Defendant

TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd., et al.

1 case as defendant.

Company profile

TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd. is a privately held Chinese technology company founded in 1996. While its domestic operations are based in Shenzhen, China, its international operations are headquartered in Irvine, California. The company is a global manufacturer of networking equipment and smart home products, with an estimated annual revenue of $2.3 billion and over 26,000 employees as of 2019. In 2022, the company began a corporate restructuring to separate its Chinese operations from its global business, which is now under the parent company TP-Link Systems, Inc., based in the U.S.

TP-Link is an operating company that manufactures and sells a wide range of networking and smart home devices for consumer and business use. Its product lines include Wi-Fi routers, modems, mesh Wi-Fi systems, network switches, and wireless adapters. The company also produces smart home devices under its Kasa Smart and Tapo brands, offering products such as smart plugs, security cameras, and smart lighting. TP-Link manufactures its products in-house and distributes them in over 170 countries.

As an operating company, TP-Link's patent litigation posture is primarily defensive. The provided data shows it as a defendant in one tracked case and as a plaintiff in none. This is consistent with a technology manufacturer being targeted by a patent-assertion entity. The single case listed, Atlas Global Technologies LLC v. TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd., et al., was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue known for patent litigation.

The case against TP-Link was initiated by Atlas Global Technologies LLC, a non-practicing entity (NPE) and an Acacia Research entity, which asserted a portfolio of patents related to the Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax) standard. The patents were originally owned by Newracom before being assigned to Atlas Global. This litigation is part of a broader assertion campaign by Atlas Global, which has also targeted other technology companies using Wi-Fi 6 technology.