Learning Resources, Inc.

Learning Resources, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned company founded in 1984. Headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, the company manufactures and distributes educational toys, games, and learning aids. Publicly available estimates of its size vary, with sources suggesting an employee count between 200 and 500 and annual revenues of approximately $117.7 million. Its sister company is hand2mind, which also focuses on educational products.

The company's core business is the design and sale of hands-on educational products for children from 18 months through elementary school age. Its product lines target key developmental and academic skills, including STEM, coding, literacy, and social-emotional learning. Notable products include the Toy of the Year award-winner Botley® the Coding Robot, the Pretend & Play® series, and the Farmer's Market Color Sorting Set. The company's products are sold globally through retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Target, as well as to the education market.

Based on its litigation history, Learning Resources appears to be an operating company that defends itself against patent assertions. The company has been a defendant in one tracked patent case and has not been a plaintiff. This defensive posture is typical of a company focused on producing and selling its own goods and services. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the company's home state.

The single tracked case is Landmark Technology, LLC v. Learning Resources, Inc. The plaintiff, Landmark Technology, is a non-practicing entity (NPE) widely described as a "patent troll." Landmark has asserted a patent related to e-commerce and business transaction websites against thousands of small and medium-sized businesses across the country, typically demanding a $65,000 licensing fee to avoid litigation. The Washington State Attorney General previously sued Landmark for its practices, calling them predatory.