WebGroup Czech Republic A.S.

WebGroup Czech Republic, a.s. is a private company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, that was founded in 2012. It is part of a larger holding company structure known as WGCZ Holding. The company employs between 25 and 49 people.

WebGroup Czech Republic is an operating company in the adult entertainment industry, specializing in hosting and managing some of the world's most-trafficked pornographic websites, including XVideos and XNXX. Through its parent holding company, it also owns adult film studios such as Bang Bros and the Penthouse media brand. The company's primary business is operating online platforms that host adult material for an adult audience.

The company's patent litigation posture, based on available data, is that of an operating company defending its technology. It has been named as a defendant in one U.S. patent case and has not been tracked as a plaintiff. This pattern is typical of a company being sued for patent infringement rather than one asserting patents against others. The single tracked case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

The notable case is DISH Technologies LLC et al. v. WebGroup Czech Republic A.S. et al., filed in August 2023. DISH and its sister company, Sling TV, accused WebGroup of infringing patents related to adaptive bitrate video streaming technology. A motion by WebGroup to dismiss the case was denied by the court. In a parallel action, WebGroup unsuccessfully petitioned the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review the validity of one of the patents asserted by DISH.