Defendant
9 cases as defendant.
YouTube LLC is an American online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. Founded in February 2005, it operates as a subsidiary of Google LLC, which is itself a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. In November 2006, Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion. As a segment of its parent, YouTube's advertising revenue for 2023 was reported to be $31.5 billion.
YouTube is a video-sharing service that allows users to upload, view, rate, share, comment on, and subscribe to other users' video content. Its major product offerings have expanded beyond the main platform to include premium ad-free content (YouTube Premium), a music streaming service (YouTube Music), a live TV streaming service (YouTube TV), and a short-form video platform (YouTube Shorts). The platform hosts a wide array of user-generated and corporate media content, making it the second-most-visited website in the world after Google Search.
Based on its litigation history, YouTube is an operating company that is a target of patent litigation. The company's record shows one appearance as a defendant and zero as a plaintiff. This posture is typical of a large technology company defending its products and services against patent assertions.
The single tracked case, VB Assets LLC v. Android International Inc et al., was filed in the Delaware District Court on April 17, 2026. YouTube is named as a defendant alongside its parent companies Google, Alphabet, and other related entities. The plaintiff, VB Assets LLC, does business as Voicebox Tech and is a non-practicing entity that owns and asserts patents originally developed by Voicebox Technologies, an early developer of conversational AI and natural language systems. VB Assets is actively litigating this portfolio against other major technology companies.
This is an active patent infringement case filed by Voxer, Inc. and Voxer IP LLC against Google, LLC and YouTube, LLC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, with a scheduling order issued and a jury trial set for November 27, 2028.
Withrow Networks, Inc. sued Google LLC and YouTube, LLC in the Northern District of California, asserting U.S. Patent No. 10,771,849 against Google/YouTube streaming via HLS and MPEG-DASH. The court denied Google's motion to dismiss, and the case was in fact and claim-construction phase with a Markman hearing set for 2025-10-28; no final judgment, settlement, or dismissal was found.
Robocast asserted U.S. Patent Nos. 8,965,932, 7,155,451, and 8,280,819 against YouTube and Google. The case was stayed in light of the Netflix decision, and indirect/willful infringement claims on the expired '819 and '932 patents were dismissed on November 14, 2022.
Wildseed Mobile sued Google and YouTube in the Western District of Texas. The case was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice on April 4, 2022.
Wildseed Mobile sued Google and YouTube in the Western District of Texas, alleging infringement of five patents including the '414 patent. The case was voluntarily dismissed on April 4, 2022.
Wildseed Mobile sued Google and related parties in the Western District of Texas involving the '040 patent. The case was voluntarily dismissed on April 4, 2022.
Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC asserted U.S. Patent 9,769,477 against Google LLC and YouTube, LLC in the Central District of California.
Realtime asserted U.S. Patent 9,578,298 as one of five patents ('046, '535, '298, '477, RE46,777) against Google and YouTube. The parties stipulated to stay the case pending IPR after the PTAB instituted IPRs covering 30 of 32 asserted claims.
The court granted Google and YouTube's motion to dismiss ART's complaint, finding the claims of the '001 patent and other asserted patents unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as directed to an abstract idea.