Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Qustodio LLC is the U.S. holding entity for the Spanish company Qustodio Technologies SL, a parental-control and family online-safety software provider headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, with U.S. offices (Redondo Beach, CA). It was founded in 2012 by Eduardo Cruz, Josep Gaspar, and Josh Gabel. On August 1, 2022, ASX-listed Family Zone Cyber Safety (now Qoria Limited, ASX: QOR) completed its acquisition of 100% of Qustodio for US$52 million; Qustodio is now reported as part of the Qoria group. At the time of the deal, Qustodio reported roughly AU$16 million in annual recurring revenue, about 270,000 paid parental-control accounts, and ~70–95 employees. It is a private operating subsidiary, not a public company.
Products / operations: Qustodio sells a cross-platform parental-control and digital-wellbeing subscription (Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Kindle/Chromebook), offering web content filtering, screen-time limits, app/game blocking, YouTube and social-media monitoring, location tracking with geofencing, call/SMS monitoring on Android, and activity reports, sold in free and tiered premium plans. It also markets K-12/education and business device-management offerings and distributes through telecom partners (e.g., Telefónica, SoftBank).
Patent-litigation posture: Qustodio is an operating company defending against suit, not an asserter. The tracked data show 1 case as defendant and 0 as plaintiff, consistent with a product company targeted by a patent plaintiff rather than an NPE.
Notable case: Kajeet, Inc. v. Qustodio LLC, No. 8:18-cv-01519 (C.D. Cal., filed Aug. 24, 2018), before Judge John A. Kronstadt. Kajeet asserted U.S. Patent Nos. 8,712,371, 8,630,612, and 8,667,559, directed to mobile-device rule enforcement. Qustodio successfully moved to dismiss on §101 eligibility grounds and publicized the dispute; the case was dismissed with prejudice in February 2020, with each side bearing its own costs and fees. The Central District of California is not a plaintiff-friendly NPE venue in the manner of the Eastern District of Texas.
Kajeet, Inc. sued Qustodio LLC; the case was related to 2:18-cv-03899 and transferred to Judge Kronstadt. Qustodio moved to dismiss, but Kajeet filed a notice of settlement and joint stipulation to stay deadlines, so the case appears to have settled.