Videotec Security, Inc.

Company overview. Videotec Security, Inc. is the U.S./Americas arm of Videotec, an Italian manufacturer of professional video surveillance equipment. The U.S. entity is listed at 35 Gateway Drive, Plattsburgh, N.Y.; Dun & Bradstreet data (third-party estimate, not company-confirmed) lists it as incorporated in 2011 with roughly 5 employees and sub-$1M annual revenue. The operating parent, Videotec S.p.A., was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Schio, Vicenza, Italy. Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) acquired Videotec in May 2022; Videotec continues to operate as a subsidiary within Motorola's video security portfolio. Sources differ on headcount (51–200 employees for the broader Videotec organization), so size figures should be treated as approximate.

Products / services. Videotec designs and manufactures ruggedized video surveillance hardware: fixed and pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras, explosion-proof camera systems and communication boxes (ATEX/IECEx-certified), stainless-steel and corrosion-resistant camera housings, marine-grade visible and thermal cameras with radiometry, LED/IR illuminators, control keyboards, and video encoders with onboard video analytics. Its products target harsh and hazardous environments — ports, oil and gas, offshore marine, rail and transportation, and critical infrastructure. It is an operating company, not a non-practicing entity.

Patent-litigation posture. Videotec Security appears in the tracked data solely as a defendant (1 case, 0 as plaintiff) — the profile of an operating company responding to an NPE campaign rather than an active two-way litigant. The sole case is Cedar Lane Technologies Inc. v. Videotec Security, Inc., No. 8:23-cv-00037 (N.D.N.Y., Judge Lawrence E. Kahn), filed January 10, 2023.

Case context. Cedar Lane Technologies is a Canadian entity formed in 2019 that asserts patents acquired from Intellectual Ventures and AVInnov; Unified Patents and RPX characterize it as a patent assertion entity with hundreds of filings, concentrated in the Western District of Texas and District of Delaware. Here it asserted three imaging patents — U.S. 6,473,527; 6,972,790; and 8,537,242 — covering image-sensor host interfaces and analog/JPEG conversion. Notably, this suit was filed in the Northern District of New York, not a notorious plaintiff-friendly venue, and Cedar Lane voluntarily dismissed it without prejudice on January 31, 2023, 21 days after filing.