Plaintiff
16 cases as plaintiff.
Kajeet, Inc. (styled “kajeet”) is a privately held connectivity company headquartered at 7901 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Virginia. It was founded in 2003 (some sources say 2004; Wikipedia lists 2004) by a group of parents, originally as a kid-focused prepaid MVNO, and was formerly known as Integrated Mobile. It is not publicly traded; PitchBook lists it as private-equity-backed following a controlled recapitalization by Cincinnati-based MWP Growth Capital that closed in early October 2024 (Crunchbase describes the transaction as an acquisition by MWP). PitchBook lists roughly 175 employees (2023); Crunchbase gives a 101–250 range; a 2021 Technical.ly profile cited about 250. No disclosed revenue or valuation figures were found. CB Insights reports total funding of about $73.8M, with earlier backing from DFJ Growth, Bessemer Venture Partners, Fidelity Ventures, Gabriel Venture Partners and InterWest Partners.
Operationally, Kajeet is a managed IoT/connectivity provider, not an NPE. It sells Education Broadband, the SmartSpot hotspot and SmartBus school-bus Wi-Fi products, and the Sentinel connectivity-management platform (data-usage visibility, policy control, CIPA-compliant content filtering), plus private wireless/private 4G-5G network deployments for education, healthcare, libraries, transit and government customers. It acquired network-design consultancy Red Rover in 2021 and has announced newer offerings including Kajeet Transit and SentinelOS.
Its patent posture is that of an operating company asserting its own portfolio against competitors — 16 plaintiff-side cases versus 4 defendant-side cases in the tracked data. The asserted patents cover parental controls and remote policy enforcement on communication devices, including U.S. 8,667,559 (“Feature management of a communication device”) and U.S. 7,899,438. RPX has characterized the activity as a “parental controls campaign.” Cases cluster in the Western District of Texas (Waco, Judge Albright), Delaware and the Central District of California — plaintiff-favorable venues.
Notable tracked matters include Kajeet v. Trend Micro, Kajeet v. NortonLifeLock/Gen Digital, Kajeet v. JAMF Software, Kajeet v. Liminex (GoGuardian), Kajeet v. Qustodio, Kajeet v. Mobicip, Kajeet v. Cujo, Kajeet v. Gryphon Online Safety, Kajeet v. Impero, Kajeet v. CyberReef and Kajeet v. Infoweise. Defendants Trend Micro and Gen Digital/NortonLifeLock filed PTAB inter partes reviews (IPR2023-00178; IPR2022-00001), which terminated.
Kajeet, Inc. filed suit against Infoweise Pty., Ltd. in the Western District of Texas before Judge Albright. Outcome and asserted patents not confirmed.
Kajeet, Inc. sued Trend Micro Inc. in the Waco Division, asserting the '559 patent. The venue transfer motion was denied; the dispute later appears to have resolved in connection with IPR2023-00178's settlement. Accused products included Trend Micro Premium Security Suite, Maximum Security, Internet Security, and Mobile Security.
Kajeet, Inc. filed suit against CyberReef Solutions, Inc. in the District of Delaware before Judge Noreika. The narrative does not confirm outcome or additional asserted patents.
Kajeet, Inc. sued Impero Solutions Inc. in the Western District of Texas before Judge Albright. The complaint expressly attached Exhibit A - US 8,667,559 and an excerpt from the '559 file history; accused product appears to be Impero EdLink.
Kajeet, Inc. filed suit against JAMF Software, LLC in the Western District of Texas before Judge Albright. Outcome and asserted patents not confirmed.
Kajeet, Inc. sued Gryphon Online Safety, Inc. (and NortonLifeLock Inc. per one source). The court denied a Section 101 motion as to US 8,667,559 and US 7,899,438 but granted a motion to dismiss direct/indirect infringement with leave to amend.
Kajeet, Inc. sued Qustodio LLC; the case was related to 2:18-cv-03899 and transferred to Judge Kronstadt. Qustodio moved to dismiss, but Kajeet filed a notice of settlement and joint stipulation to stay deadlines, so the case appears to have settled.
Kajeet filed suit against Liminex d/b/a GoGuardian in the Central District of California, asserting U.S. 8,712,371 and U.S. 8,667,559. A notice of settlement was filed April 9, 2018, and the court set an Order to Show Cause regarding settlement; the narrative did not confirm the final dismissal entry.
Listed in the Stanford NPE Litigation Database under patent 8,667,559. The narrative ties this matter to Kajeet's sibling patent family, not to US 7,881,697 specifically.
Same Stanford NPE Litigation Database listing under patent 8,667,559. The narrative ties this matter to Kajeet's sibling patent family, not to US 7,881,697 specifically.
Same Stanford NPE Litigation Database listing under patent 8,667,559; the W.D. Tex. complaint text cites the '559 Patent throughout. The narrative ties this matter to Kajeet's sibling patent family, not to US 7,881,697 specifically.
Stradling LLP reports it defended Qustodio and secured a §101 patent-eligibility dismissal plus attorneys' fees; described as a tool for managing children's use of mobile devices. The narrative does not identify the patent asserted or a case number.
Docket entry in Kajeet's Central District of California campaign; defendant and asserted patent not confirmed in the narrative.
Kajeet, Inc. sued NortonLifeLock Inc. in the District of Delaware before Judge Noreika. Exhibits in IPR2022-00001 reference interrogatories/RFAs served on Kajeet in this case; outcome not confirmed.
Kajeet filed a district court action against Trend Micro in the Western District of Texas (Waco); a Section 1404(a) transfer motion to the Northern District of California was briefed. The exact case number and filing date were not confirmed, but the '438 Patent was among the patents-in-suit.
Case number 8:18-cv-01312 appears in the Google Patents litigation record for the U.S. 8,712,371 family and is listed with Kajeet, Inc. as plaintiff. The defendant, filing date, and outcome could not be verified in the narrative.