Defendant
10 cases as defendant.
Roku, Inc. is a publicly traded technology company founded in 2002 by Anthony Wood and headquartered in San Jose, California. The company, which went public in 2017, trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol ROKU. For the trailing 12 months as of early 2026, Roku's revenue was reported to be approximately $4.7 billion to $4.97 billion, with a market capitalization of around $18.5 billion. The company has over 3,000 employees.
Roku's primary business is its television streaming platform. The company operates in two main segments: Devices and Platform. The Devices segment includes its popular streaming media players (sticks, set-top boxes) and audio products like soundbars. Roku also licenses its proprietary operating system, Roku OS, to a wide range of television manufacturers who produce Roku-branded smart TVs. The Platform segment, which generates the majority of revenue, focuses on digital advertising, content distribution, and subscription revenue sharing through The Roku Channel and the company's app store.
Based on the provided data, Roku is an operating company defending its technology in patent litigation. The company has been a defendant in two tracked cases and has not appeared as a plaintiff. This posture is consistent with a technology firm being targeted by patent holders. Both of its tracked cases were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, a venue known for a high volume of patent litigation.
The two cases listed were brought by Almondnet, Inc. and AlmondNet, Inc. et al. in 2021. Almondnet describes itself as an advertising technology company that has also sued other major tech firms, such as Amazon, over patents related to targeted digital advertising. In a separate case, a jury in the Western District of Texas found that Amazon infringed on Almondnet's patents and awarded significant damages, establishing a litigious history for the plaintiff in this specific court.
Universal Electronics appealed the PTAB's Final Written Decision invalidating challenged claims of the '276 patent. The Federal Circuit affirmed, rejecting UEI's arguments about the Board's adoption of a modification, the order of claimed method steps, and substantial evidence for the motivation-to-combine finding.
VideoLabs, Inc. et al. sued Roku, Inc. in the Delaware District Court. The case was dismissed with prejudice on December 26, 2024, following a stipulation of dismissal by Roku, Inc.
VideoLabs, Inc. et al. filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Roku, Inc. concerning US patent 8291236 in Delaware District Court, which was later dismissed.
This case is currently active and ongoing.
Flexiworld accused Roku of infringing the '257 patent and related patents through Roku streaming devices, the Roku Mobile App, Roku TV OS, and Roku TV products. The parties settled via a Patent License Agreement and the case was dismissed with prejudice in 2022.
Flexiworld sued Roku in W.D. Tex.; related IPR2022-01267 was jointly moved to terminate in October 2022 after a Patent License Agreement between Roku and Flexiworld, and the district case was reported resolved by settlement in 2022. Public complaint analysis emphasized other Flexiworld patents, but Google Patents and Docket Alarm list this docket against 10,387,087.
Flexiworld asserted the '073 patent against Roku in W.D. Tex. The case was stayed, and after the parties settled, it was jointly dismissed.
Flexiworld asserted the '233 patent, among other Flexiworld patents, against Roku. The case was closed on March 24, 2022, and later claims were dismissed with prejudice as part of a global Roku/Flexiworld Patent License Agreement dated October 21, 2022.
This case is part of a broader litigation campaign where large defendants like Roku have chosen to settle and take licenses.
Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. sued Roku, Inc. in the Western District of Texas. US 11,096,056 was expressly listed among the asserted patents. The case was not resolved in the sources retrieved.