Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Reuters News & Media Inc. is the news and media division of its parent company, Thomson Reuters Corporation (NYSE: TRI), a Canadian multinational information services company headquartered in Toronto. Founded by Paul Reuter in London in 1851, Reuters is one of the world's largest and oldest international news agencies. While leadership is distributed globally, key offices are in London and New York. As a subsidiary, its financials are consolidated into Thomson Reuters, which reported annual revenues of approximately $7.47 billion in 2025. Thomson Reuters employed around 26,000 people as of early 2026.
Reuters operates as a global news agency, providing real-time and archival news content to a wide range of customers. Its primary offerings include breaking news, articles, photographs, and video footage covering business, finance, politics, sports, and general interest topics. The company licenses this content to newspapers, television and radio broadcasters, websites, and other media organizations worldwide. It also provides services directly to corporations and governments through platforms like Reuters Connect, a digital content marketplace, and offers custom content creation via its Reuters Content Studio. Historically known for financial data, this now represents a smaller portion of the news agency's business compared to its parent's broader financial information services.
Based on the provided data, Reuters News & Media Inc. is an operating company that defends against patent litigation rather than initiating it. The company has been named as a defendant in one tracked patent case and has not been a plaintiff. This defensive posture is typical for large, product- and service-oriented corporations. The single tracked case was filed in the Delaware District Court, a common venue for corporate and patent litigation.
The case, DISH Technologies L.L.C. et al. v. Reuters News & Media Inc., was filed in January 2024. DISH is a known patent asserter in the streaming technology sector, often targeting companies that operate over-the-top (OTT) video services. This suggests the litigation against Reuters likely involves patents related to its online news and video distribution platforms.
DISH Technologies L.L.C. and Sling TV L.L.C. filed a patent infringement suit against Reuters News & Media Inc. in the Delaware District Court, asserting U.S. Patent 11,470,138 B2. The case is currently active.