Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Iris ID Systems, Inc. (trading as "Iris ID") — Private, US-based biometrics company headquartered at 8 Clarke Drive, Cranbury, New Jersey, with a stated second New Jersey office (Englewood Cliffs) and R&D ties to Korea. Its iris-recognition work traces to LG Electronics in 1997; the US unit (LG IRIS / LG Electronics Iris Technology Division) was established in 2002, and Iris ID, Inc. was spun out of LG Electronics in 2009, incorporated in New Jersey on 11/12/2009. CEO/founder listed as Charles Koo. It is privately held; the company's site describes it as formerly an LG Electronics division, and no parent is reported. Size estimates are inconsistent across third-party databases (roughly 20–41 employees; revenue estimates range from single-digit millions to ~$99M), so no reliable headcount or revenue figure can be confirmed.
Products / operations. Iris ID develops, manufactures and sells iris-recognition hardware and identity-management software — iris/face capture cameras and readers (iCAM series, including the IrisAccess 7000/iCAM7000 platform), handheld devices, and software such as the iData suite (EAC, SDK, CMA), IrisAccelerator matching, and iCAM Manager SDK. Target verticals include physical access control, time and attendance, public safety/corrections, transportation and immigration, national ID, and more recently data centers. This is a genuine operating company, not a shell.
Litigation posture. Sole tracked case: Biometric Technology Holdings LLC v. Iris ID Systems, Inc., 2:19-cv-14240 (D.N.J., filed 2019-06-25), with Iris ID as defendant — 1 defendant case, 0 plaintiff cases. The pattern (small operating company named as defendant by a separate holding company) is consistent with NPE assertion rather than two-way litigation. The venue is the District of New Jersey, the defendant's home district, not a plaintiff-friendly Texas venue.
Case context. The complaint alleges infringement of at least claim 1 of a "'439" patent by the IrisAccess 7000 series, describing authentication with biometric data stored on smart cards. Finnegan lists representation of Iris ID in the matter. Plaintiff Biometric Technology Holdings LLC also sued Synaptics in Delaware in July 2019, per Justia, suggesting a multi-defendant assertion campaign. Disposition of the Iris ID case is not confirmed in available sources.
Patent infringement suit filed by Biometric Technology Holdings LLC against Iris ID Systems, Inc. in the District of New Jersey asserting US Patent 6,219,439. The last retrieved docket snapshot showed the case pending, and the final outcome was not confirmed.