Defendant
1 case as defendant.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, commonly known as State Farm, is a large group of mutual insurance companies. Founded in 1922, its corporate headquarters is in Bloomington, Illinois. As a private mutual insurance company, it is owned by its policyholders. In 2024, the company was ranked 39th on the Fortune 500 list of American companies by revenue. State Farm's total revenue for 2024 was $123.0 billion, and it employed over 62,000 people.
State Farm is the largest provider of property and casualty (P&C) and automobile insurance in the United States. The company's primary business lines include automobile, homeowners, renters, life, and health insurance. Through its subsidiaries, State Farm also offers commercial auto insurance, coverage for boats and motorcycles, and investment products such as mutual funds and annuities. The company sells its products exclusively through a network of approximately 19,000 captive agents across the U.S.
As an operating company, State Farm's patent litigation profile is primarily defensive. The company has been tracked as a defendant in one patent case and has not been a plaintiff. This posture is typical for a large technology-implementing enterprise facing assertions from patent-holding entities. Its single tracked case was filed in the Eastern District of Texas, a jurisdiction historically favored by patent plaintiffs.
The tracked case is Disintermedation Services Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. The plaintiff, Disintermedation Services Inc., is a patent assertion entity that has litigated patents related to web-based communication systems against various companies. These patents generally cover systems for managing online conversations between users and responders.
Patent infringement suit filed by Disintermedation Services Inc. against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. The current status is not publicly available.