Sony Corp.

Sony Group Corporation, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1946 by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K., the company changed its name to Sony Corporation in 1958 and then to Sony Group Corporation in April 2021 as it transitioned to a holding company structure. Sony is a publicly traded company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TYO: 6758) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: SONY). As of fiscal year 2025-2026, Sony has approximately 112,300 to 113,000 employees and a market capitalization of around $127.85 billion to $134.88 billion. Its trailing 12-month revenue as of March 31, 2026, was reported around $82.7 billion to $83.36 billion.

Sony operates across diverse business segments, including electronics, imaging and sensing, film and television, music, and video games. Its major product lines and services include consumer electronics like televisions, audio products (headphones, speakers), cameras (interchangeable-lens, compact, professional video cameras), and mobile phones (Xperia line). In entertainment, Sony is known for PlayStation gaming consoles, video games, recorded music (Sony Music Group), and film and television production and distribution (Sony Pictures Entertainment). The company also develops image sensors, semiconductors, and offers financial services.

Based on the provided data, Sony Corp. appears to be an operating company that primarily acts as a defendant in patent litigation. With one tracked case as a defendant and zero as a plaintiff, Sony's litigation posture indicates it is defending against patent infringement assertions rather than initiating them. The single tracked case, HyperQuery LLC v. Sony Corp., was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue historically favored by patent plaintiffs.

The case HyperQuery LLC v. Sony Corp. (2025-01-13) involves HyperQuery LLC as the plaintiff. HyperQuery LLC appears to be a patent assertion entity (PAE) or IP holding company, and has filed other patent infringement suits against various technology companies in plaintiff-friendly venues like the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, with allegations often focusing on app stores or app download technologies. This suggests Sony is defending against an assertion from an NPE in this specific instance.