Defendant

Spectrum Gulf Coast, LLC

2 cases as defendant.

Cases
2
Active
2
0 closed
Filed
2022
Top venue
W D Tex
1 case

Company profile

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Spectrum Gulf Coast, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect subsidiary of Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR), the Stamford, Connecticut–based cable and broadband operator. The entity was formerly named Time Warner Cable Texas LLC and was renamed Spectrum Gulf Coast, LLC in 2018 following Charter's 2016 acquisition of Time Warner Cable. Its registered operator address is 12405 Powerscourt Drive, St. Louis, Missouri. It does not file separately; parent-level metrics only are public (Charter reported roughly 91,900 employees and about $54.8 billion in 2025 revenue). No employee or revenue figure specific to this subsidiary is published.

Operations. Spectrum Gulf Coast is a franchised cable operator providing residential and business internet, video, voice, and mobile services under the Spectrum brand in Texas. FCC and Public Utility Commission of Texas records show it holds a state-issued certificate of franchise authority (SICFA) — reportedly the only Charter subsidiary holding one — and it operates cable systems serving South Texas and Central Texas communities including Corpus Christi, Aransas Pass, Portland, Rockport, Alice, Beeville, Kingsville, Gonzales, and Yoakum. It also holds FCC earth-station and antenna-structure registrations and owns or leases Spectrum retail stores in Texas.

Patent-litigation posture. The tracked data show 0 cases as plaintiff and 2 as defendant — the profile of an operating company being sued, not an asserter. Both entries are CommWorks Solutions, LLC v. Charter Communications, Inc. et al., filed February 11, 2022 in the W.D. Tex. (Judge Albright) and appear to be duplicate docket records for the same campaign. That venue is a frequent choice for patent plaintiffs.

Context. CommWorks Solutions, LLC is a non-practicing entity and subsidiary of IP Investments Group LLC (associated with Brainbox Innovations) that acquired Wi-Fi and network quality-of-service patents from Intellectual Ventures; Unified Patents has described it as an NPE and challenged its portfolio in reexamination, and it has asserted against multiple cable operators. Spectrum Gulf Coast has also appeared in non-patent Texas litigation over cable franchise and PEG fee payments and pole-attachment rates.

CommWorks Solutions, LLC v. Charter Communications, Inc. et al.

pending
Docket:
6:22-cv-00156
Court:
W.D. Tex.
Filed:
2022-02-11
Patents:6832249

CommWorks Solutions, LLC asserted U.S. Patent 6,832,249 against Charter Communications, Inc. and Spectrum Gulf Coast, LLC in W.D. Tex. It is listed for patent 6832249 in the Stanford NPE database; RPX shows about 125 days in litigation and the terminal outcome was not confirmed.