Zebra Technologies, Corp.

Zebra Technologies Corporation, commonly known as Zebra, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Founded in 1969 as Data Specialties Incorporated, it became Zebra Technologies Corporation in 1986 and went public on the NASDAQ exchange (ZBRA) in 1991, becoming an S&P 500 component. As of 2025, Zebra reported approximately 10,700 employees and annual revenue of $5.40 billion. The company's market capitalization stands at approximately $11.80 billion as of June 2026.

Zebra specializes in smart data capture systems and enterprise asset intelligence, providing hardware, software, and services for various industries including retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. Its major product lines include RFID printers/encoders, barcode printers, rugged mobile computers and tablets, barcode scanners, real-time locating systems, and the Zebra Workcloud suite of enterprise software applications. Zebra holds nearly 8,000 patents and patent applications globally as of 2025.

Based on available case data, Zebra Technologies operates as a defendant in patent litigation. The company has been named as a defendant in one tracked case and has no records as a plaintiff. This posture indicates that Zebra is typically an operating company defending against assertions of patent infringement rather than an entity primarily engaged in patent assertion.

The most recent tracked case, Mesa Digital, LLC v. Zebra Technologies, Corp., was filed in the Southern District of Texas on October 7, 2024. The lawsuit concerned U.S. Patent No. 9,031,537, relating to electronic wireless handheld multimedia devices, which are relevant to Zebra's product offerings. The case was quickly dismissed with prejudice on November 13, 2024, after a joint stipulation by the parties, preventing Mesa Digital from refiling the same claims against Zebra for that patent. Zebra has also been involved in earlier patent litigation regarding constitutional standing for patent owners, as seen in Intellectual Tech LLC v. Zebra Techs Corp. which reached the Federal Circuit in 2024.