Defendant
1 case as defendant.
TomTom North America Inc. is a subsidiary of TomTom N.V., a Dutch multinational developer of location technology and consumer electronics, founded in 1991 as Palmtop Software. TomTom N.V. is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and is publicly traded on Euronext Amsterdam under the ticker TOM2. Its North American operations are based in Detroit, USA. As of February 2026, TomTom N.V. employs approximately 3,300 people globally and reported a revenue of €555 million for fiscal year 2025, with a market capitalization of $720 million as of May 2026.
TomTom specializes in providing maps, connected services, and navigation software. Its major product lines include digital maps (such as TomTom Orbis Maps and Orbis Maps for Automated Driving), real-time traffic data, navigation software development kits (SDKs) for mobile and automotive applications, and portable navigation devices. The company serves diverse sectors, including automotive manufacturers for in-dashboard systems and automated driving solutions, enterprises for fleet management and logistics, and consumers through navigation apps and devices. TomTom has notably shifted its focus from hardware to scalable, data-driven location services.
TomTom North America Inc. appears to operate as an operating company defending against patent infringement allegations. The company has no tracked cases as a plaintiff and one tracked case as a defendant. This aligns with a posture of defending against patent assertion entities (NPEs).
The sole tracked case involving TomTom North America Inc. is Innovative Display Technologies LLC v. TomTom North America Inc., filed on February 27, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Innovative Display Technologies LLC is identified as a patent assertion entity, having filed similar patent cases against other technology companies in the same venue. Patents asserted by Innovative Display Technologies LLC in related litigation typically concern display technologies, such as light-emitting panel assemblies.
Innovative Display Technologies LLC filed this patent infringement case against TomTom North America Inc. and others, related to LCD and backlight technologies.