G+ Communications, LLC

G+ Communications, LLC is a privately held, Texas-based entity that operates as a non-practicing entity (NPE), focusing on the monetization of its intellectual property. The company's headquarters are located at 101 E. Park Blvd, Suite 600, Plano, TX 75074. It does not manufacture products or offer services, but rather manages and licenses a portfolio of patents.

G+ Communications' primary operation involves asserting its patent portfolio, which consists of worldwide assets essential to the 5G communications standard. These patent families were originally created by the Chinese telecommunications company ZTE and declared to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). G+ offers licenses to these standard-essential patents (SEPs) under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.

The company's litigation posture is that of an NPE asserting acquired portfolios, as evidenced by its single tracked case as a plaintiff and zero cases as a defendant. The sole case, G+ Communications, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. (2:22-cv-00078), was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue known for its patent litigation activity.

In the G+ Communications v. Samsung case, G+ Communications accused Samsung of infringing its 5G standard-essential patents. A jury initially awarded G+ $67.5 million in damages in January 2024, finding infringement of two patents. Following a damages retrial in April 2024, a second jury awarded G+ $142 million. This verdict, however, was impacted by a subsequent Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision invalidating one of the asserted patents (US Patent 10,736,130), which led to a reduction in the award attributable to that specific patent.