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1 case as plaintiff.
Company overview. Mobile Tech, Inc. — which does business as Mobile Technologies Inc. (MTI), and was formerly known as Merchandising Technologies, Inc. — is a privately held manufacturer headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon (1050 NW 229th Ave), with additional offices historically listed in London and Hong Kong. Company press materials state MTI has operated for roughly four decades, implying a founding around 1977; that date is supported only by third-party business databases, not a primary source. Ownership is private and private-equity backed: Endeavour Capital invested in 2007, Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Co. acquired the company in August 2013, and Vestar Capital Partners bought it from HKW in August 2016 (PE Professional). Current 2026 ownership is not verified here. The Portland Business Journal reported revenue above $100M in 2007 and $117M in 2008; today's third-party aggregators estimate several hundred to ~900 employees and revenue in the $100M–$300M range, which are estimates, not audited figures.
Products / operations. MTI is an operating company, not a shell licensor. It designs and distributes retail loss-prevention and merchandising-security hardware for consumer electronics: tethered display modules, alarm modules, security pucks, bases and brackets, retractable alarming power cords, and adjustable security mounts for smartphones, tablets and wearables, sold under product lines such as Freedom. It also markets the MTI Connect IoT software platform for device monitoring and analytics, and tablet-mobility enclosures, kiosks and carts under the ArmorActive brand (see USPTO trademark records for Mobile Tech, Inc.).
Patent-litigation posture. The tracked case list shows one matter, as plaintiff-side party, all at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board — the challenger/petitioner role, not a district-court plaintiff. MTI has in fact filed numerous IPRs and a PGR against InVue Security Products patents, spanning IPR2016-00895/00896, IPR2016-01241, IPR2017-00344/00345, IPR2017-01900/01901, IPR2018-00481/01138 and others, several decided all-claims-unpatentable and appealed to the Federal Circuit (RPX Insight). The single tracked 2019-08-28 entry is consistent with IPR2019-01553, a Mobile Tech petition against InVue's U.S. 10,062,266 that the Board declined to institute (Unified Patents PTAB portal).
Context. MTI and InVue are direct competitors in retail merchandise security, and the dispute runs both ways: InVue sued MTI for infringement (W.D.N.C. 3:16-cv-00734, consolidated and transferred to the District of Oregon; later S.D. Ind. 1:18-cv-02653). No Eastern District of Texas activity appears.
Mobile Tech, Inc. et al. petitioned for inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 10,062,266, challenging claims 1, 2, 3, 5-52, and 54-56. The PTAB denied institution on the merits, and no final written decision was issued.