Defendant
2 cases as defendant.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1933. Headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, the company is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under the ticker 7201. As part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, French automaker Renault holds a 15% voting stake in Nissan, and Nissan holds a 15% voting stake in Renault. For the trailing 12 months as of September 2025, Nissan reported revenue of $81.9 billion. The company employs over 130,000 people globally.
Nissan manufactures and sells a wide range of vehicles, including cars, trucks, and buses. Its products are sold under the Nissan, Infiniti, and formerly Datsun brands, with performance models tuned by its Nismo division. The company's vehicle lineup includes sedans, SUVs, compact cars, sports cars, and commercial vehicles. Nissan was an early leader in the electric vehicle market with the launch of the Nissan Leaf. Beyond automotive manufacturing, the company's operations have included financial services, marine equipment, and communications satellites.
Based on the provided data, Nissan is an operating company that is a defendant in patent litigation. The company has no record of initiating patent lawsuits as a plaintiff. Both of its tracked cases were filed against it on the same day in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue often favored by patent plaintiffs.
The two tracked cases were filed by Mimzi, LLC, which has been identified as a non-practicing entity (NPE) by patent analysis firms. Mimzi has asserted patents related to voice recognition and interaction technologies against numerous other automotive and technology companies. One of Mimzi's patents, asserted against Nissan and other automakers, relates to using a phone to record and store searchable audio and text from conversations. Earlier litigation by Mimzi on a different patent was unsuccessful after the patent's claims were invalidated by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
This case was active as of early 2026. The complaint alleges that Nissan's use of Apple CarPlay, particularly features related to "spoken keyword" ads and traffic alerts from a "social network database," infringes on Mimzi's patents.
A patent infringement lawsuit filed by Mimzi, LLC against Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. which, according to docket information, was closed on February 19, 2026.