Zillow Group, Inc.

Zillow Group, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate technology company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2004 by former Microsoft executives Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, the company launched its website in 2006. Zillow Group trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbols Z and ZG. For the fiscal year 2025, the company reported revenue of $2.58 billion and had 7,068 employees.

Zillow operates the most visited real estate website in the United States, providing a digital marketplace for buying, selling, renting, and financing properties. The company's portfolio of brands includes Zillow, Trulia, StreetEasy, and HotPads. Its services connect consumers with real estate agents, mortgage lenders, and property managers through its online platforms and mobile applications. Zillow also offers software and marketing solutions for real estate professionals, such as Zillow Pro, Follow Up Boss, and ShowingTime. A key feature of its consumer platform is the "Zestimate," a proprietary algorithm for estimating home values.

As a large operating company, Zillow Group's patent litigation profile consists of defending against lawsuits. The provided data shows one tracked case where Zillow is a defendant, which is consistent with the posture of an operating company being targeted by a patent assertion entity. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

The single tracked case is Datacloud Technologies LLC v. Zillow Group, Inc., filed in 2023. [cite: ] The plaintiff, Datacloud Technologies LLC, is described by Unified Patents as a non-practicing entity (NPE) associated with IP Investments Group. Datacloud has asserted patents related to cloud computing, data distribution, and network security against numerous technology and retail companies in various jurisdictions, including the Eastern District of Texas.