Barco NV is a global technology company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, founded in 1934. Originally known as the Belgian American Radio Corporation, Barco is publicly traded on Euronext Brussels under the ticker BAR. As of December 2025, the company had approximately 3,301 employees and reported annual sales of €963.8 million for the 2025 fiscal year.
Barco specializes in visualization, collaboration, and networking technology, catering to three core markets: entertainment, enterprise, and healthcare. Its product offerings include professional cinema projectors, control room video walls, medical displays for radiology and surgery, and wireless conferencing and presentation systems such as ClickShare. The company also provides image processing solutions and various support, maintenance, and training services.
Barco demonstrates an active and two-way patent litigation posture, acting as both a plaintiff and a defendant in tracked cases. The company has explicitly stated its commitment to protecting its intellectual property, particularly for its ClickShare technology. This is evidenced by their 2023 patent infringement lawsuit as plaintiff, Barco, Inc. et al. v. Yealink (USA) Network Technology Co., Ltd. et al., filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue known for patent litigation.
In the aforementioned case against Yealink, Barco prevailed, with Yealink admitting to infringing six ClickShare patents related to wireless presentation, leading to a jury award of over $900,000 USD in damages and the removal of infringing Yealink devices from the U.S. market. Additionally, Barco is listed as a defendant in a case brought by Unified Patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), which typically involves challenges to the validity of patents. This suggests Barco actively defends its patent portfolio against challenges while also asserting its rights against alleged infringers. Barco also faced a patent infringement suit from Dolby Labs in the Eastern District of Texas related to HDR technology in April 2026.