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13 cases as plaintiff.
Netflix, Inc. is a global entertainment and technology company founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. Headquartered in Los Gatos, California, the company is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker NFLX. For the fiscal year 2025, Netflix reported revenues of approximately $45.2 billion and employed around 16,000 people. Originally launched as a DVD-by-mail rental service, Netflix has become a dominant force in the media industry.
The company's primary business is its subscription-based streaming service, which offers a vast library of films, television series, documentaries, and original programming across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can stream content on demand via internet-connected devices. In addition to licensed third-party content, Netflix has invested heavily in producing its own original content, which accounts for a significant portion of its library. The company also offers mobile games and, in some regions, previously offered a DVD-by-mail service which has since been discontinued.
Based on the provided data, Netflix, Inc. is an operating company that is a defendant in patent litigation. With one tracked case as a defendant and zero as a plaintiff, its posture is that of a technology company defending itself against patent assertions. This is a common position for large technology companies, which are frequent targets for non-practicing entities (NPEs). The single tracked case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, a popular venue for patent litigation.
The tracked case is Chemtron Research LLC v. Netflix, Inc. (2024). The plaintiff, Chemtron Research LLC, appears to be a patent-holding entity. While Netflix has faced numerous patent suits, recent notable cases highlight its position as a target for NPEs. For example, Netflix has successfully defended itself in infringement lawsuits brought by entities such as GoTV Streaming, LLC and DivX, LLC, with courts invalidating some asserted patents and juries finding no infringement on others. These cases, often involving streaming technology patents, underscore Netflix's recurring need to defend its in-house innovations and use of industry-standard technologies against patent assertion campaigns.
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Netflix petitioned for inter partes review of the '790. The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding all 14 claims of the '790 unpatentable, and the decision has been appealed.
Netflix petitioned for inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 8,606,819. The PTAB denied institution on June 9, 2023.
Netflix and Netflix Streaming petitioned for inter partes review of the '663 patent. Institution was denied on Aug. 9, 2021.
Inter partes review petition by Netflix, Inc. challenging U.S. 9,998,515 (application 15/009,593); Hulu, LLC was involved on related petitions. The Board instituted on October 1, 2020 and issued a Final Written Decision on September 27, 2021 upholding the patentability of the challenged claims.
Netflix and Hulu petitioned for inter partes review of claims 1–5 and 12 of U.S. 9,270,720. The Board instituted review and issued a final written decision on September 27, 2021 finding no challenged claims unpatentable.
Netflix and Hulu petitioned for inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 8,472,792. The Board instituted review and initially rejected the obviousness grounds, but the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded; Hulu was later terminated as a petitioner after settlement, leaving Netflix as sole petitioner.
Inter partes review petition by Netflix concerning the '046 patent; listed on the patent record as proceeding to Final Written Decision.
Netflix, Inc. et al. petitioned for inter partes review of U.S. Patent 9,769,477. The Board instituted review on Apr. 19, 2019 and issued a final written decision on Apr. 15, 2020 holding all challenged claims unpatentable.
Inter partes review petition by Hulu, Amazon.com, and Netflix challenging RE46777. Hulu and Amazon were terminated after settlement in October 2018; Netflix remained as petitioner. The proceeding reached a Final Written Decision and terminated on 2020-01-15.
Netflix petitioned for inter partes review of all claims 1-24 of the '588 patent in February 2020, asserting obviousness over Chen, Lindahl, and Hurst. The Board instituted in August 2020; after multiple Federal Circuit appeals, the matter was remanded to the PTAB following the Feb. 13, 2026 Federal Circuit decision in No. 24-1541.
Appeal from IPR2020-00646 concerning U.S. Patent No. 8,472,792. The Federal Circuit vacated the Board's Final Written Decision and remanded for the Board to decide whether Kaku is in the same field of endeavor.
Joint petitioners Hulu, Amazon, and Netflix challenged claims 1-4, 7-11, and 13 of U.S. Patent 9,578,298. Hulu and Amazon settled and the Board terminated the IPR as to them on Oct. 18, 2018, while Netflix remained; an IPR certificate issued for this proceeding on July 21, 2021.
Netflix, Inc. filed an IPR against Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC challenging the '907 patent (RPIs: Netflix, Inc. and Netflix Streaming Services, Inc.). The Board's Final Written Decision on Mar. 30, 2020 held all challenged claims 1–14 unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).