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Aylo Freesites Ltd. is a private company registered in Cyprus since December 2008. It is a subsidiary of Aylo, a major Canadian multinational technology and media conglomerate formerly known as MindGeek. Aylo is owned by the Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners and has headquarters in Montreal, Canada, and a corporate office in Luxembourg. While revenue and employee counts are not specified for Aylo Freesites Ltd., its parent company Aylo reportedly has around 1,400 to 2,700 employees and generates revenue in the range of $460 million to $495 million.
As a key entity within the Aylo conglomerate, Aylo Freesites Ltd. operates some of the world's most-visited adult entertainment websites. Its operations focus on video sharing and streaming media platforms, which include Pornhub and YouPorn. These websites host vast libraries of adult-oriented video content, utilizing technologies like adjustable bitrate streaming to deliver media to a global audience. The parent company's portfolio also includes numerous other video-sharing sites, pornographic film studios, and an online advertising network.
Based on the provided case data, Aylo Freesites Ltd. is an operating company engaged in patent litigation. The company has appeared as both a plaintiff and a defendant, indicating it is not a non-practicing entity (NPE). Its single plaintiff case is a proceeding before the USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), a common tactic for a company accused of infringement to challenge the validity of the patent being asserted against it. The single defendant case is a patent infringement suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.
The tracked litigation involves a dispute with DISH Technologies L.L.C. over patents related to video streaming technology. In January 2024, DISH sued Aylo Freesites in federal court in Utah, alleging that Aylo's "Pornhub streaming services" infringe patents on adjustable bitrate (ABR) video streaming. In response, Aylo Freesites filed a petition for an Inter Partes Review (IPR) with the PTAB, challenging the validity of a DISH patent. Aylo Freesites and its parent company have also been involved in other high-profile legal matters, including regulatory actions and civil lawsuits concerning the content hosted on their platforms.
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An IPR proceeding that was terminated on February 3, 2026, after a Final Written Decision was vacated. The termination occurred because the petitioner's need to add a real party in interest rendered the petition time-barred.