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7 cases as plaintiff.
Datonics LLC is a privately-held advertising technology company founded in 2011 as a spin-off of its parent company, AlmondNet, Inc. Datonics is headquartered in New York City, with a research and development center in Tel Aviv, Israel. Sources estimate the company has between 11 and 50 employees.
Datonics operates as a data broker, specializing in aggregating and distributing consumer data for targeted advertising. The company provides access to over 1,500 pre-packaged data segments—as well as custom-built segments—based on consumer search history, purchase intent, life-stage, demographic, and location data. Its services are used by programmatic advertising platforms, brands, and agencies to deliver targeted ads across web, mobile, and other digital channels. Datonics collects its data from a variety of sources, including publisher websites, mobile apps, and offline transaction data.
Despite being an operating company, Datonics is an active patent litigant. All nine of its tracked patent cases have been filed as a plaintiff, with zero cases as a defendant. The company often files suit alongside its parent, AlmondNet, Inc., which holds an extensive patent portfolio related to ad-tech. The lawsuits are concentrated in popular patent litigation venues, including the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware.
Datonics and AlmondNet have asserted patents against major technology companies involved in digital advertising and data processing. Notable defendants in their litigation campaigns include Adobe, Amazon.com, Inc., LiveRamp Holdings, LLC, Oracle America, Inc., and The Trade Desk, Inc. The patents asserted in these cases generally relate to methods for collecting and using user information for targeted advertising. For instance, a 2024 suit against Amazon alleged infringement of patents related to storing user profile data for ad targeting.
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This is an active case where the complaint alleges that Amazon's advertising systems infringe on the '904 patent by collecting user profile data for targeting advertisements.
Docket listings include US 8,775,249 alongside '445, '904, '210, and '398. On Feb. 26, 2025, the court denied Lotame's motion to dismiss and denied a motion for leave to file a sur-reply; the case was flagged CLOSED.
'307 among asserted patents. Case terminated 2019-03-04 (no claim construction ruling issued).
Originally filed in the Eastern District of New York, this case was transferred to the District of Delaware. The case was ultimately terminated via a reported voluntary dismissal.
AlmondNet, Datonics, and Intent IQ sued Yahoo in E.D.N.Y. asserting the '249 patent (claims 1-6, 9-10, 11-16, 19-20, and 21-25) alongside nine other AlmondNet patents, accusing Yahoo Ad Exchange, Yahoo Audience Ads, and BrightRoll. Yahoo moved to dismiss, then withdrew the motion; the case was transferred to the District of Delaware on Dec. 6, 2018 and docketed as AlmondNet, Inc. et al. v. Oath Holdings Inc., No. 1:19-cv-00247-LPS.
'586 expressly asserted in AlmondNet's Rule 3-1 contentions, including claim 1 and claims 2-4, and claim 11 and claims 12, 13, 16, 17, 20-22. Transferred to D. Del. and became the Oath Holdings case.
'307 was among the 10 patents asserted. Prolonged venue fight after TC Heartland; Fed. Cir. mandamus (In re Oath Holdings) directed dismissal or transfer; case transferred to D. Del. and continued as No. 1:19-cv-00247.