Defendant
2 cases as defendant.
I'll research SkyBell Technologies before writing the profile.
Let me gather more on the Vivint verdict, the Federal Circuit appeal, and current company status.
SkyBell Technologies, Inc. ("SkyBell") is a privately held smart-home hardware company headquartered at 1 Jenner, Irvine, California. It was founded in 2013. Co-founder Andrew Thomas is identified as CEO; Desiree Mejia has been quoted as a company spokesperson/executive. The company is private with no public ticker. Third-party databases disagree on size — Crunchbase lists an 11–50 employee band, while Owler estimates roughly 30 employees and ~$15M revenue (unverified estimates). The company told the Orange County Business Journal it had raised "over $75 million in equity funding" since 2013; CB Insights reports a much smaller disclosed total, so funding figures should be treated as unconfirmed. Related entities include SB IP Holdings, LLC (Irvine) and Eyetalk365, LLC (Cornelius, NC), which co-appear as co-complainants.
Products / operations: SkyBell designs and sells internet-connected video doorbells and related front-door/home-security hardware and services, including the SkyBell HD, SkyBell Slim, and Trim products, which stream HD video, motion detection, and night vision to a smartphone app. The company owns more than 150 patents covering doorbell and home-IoT technology, and the patents asserted in its cases (e.g., the '638, '478, '796, '797, '660, '906 and '120 patents, all titled "Communication and Monitoring System") trace to a 2002 priority application.
Litigation posture: A genuine two-way litigant, matching the 2 plaintiff / 2 defendant split in the case data. As plaintiff, SkyBell asserted its portfolio both at the ITC and in district court. As defendant, it has faced declaratory-judgment suits brought by accused competitors.
Notable cases: In SkyBell Technologies et al. v. Vivint Smart Home et al. (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1242, filed Dec. 18, 2020), SkyBell, SB IP Holdings and Eyetalk365 sought an exclusion order against Vivint, SimpliSafe and Arlo; the ITC terminated the investigation in November 2021 after finding the asserted claims invalid as anticipated. SkyBell appealed to the Federal Circuit (SkyBell Technologies, Inc. v. ITC, No. 22-1354) and voluntarily dismissed in June 2022. The same portfolio produced a $45.4M jury verdict for SkyBell against Vivint in the Eastern District of Texas (Sherman Division, Case No. 4:20-cv-00886) in October 2023, per Reuters. Defensive cases include Arlo Technologies, Inc. v. SB IP Holdings, LLC et al. (S.D. Cal., Feb. 2021) and SimpliSafe, Inc. v. SkyBell Technologies, Inc. et al. (D. Mass., Dec. 2020).
Action brought by Arlo Technologies against Skybell and related entities. The '120 patent was listed among seven patents in suit; the case was stayed pending completion of ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-1242.
Declaratory-judgment counterpart to the ITC action brought by SimpliSafe against Skybell and related entities. The '120 patent was among the patents in the parties' disputes; outcome not confirmed from retrieved materials.