AlmondNet, Inc.

Adtech Pioneer AlmondNet Wields Patents in Litigation

Founded in 1998, AlmondNet, Inc. is a privately held advertising technology company headquartered in New York. The company operates as the AlmondNet Group, which includes its subsidiaries Datonics, an audience data marketplace, and Intent IQ, an identity resolution provider. AlmondNet and its subsidiaries focus on privacy-conscious targeted advertising, data monetization, and cross-device ad attribution. The company's founder, Roy Shkedi, is an inventor on over 150 granted patents in the adtech field.

AlmondNet is an operating company that also actively licenses its extensive patent portfolio. Its subsidiaries, Datonics and Intent IQ, offer a range of adtech services. Datonics provides audience targeting data, including search, purchase-intent, life-stage, and demographic data. Intent IQ offers "cookieless" advertising solutions, identity resolution, and cross-device targeting, powered by a device graph that links user devices. The company states that its subsidiaries' products and services may utilize inventions covered by its U.S. patents.

With 15 tracked cases as a plaintiff and only 3 as a defendant, AlmondNet is a frequent patent assertion entity. The company leverages its portfolio, which covers technologies like profile-based bidding and behavioral targeting, to sue major technology companies. Many of these lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, a popular venue for patent plaintiffs.

The company has engaged in litigation against numerous large technology firms, including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, and Roku. A notable case is its suit against Amazon in the Western District of Texas, which resulted in a jury verdict awarding AlmondNet nearly $122 million for the infringement of two patents related to targeted advertising. Another subsidiary, Datonics LLC, also appears as a plaintiff alongside AlmondNet in some cases.