Novacloud Licensing LLC

Novacloud Licensing, LLC is a patent licensing company formed in 2024 with a headquarters in Palo Alto, California. The private entity is managed by co-founders Joe Chernesky and Bill Goldman. Novacloud was established to acquire and license a significant patent portfolio from the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson. Financial details such as revenue and employee count are not publicly available.

As a non-practicing entity (NPE), Novacloud Licensing does not manufacture products or offer services. Its sole operation is to license and assert a portfolio of patents it acquired from Ericsson. This portfolio comprises 40 patent families and over 150 worldwide patent assets related to foundational cloud computing technologies. The patents cover technical areas such as network traffic management, load balancing, virtualization, resource management, data security, and video streaming for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) platforms.

Consistent with its role as a patent assertion entity, Novacloud has only appeared as a plaintiff in the patent litigation system. The company has filed all three of its tracked lawsuits, targeting major technology and telecommunications companies. These cases have been filed in jurisdictions known to be favorable to patent plaintiffs, including the U.S. District Courts for the District of Delaware and the Eastern District of Texas.

Novacloud began its litigation campaign shortly after its formation, with the provided data showing suits against AT&T, Comcast, and Charter Communications. These actions are part of a broader assertion effort that has also targeted other major technology companies like Google, IBM, and Meta Platforms over their cloud infrastructure and services. According to reporting from intellectual property analysis firm RPX, Novacloud has recorded security interests in its patent portfolio back to Ericsson and to a third-party entity associated with IP monetization financing, suggesting a structured financial arrangement for its licensing and litigation activities.