventures organization employs researchers and inventors in a lab division, its primary business model centers on acquiring patents and monetizing them through licensing campaigns and litigation. It is considered one of the world's largest patent aggregators and has been frequently characterized as a non-practicing entity (NPE) or "patent troll."

As a non-practicing entity, Intellectual Ventures I LLC does not manufacture products or provide services based on the patents it holds. Instead, its operations consist of acquiring patents from inventors, universities, and other companies and then licensing these intellectual property assets to technology companies under threat of litigation. The firm's aggregated portfolio is vast, spanning technologies from software and cybersecurity to telecommunications and semiconductors. Investors in its funds have reportedly included major technology companies like Microsoft, Apple, Intel, and Google.

The company's patent-litigation posture is exclusively that of a plaintiff, a fact supported by its record of two plaintiff cases and zero defendant cases in the provided data. Intellectual Ventures I LLC acts as a patent assertion entity, initiating lawsuits to generate revenue from its acquired patent portfolio. The two tracked cases are representative of its strategy: both were filed on December 8, 2010, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against major cybersecurity companies Symantec Corp. and Trend Micro Inc.

The notable cases against Symantec and Trend Micro involved patents related to email filtering and computer security. These lawsuits, part of the first litigation campaign ever filed by Intellectual Ventures, were intensely fought for several years. Ultimately, the patents asserted by Intellectual Ventures I LLC in these cases were declared invalid and ineligible for patent protection by the courts, a significant setback for the assertion campaign.

Filing activity

2013: 2 cases'13'15'17'192020: 1 case'21'232025: 5 cases5'252026: 5 cases
Cases filed per year naming Intellectual Ventures I LLC as defendant.

Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC et al.

Open
Docket:
1:26-cv-00392
Filed:
2026-04-07
Patents:7669081
π Hartford Fire Insurance Co.Δ Intellectual Ventures I LLCΔ Intellectual Ventures II LLCΔ Callahan Cellular LLCΔ Zarbana Digital Fund, LLCΔ OL Security, LLCΔ Cufer Asset LTD, LLC

This case was filed by Hartford Fire Insurance Co. against multiple defendants including Intellectual Ventures I LLC, asserting US patent 7669081.

Hartford Fire Insurance Company et al. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC et al.

active
Docket:
1:26-cv-00392
Filed:
2026-04-07
Patents:9686183
π Hartford Fire Insurance Companyπ The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc.Δ Intellectual Ventures I LLCΔ Intellectual Ventures II LLCΔ Callahan Cellular LLCΔ Zarbana Digital Fund LLCΔ OL Security LLCΔ Cufer Asset Ltd. LLC

Declaratory-judgment suit brought by Hartford insurers against Intellectual Ventures entities and Zarbana Digital Fund LLC, seeking declarations of non-infringement and invalidity of eight IV patents. The complaint states Zarbana is the assignee of the '183 patent, making US 9,686,183 one of the DJ patents at issue. Zarbana was served 4/8/2026; answer deadline extended to 5/29/2026; no merits ruling.

Anuvu Corp. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC

Open
Docket:
1:25-cv-00124
Filed:
2025-01-30
Patents:8027326
π Anuvu Corp.Δ Intellectual Ventures I LLC

Anuvu Corp. filed a suit against Intellectual Ventures I LLC et al in the Delaware District Court, relating to patent 8027326. The case is open, and a motion to dismiss, stay, or transfer was denied as moot on March 23, 2026.

Anuvu Corp. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC et al.

pending
Docket:
1:25-cv-00124-CFC
Filed:
2025-01-30
Patents:7324469
π Anuvu Corp.Δ Intellectual Ventures I LLCΔ Intellectual Ventures II LLC

Declaratory judgment action concerning IV patents; the narrative states it involves the '469 Patent (non-infringement) and focuses primarily on another patent identified only as '326. IV moved to dismiss on Mar. 18, 2025; disposition not identified.

Viasat, Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC et al.

pending
Docket:
1:25-cv-00056-CFC
Filed:
2025-01-14
Patents:7324469
π Viasat, Inc.Δ Intellectual Ventures I LLCΔ Intellectual Ventures II LLC

Declaratory judgment action seeking non-infringement of US 7,324,469 and another patent identified only by shorthand '326; IV counterclaimed on both. The court denied IV's motion to dismiss/stay/transfer on July 11, 2025, and trial is set for Nov. 15, 2027.

Bank of America, N.A. et al. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC

judgment
Docket:
CBM2014-00030
Filed:
2013-11-12
Terminated:
2014-11-12
Patents:7603382
π Bank of America, N.A.π PNC Financial Services, Inc.Δ Intellectual Ventures I LLC

Bank of America, N.A. and PNC Financial Services, Inc. filed a CBM petition against Intellectual Ventures I LLC regarding US7603382. A Final Written Decision was issued on November 12, 2014, finding claims 1-6, 16-19, 21-23 of US7603382 to be unpatentable.

American Airlines, Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC

Not Instituted - Merits
Docket:
IPR2025-00785
Court:
PTAB
Terminated:
2025-08-29
Patents:7257582
π American Airlines, Inc.Δ Intellectual Ventures I LLC

The Director's decision, dated August 29, 2025, declined discretionary denial of institution, citing factors such as the age of the challenged patents (14-18 years, creating settled expectations), an existing ex parte reexamination request for one of the patents, and the large number and wide scope of patents asserted in parallel district court litigation. The PTAB decision was 'Not Instituted - Merits'.

Symantec Corporation v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC

final written decision (unverified)
Docket:
IPR2016-01433
Terminated:
2018-01-05
Patents:7757298
π Symantec CorporationΔ Intellectual Ventures I LLC

Probable inter partes review proceeding involving US 7,757,298; a third-party PTAB docket page lists Exhibit 1001 as USPN 7757298 and a Final Written Decision dated January 5, 2018, but the narrative states the challenged patent and outcome are not fully verified.

The Travelers Indemnity Company v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC et al.

active
Docket:
1:26-cv-00397
Patents:9686183
π The Travelers Indemnity CompanyΔ Intellectual Ventures I LLCΔ Zarbana Digital Fund LLC

Declaratory-judgment action by The Travelers Indemnity Company against Intellectual Ventures I LLC and others, including Zarbana Digital Fund LLC. The narrative lists it as one of two Delaware cases flagged on the '183 patent record, with Zarbana served 4/9/2026 and answers originally due 6/29/2026 by stipulation. Early stage; no merits ruling.