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4 cases as plaintiff.
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PPC Broadband, Inc. (d/b/a PPC) — Legal name PPC Broadband, Inc.; formerly John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. and, earlier, Production Products Company. Founded 1942; headquartered at 6176 East Molloy Road, East Syracuse, New York. It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Belden Inc. (NYSE: BDC, St. Louis) since December 2012, when Belden acquired it for approximately $515.7 million. It operates inside Belden's broadband portfolio alongside Precision Optical Technologies and Sichert. Third-party trackers estimate roughly 400–450 employees; Belden does not break out PPC revenue separately.
Operations. PPC develops and manufactures fiber and copper connectivity products for broadband and wireless service providers, spanning central office/headend, outside plant, and premises. Product lines include coaxial RF connectors (drop, hardline, compression), coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable and assemblies, closures and enclosures/street cabinets, category (twisted-pair) cable, traps and filters, drop/entry amplifier and line-conditioning products, and outside-plant hardware, plus installation tooling. Design and manufacturing sites are located in the U.S., Mexico, St. Kitts, Denmark, Germany, the U.K., China, India, and Tunisia. PPC is a practicing manufacturer, not an NPE.
Litigation posture. The tracked record shows four cases, all as plaintiff, all in the Northern District of New York — PPC's home district rather than a plaintiff-friendly venue like the Eastern District of Texas. The cases are competitor-on-competitor coaxial-connector disputes, not portfolio-licensing campaigns: PPC v. PCT International (2013 and related filings) and PPC v. Times Fiber Communications (2013). Broader public dockets show PPC as an actively two-way litigant — it has also been sued (e.g., Corning Gilbert v. PPC, and Times Fiber Communications v. PPC, D. Del. 2021) and has litigated in Delaware against Amphenol and CommScope.
Notable context. The 2013 Times Fiber suit asserted coaxial-connector continuity-member patents including the '229, '237, '353, and '060 patents; PTAB and PTO proceedings invalidated or cancelled several asserted claims, prompting partial voluntary dismissal. PPC's patents-within-the-cases focus on connector grounding/continuity technology, consistent with its claim to hold more connector-technology patents than any other company. Belden Inc. has been named a real party-in-interest in PPC's PTAB petitions.
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PPC Broadband sued Times Fiber Communications for infringement; the '060 patent was Count IV of the complaint, along with the '229 patent. Accused products included Times Fiber 'QC II with QuickShield' series coaxial connectors. The case was active at least into 2014, but final disposition is unconfirmed.
PPC Broadband sued PCT International in the Northern District of New York. Google Patents/Unified Patents links the case to the US 8,485,845 family, and PCT's invalidity/non-infringement contentions cite the '845 patent among PPC's asserted continuity-connector patents. Outcome is not confirmed.
PPC Broadband sued PCT International. Defendant served preliminary and supplemental invalidity/non-infringement contentions in 2013 that addressed PPC's connector patents, including the '431 patent family. No final judgment or outcome was located.
PPC Broadband sued PCT International. The case is listed on the Google Patents page for US 8,475,205 under family litigation; the original complaint asserted US 8,366,481, and PCT's non-infringement, invalidity, and unenforceability contentions were cited in later PPC family patent IDS materials. Outcome was not confirmed.