CP Studios, LLC

CP Studios, LLC — Company profile

CP Studios, LLC ("CP Studios") is a private, Utah-formed limited liability company. Per RPX/Unified Patents coverage of its Delaware suit, the current plaintiff entity was formed in Utah in November 2024 and discloses no parent and no publicly held owner of 10% or more (Rule 7.1 disclosure). An earlier Delaware entity of nearly the same name was formed November 8, 2013; Delaware records and the patent assignments trace the asserted assets through that earlier entity. No employees, revenue, or operating footprint are disclosed in any public source reviewed, and no corporate website or product listings were found. It is best characterized as a non-practicing patent-holding entity rather than an operating company.

The asserted portfolio is a family of seven related patents with an earliest priority date of May 2012 (provisional 61/643,352), issued March 2017 through June 2025. Named inventors are Brian Joseph Wiklem and Carrie Ann Cowan, both of Salt Lake City; they assigned the family to Checkpoint Studios, Inc. in September 2013, which moved the assets to CP Studios in December 2013. Four patents are in suit: US 9,604,132 ("Video Gaming Platform and User Interface"), 9,889,373 ("Multilayer Framework and Architecture with Variable Video Gaming Capabilities"), 10,632,388, and 11,731,054. Subject matter covers video-gaming platform architecture, social-network integration, and viewer/spectator participation that can influence gameplay.

Litigation posture. In the tracked data CP Studios appears as plaintiff in one case and as defendant in zero — the classic NPE profile of an entity asserting an acquired/incubated portfolio rather than defending products. The case sits in the District of Delaware (Wilmington Division) before Judge Maryellen Noreika, not a plaintiff-favorable Texas venue.

Notable case. CP Studios, LLC v. Twitch Interactive, Inc. (D. Del. 1:25-cv-01542), filed December 19, 2025, targets Twitch.tv, the Twitch mobile app, Twitch Studio, Twitch Bits, Twitch Turbo, and related servers/subscriptions over features letting viewers affect gameplay. External reporting (Bloomberg Tax, RPX) notes Twitch moved to dismiss on a corporate-standing defect and filed a follow-on suit, 1:26-cv-00571, on May 18, 2026; Twitch has also petitioned for IPR2026-00397 on the '388 patent. Plaintiff counsel: Folio Law Group PLLC and Farnan LLP.