Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. v. Twitter, Inc.
Dismissed- Docket:
- 6:13-cv-00629
- Court:
- Texas Eastern District Court
- Filed:
- 2013-08-06
- Terminated:
- 2015-02-23
Patents:5490216
The suit against Twitter, Inc. was terminated and dismissed on February 23, 2015.
Defendant
Twitter, Inc.
1 case as defendant.
Company profile
Twitter, Inc. (now operating as X Corp.)
Twitter, Inc. was an American social media company founded in 2006. In October 2022, the company was acquired by Elon Musk for approximately $44 billion, taking it private. Subsequently, in April 2023, Twitter, Inc. was merged into the newly formed X Corp. and ceased to exist as an independent entity. The social media service was rebranded to "X" in July 2023. X Corp. is headquartered in Bastrop, Texas, having moved from San Francisco. Following the acquisition, the company underwent significant layoffs.
X Corp. operates the social networking service X (formerly Twitter), a microblogging platform allowing users to post and interact with short messages, images, and videos. The platform generates revenue primarily through advertising and data licensing. The company also owns the trademarks for its defunct short-form video app, Vine, and its live-streaming service, Periscope. Musk has stated an ambition to turn X into an "everything app," potentially incorporating financial services and other features.
The company's patent-litigation posture, based on historical data, is that of an operating company defending its technology. The provided case list shows Twitter, Inc. as a defendant in one suit and as a plaintiff in none. This defensive stance is typical for large technology companies that are targets of patent assertion entities. The single tracked case, Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. v. Twitter, Inc., was filed in 2013 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue historically favored by patent plaintiffs.
While the Uniloc case is the only one in the provided data, the company has faced other patent infringement suits. More recently, as X Corp., it was involved in significant litigation with VidStream LLC over patents related to video distribution. In 2025, a federal jury found X Corp. had willfully infringed one of VidStream's patents, resulting in a $105 million award that was later upheld by a judge. This highlights the ongoing patent risk faced by the company as it operates its social media platform.