Defendant
3 cases as defendant.
Vyve Broadband Investments, LLC is the legal entity behind Vyve Broadband, a rural U.S. cable/broadband operator founded in 2012 (formerly BCI Broadband). Corporate addresses vary across filings: Shawnee, Oklahoma (707 W Saratoga St; also 1819 Airport Drive) is the operational base, while ARIN lists an Oklahoma City address (201 Robert S Kerr Ave) and some databases list Rye Brook/Port Chester, New York. The brand is operated by Mega Broadband Investments Holdings LLC (MBI), which has been private-equity backed. GTCR and MBI acquired Vyve from BBH Capital Partners in 2019. Cable One (NYSE: CABO) owns 45% of MBI and agreed in January 2026 to buy the remaining 55% from GTCR affiliates and management, with closing targeted for October 1, 2026. Sources put MBI/Vyve at roughly 490–500 employees, about $310 million in revenue for the 12 months ended September 30, 2025, ~210,000 data customers and ~675,000 passings across 16 states.
Operations. Vyve is a facilities-based triple-play provider in rural and smaller markets across the Southeast, Northwest and Mid-South. Residential offerings include high-speed internet (marketed as Vyve Multi-Gig), digital/HD video and digital voice; Vyve Business Services sells optical Ethernet, PRI and hosted voice to commercial customers. Its network is a mix of HFC and fiber, and the company has announced network modernization to a virtualized/DAA broadband platform.
Litigation posture. Pure defendant: the database shows one case, zero plaintiff suits. CommWorks Solutions, LLC v. Vyve Broadband, LLC et al., No. 6:23-cv-00147, was filed February 23, 2023 in the W.D. Tex. (Waco Division) before Judge Alan D. Albright — a venue long favored by high-volume patent plaintiffs. CommWorks is a non-practicing entity; reporting on related declaratory-judgment litigation by Altice USA characterized it as part of a coordinated assertion campaign tied to IP Investments/Brainbox and portfolios transferred from Intellectual Ventures. The suit asserted seven broadband patents covering QoS delivery, contention-free traffic detection and time-based access provisioning; it was dismissed with prejudice and Vyve was represented by Jenner & Block and Potter Minton.
Context. The case reflects the broader pattern of NPE assertion campaigns against regional cable/ISP operators using legacy telecom-networking patents, rather than any two-way patent dispute by Vyve itself.
CommWorks sued Vyve entities in W.D. Tex. The case was dismissed with prejudice, each party bearing its own costs, with no invalidity or infringement finding. US 7,027,465 was asserted with RE44,904 and other companion patents.
CommWorks Solutions, LLC asserted U.S. Patent 6,832,249 among seven asserted patents against Vyve Broadband, LLC and Vyve Broadband Investments, LLC in W.D. Tex. The case was dismissed with prejudice after about 209 days, with no infringement or validity finding.
CommWorks asserted 7177285 against Vyve Broadband entities in W.D. Tex.; dismissed with prejudice after ~209 days with no Markman or fee-shifting.