Defendant
1 case as defendant.
LockState, Inc. (d/b/a RemoteLock) is a privately held access-control technology company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It was founded in 2004–2005 (sources differ; Crunchbase lists 2004, CB Insights lists 2005) by CEO Nolan Mondrow, and renamed itself RemoteLock in July 2022. It is venture-backed rather than public: Japanese engineering firm Kozo Keikaku Engineering (KKE), an investor since 2008, is the largest shareholder, and the company raised a $17.8M Series B (Dec 2021 – Q1 2022) led by UnitLeader with KKE and Iron Gate Capital; Japan's JICT public-private fund added $3M in 2022. Employee count and revenue are not disclosed in public sources reviewed and could not be verified.
Products / operations. LockState sells cloud-based access control, not primarily hardware. Its RemoteLOCK platform is a universal, open software layer that manages third-party smart locks (leading brands) and wired access-control devices — interior doors, main entrances, elevators, and garages — from a single dashboard, with PIN-code issuance, audit trails, and API integrations with property-management and hospitality systems. Historic/related brands include LockState, ResortLock, and LockStateConnect. Target verticals are multifamily, vacation rental, hotel/hospitality, commercial property, and government facilities. The company reports customers in 65+ countries and has acquired SmartLock Europe (2021).
Litigation posture. Per the tracked data, LockState is a pure defendant: 1 case as defendant, 0 as plaintiff. This is the profile of an operating company being sued over its products rather than a patent assertion entity.
Notable case. Smart Lock, LLC v. LockState, Inc. (D. Colo., filed 2020-05-25, No. 1:20-cv-01479) — a patent infringement suit against LockState in the District of Colorado; a scheduling conference was set and the case later closed. No merits determinations are reflected in the available docket.
Smart Lock, LLC sued LockState, Inc. in the District of Colorado, asserting US 7,012,503. The case was pending as of the last docket update seen in July 2020, with Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang and an answer extension to August 17, 2020.