Squarespace, Inc.

Squarespace, Inc. is a technology company founded in 2003 by Anthony Casalena and headquartered in New York, NY. The company provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for website building and hosting. In 2023, Squarespace generated $1.01 billion in revenue and had 1,749 employees. After trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SQSP, the company was taken private in October 2024 in an acquisition by private equity firm Permira.

Squarespace's core business is an all-in-one platform that allows users to create and manage websites, register domains, and operate e-commerce stores. Key services include a drag-and-drop website builder with pre-built templates, e-commerce tools for selling physical and digital products, domain name registration, and marketing features like email campaigns. The company also offers online scheduling through its Acuity Scheduling brand and tools for managing a social media presence. In 2023, Squarespace significantly expanded its domain registration business by acquiring the assets of Google Domains.

As a litigant, Squarespace appears as an operating company defending its technology. The company's patent litigation history in the provided data consists of one case in which it was a defendant and none as a plaintiff. This posture is typical for a technology company facing assertions from outside patent holders. The single case was filed in the Northern District of California, a common venue for technology-related litigation.

The tracked case is EXPRESS MOBILE, INC. v. Squarespace, Inc., filed in 2019. The plaintiff, Express Mobile, Inc., is a patent assertion entity that has filed infringement lawsuits against numerous large e-commerce and technology firms, including Google, Microsoft, and eBay, over patents related to website generation technology. The lawsuits assert that various website-building tools infringe on patents held by Express Mobile's founder.