Defendant
1 case as defendant.
NexTraq LLC is a U.S. fleet-telematics provider headquartered in the Atlanta, Georgia area (1200 Lake Hearn Drive). Founded in 2000 as Discrete Wireless, the company was acquired by Francisco Partners in 2009, sold to FLEETCOR Technologies (NYSE: FLT) in 2013, and purchased by Michelin North America in July 2017 for $316.5 million. It has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Michelin North America since that closing. At the time of the Michelin deal, press materials reported roughly 117 employees, about 7,000 fleet customers, and 116,000 subscribers; no current independent headcount or revenue figures are published, as NexTraq's results are consolidated into Michelin Group. The NexTraq brand has since been folded into Michelin's MICHELIN Connected Fleet offering, and nextraq.com now redirects to that brand.
Products / services. NexTraq is an operating company, not a shell licensor. It sells GPS-based commercial fleet telematics — vehicle and asset tracking hardware (in-cab devices, tracking units, dashcams) paired with cloud software for real-time location tracking, route optimization, job dispatch, driver-safety monitoring, fuel management, and electronic logging device (ELD) compliance for hours-of-service. Its historical focus was small and mid-sized fleets (roughly 2–50 vehicles, classes 3–5).
Litigation posture. NexTraq is a pure defendant in the tracked data: 0 cases as plaintiff and 3 as defendant, all patent-infringement suits, all in the Northern District of Georgia (not a venue-cluster like E.D. Tex.). This is the classic profile of an operating company being attacked rather than an asserter.
Notable cases. Innovative Global Systems, LLC v. NexTraq, LLC (N.D. Ga., filed Nov. 2018) asserted ELD-related patents against NexTraq's electronic logging and tracking products. More recently, Fleet Connect Solutions LLC v. NexTraq LLC (N.D. Ga., 2025) appears twice — as 1:25-cv-04786 (Aug. 2025) and 1:25-cv-06514 (Nov. 2025) — with Fleet Connect Solutions characterized by Unified Patents as a patent assertion entity asserting handheld field-asset and mobile-workforce management patents. Note that the 2025 dockets name the NexTraq and "Michelin Connected Fleet Powered By NexTraq" products, indicating the entity remains an active target despite the rebrand.
Fleet Connect Solutions LLC asserted the '153 patent against NexTraq LLC in N.D. Ga. This is an unmarked portfolio campaign case; the narrative notes that '153 inclusion is likely but not confirmed in its sources. The case is open.