Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Werner Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: WERN), commonly "Werner," is a transportation and logistics company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1956 by Clarence L. Werner with a single truck, it was incorporated in Nebraska in 1982 and completed its IPO in 1986. It remains a public company with no parent; no controlling shareholder is disclosed in its filings. The company reported 2024 operating revenues of $3.03 billion and roughly 13,000 associates, with a fleet of about 7,450 trucks at year-end 2024. Reported 2025 revenue was approximately $3.0 billion.
Operations. Werner operates two reportable segments. Truckload Transportation Services (TTS) comprises Dedicated (truckload services tied to specific customers, largely retail distribution and manufacturing) and One-Way Truckload, whose fleets include medium-to-long-haul Van, Expedited, Regional and Temperature Controlled. Werner Logistics is a non-asset-based unit covering Truckload Logistics (brokerage and freight management), Intermodal, and Final Mile residential/commercial delivery. The company markets "Werner EDGE" as its technology platform covering fleet telematics and driver-facing systems.
Litigation posture. Werner appears in the tracked data solely as a defendant (0 plaintiff, 1 defendant case), consistent with an operating company defending against third-party patent assertions rather than asserting patents itself. The single tracked matter is Fleet Connect Solutions LLC v. Werner Enterprises, Inc., No. 3:25-cv-00233 (N.D. Tex., Dallas), filed January 29, 2025, alleging infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271.
Context. Fleet Connect Solutions LLC is characterized by Unified Patents and the Stanford NPE Litigation Database as a non-practicing entity and an affiliate of Empire IP LLC, asserting acquired communications, wireless-LAN and vehicle-tracking patents (including U.S. 7,742,388) in dozens of suits, frequently in the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, against downstream users of telematics products. Werner's case was filed in the Northern District of Texas rather than a plaintiff-friendly Texas venue. Fleet Connect's allegations against Werner concern use of Platform Science telematics tablets; Platform Science filed a separate declaratory-judgment action in S.D. Cal. In March 2026 the USPTO's Central Reexamination Unit issued a notice of intent to cancel numerous claims of the '388 patent following an ex parte reexamination requested by Unified Patents. No merits ruling in the Werner case is reflected in the sources reviewed.
Fleet Connect Solutions LLC asserted the '153 patent against Werner Enterprises, Inc. in N.D. Tex. (Dallas). The case is open, with a 101-related declaration of record. This is an unmarked portfolio campaign case; the narrative notes that '153 inclusion is likely but not confirmed in its sources.