Verizon Wireless Services, LLC

Verizon Wireless Services, LLC is an operating entity and subsidiary of the publicly traded telecommunications conglomerate Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). Verizon Communications is headquartered in New York City and was formed in 2000 through the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE Corporation. As one of the world's largest telecommunications companies, Verizon Communications reported revenues of approximately $138.2 billion for the fiscal year 2025 and had about 89,900 employees as of the end of that year.

Verizon is a major provider of communications, information, and entertainment products and services. Its primary offerings include wireless and wireline services. The wireless business, formerly operated under the "Verizon Wireless" brand, is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, providing mobile telephony, wireless broadband, and internet services on its national 4G LTE and 5G networks. Its services are sold to consumers, businesses, and government agencies.

As a major operating company, Verizon is frequently a defendant in patent infringement lawsuits. The provided case data reflects this posture, showing Verizon Wireless Services, LLC as a defendant in its only tracked case and as a plaintiff in none. This pattern is typical of a large technology company defending itself against patent assertions, rather than initiating litigation itself. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, a popular venue for patent litigation.

The single tracked case is INVT SPE LLC v. Verizon Communications, Inc. et al., filed in 2021. The plaintiff, INVT SPE LLC, is a non-practicing entity (NPE), which acquires patents to assert them against operating companies like Verizon. The suit is representative of the litigation challenges faced by large telecommunications providers from patent assertion entities.