G+ Communications

G+ Communications LLC is a Texas-based private company formed on August 4, 2020, with its office located in Plano, Texas. It operates as a non-practicing entity (NPE) focused on patent licensing and enforcement. There is no publicly available information regarding its employee count or revenue.

The company's primary operation involves the licensing of worldwide assets deemed essential to the 5G communications standard. G+ Communications owns sixteen worldwide patent families, which were originally assigned from ZTE Corporation. These patents have been declared to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), which maintains 5G standards, and G+ Communications offers licenses under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. ZTE retains a 20% net royalty on proceeds generated from G+ Communications' licensing efforts.

G+ Communications' litigation posture is that of a patent assertion entity, exclusively appearing as a plaintiff in patent infringement cases. The company has a notable history of litigation against Samsung Electronics, primarily in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

The most prominent case involves G+ Communications v. Samsung Electronics. In January 2024, a jury in the Eastern District of Texas initially awarded G+ Communications $67.5 million in damages for infringement of two 5G standard-essential patents by Samsung's Galaxy smartphones. Following concerns about jury confusion regarding the form of royalty awarded, a retrial on damages was ordered. In April 2024, a second jury in the Eastern District of Texas awarded G+ Communications $142 million in lump-sum damages for the same infringement. The case has also seen activity at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, including a voluntarily dismissed appeal concerning the validity of one of the asserted patents. Separately, another Federal Circuit appeal in G+ Communications v. Samsung Electronics had oral arguments in March 2026. In July 2026, the Federal Circuit affirmed a PTAB decision invalidating a signal transmission patent held by G+ Communications.