Defendant
18 cases as defendant.
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Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC ("Realtime") is a Texas-limited-liability company with a stated place of business at 1828 E.S.E. Loop 323, Tyler, Texas. It is privately held; no public ticker, parent-company disclosure, employee count, or revenue figure is publicly available. It is an affiliate/successor entity tied to inventor James J. Fallon and to Realtime Data LLC (d/b/a IXO), which ran an earlier, separate data-compression patent campaign. USPTO assignment records show the patents-in-suit were transferred from Realtime Data LLC to Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC effective March 7, 2017.
Products / operations. Realtime has no discernible products, services, or commercial operations. Its patent filings describe data-compression technology — bandwidth-sensitive compression and decompression, asymmetric video/image compression encoder selection based on channel throughput, and video/audio data storage and distribution — but the company functions as a patent-holding and licensing vehicle, asserting an acquired portfolio rather than selling anything.
Patent-litigation posture. This is a classic non-practicing-entity profile. Of 107 tracked matters, 89 are plaintiff-side infringement suits and 18 are defendant-side — and those 18 are almost entirely IPR/post-grant petitions brought against it by operating companies (Google/YouTube, Netflix, Sony, Adobe, Hulu, Comcast) challenging patent validity. It never appears as an ordinary commercial defendant. Filings cluster in plaintiff-favorable venues: the Eastern District of Texas (Tyler Division, matching its Tyler address), the District of Colorado, the District of Delaware, and C.D. Cal., with Federal Circuit appeals.
Notable cases/context. The campaign launched in 2017–2018 against Netflix, Apple, Amazon, Cisco, AMD, Intel, LG, Broadcom, Avaya, Sony, Charter, Comcast, Adobe, Google/YouTube, Hulu, Haivision, Brightcove, Wowza, and the DISH/EchoStar/Sling entities, asserting patents including the '046, '462, '442, '535, '610, '907, and '477 patents. Outcomes include the D. Delaware finding the Fallon patents abstract under Alice (2018), PTAB invalidation of the '535 and '477 patents (2020), and a District of Colorado ruling that the '610 patent was patent-ineligible, affirmed by the Federal Circuit on May 11, 2023. Realtime remains an active appellant/appellee in Federal Circuit matters (e.g., No. 25-1529, Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Sling TV, L.L.C.).
Inter partes review by Comcast et al. concerning the '046 patent; instituted 2019-12-10 and terminated 2020-05-27.
Inter partes review by Google et al. concerning the '046 patent; instituted 2019-11-13; Final Written Decision on 2020-11-10 determined no challenged claims unpatentable.
Google LLC et al. petitioned for inter partes review of U.S. Patent 9,769,477. The Board instituted review on Nov. 13, 2019 and terminated the proceeding with an adverse judgment on Aug. 3, 2020.
Google and YouTube challenged claims 1-4, 7-11, and 13 of U.S. Patent 9,578,298. An IPR certificate issued for this proceeding on July 21, 2021.
Inter partes review petition by Google LLC et al. challenging RE46777. Instituted 2019-12-04. Terminated 2020-03-24 by Board grant of a request for adverse judgment after Patent Owner's Notice of Disclaimer of the Challenged Claims filed 2020-03-18.
Adobe Inc. filed an inter partes review against Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC. The PTAB instituted review and issued a final written decision on Aug. 17, 2020 holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,929,442 unpatentable.
Inter partes review petition by Netflix concerning the '046 patent; listed on the patent record as proceeding to Final Written Decision.
Netflix, Inc. et al. petitioned for inter partes review of U.S. Patent 9,769,477. The Board instituted review on Apr. 19, 2019 and issued a final written decision on Apr. 15, 2020 holding all challenged claims unpatentable.
Sony Corporation filed an inter partes review against Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC challenging U.S. Patent 8,929,442. The proceeding was terminated after settlement on Nov. 13, 2018.
Sony filed an inter partes review petition concerning U.S. Patent 9,769,477. The proceeding was terminated before an institution decision, related to settlement or denial.
Sony Corporation, with Polycom, Inc., filed an IPR against Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC involving the '907 patent. The proceeding was terminated as settled on Nov. 8, 2018, with confidential settlement agreements filed.
Referenced in later patents' IDS as an IPR on U.S. Pat. No. 9,762,907. The narrative could not independently confirm the disposition.
Inter partes review petition by Hulu, Amazon.com, and Netflix challenging RE46777. Hulu and Amazon were terminated after settlement in October 2018; Netflix remained as petitioner. The proceeding reached a Final Written Decision and terminated on 2020-01-15.
Hulu LLC et al. petitioned for inter partes review of U.S. Patent 9,769,477. The Board instituted review on Feb. 4, 2019 and issued a final written decision on Jan. 30, 2020 holding all claims unpatentable.
ARRIS Solutions, Inc. et al. filed an inter partes review against Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC involving U.S. Patent 8,929,442. An adverse judgment was entered.
Comcast Cable Communications petitioned for inter partes review of U.S. Patent 9,769,477 and was joined into IPR2018-01630, which issued a final written decision.
Joint petitioners Hulu, Amazon, and Netflix challenged claims 1-4, 7-11, and 13 of U.S. Patent 9,578,298. Hulu and Amazon settled and the Board terminated the IPR as to them on Oct. 18, 2018, while Netflix remained; an IPR certificate issued for this proceeding on July 21, 2021.
Netflix, Inc. filed an IPR against Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC challenging the '907 patent (RPIs: Netflix, Inc. and Netflix Streaming Services, Inc.). The Board's Final Written Decision on Mar. 30, 2020 held all challenged claims 1–14 unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).