Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company is a large, privately held American insurance and financial services company. Founded in 1926 as the Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, it is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. As a mutual company, Nationwide is owned by its policyholders. The company and its affiliates employ approximately 24,000 people and reported $73.2 billion in total sales and premiums for 2025. It is a Fortune 100 company.
Nationwide is a diversified firm offering a wide range of protection and investment products. Its main business lines include personal and commercial property and casualty insurance, such as auto, homeowners, and business insurance. The company also has a significant financial services operation that provides life insurance, retirement plans, annuities, and mutual funds for individuals and public and private sector entities.
As an operating company, Nationwide is a target for patent litigation rather than an initiator. Its litigation history in the provided data shows it as a defendant in its only tracked case, a common posture for large companies facing suits from non-practicing entities (NPEs). This defensive role aligns with its status as a major provider of services to the public and not a patent licensor.
The single tracked case, Disintermedation Services Inc. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, was filed in 2022 in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff, Disintermedation Services Inc., has been identified as a patent assertion entity. The patents in some of its other lawsuits relate to "Two-Way Real Time Communication System That Allows Asymmetric Participation In Conversations Across Multiple Electronic Platforms," suggesting the litigation against Nationwide likely targets customer communication technologies such as website chat features.
Patent infringement suit filed by Disintermedation Services Inc. against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. The current status is not publicly available.