Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Sprint Corporation: A Profile of a Former Telecommunications Giant
Sprint Corporation was an American telecommunications company, headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, with origins tracing back to the Brown Telephone Company founded in 1899. Prior to its acquisition, it operated as a publicly traded entity, later becoming a subsidiary of the Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank Group in 2013. At its peak, before its merger, Sprint had approximately 75,000 employees and reported revenues around $33.6 billion in fiscal year 2019. On April 1, 2020, Sprint Corporation officially merged with T-Mobile US, with the Sprint brand being phased out by August 2020.
Sprint's core business involved providing a wide array of telecommunications services and products. These included wireless voice, messaging, and broadband services, offering mobile phone plans, and selling smartphones, smartwatches, and tablets. The company also provided home internet and wireline services, including long-distance telephony and operating a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Throughout its history, Sprint was recognized for its technological innovations, such as deploying the first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network in the United States.
Based on the provided case data, Sprint Corporation historically maintained the posture of an operating company defending against patent infringement claims. The company appears as a defendant in one tracked case, Innovative Display Technologies LLC v. Sprint Corporation, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in 2014. This single defendant-side appearance, in a venue known for patent litigation, is consistent with an operating company that was targeted by a patent assertion entity.
The notable case, Innovative Display Technologies LLC v. Sprint Corporation, occurred when Sprint was an active telecommunications provider and a significant player in the U.S. market. The litigation took place in the Eastern District of Texas, a federal court that has historically been a popular venue for patent plaintiffs.
This patent infringement suit was initiated by Innovative Display Technologies LLC against Sprint Corporation and other entities, concerning LCD and backlight technologies.