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1 case as plaintiff.
Weple IP Holdings LLC is a patent assertion entity and a subsidiary of MAF Holdings LLC. Information regarding its formation date and headquarters is not publicly available. As a holding company, it does not appear to have employees or generate revenue from products or services.
The company has no known products or operations. Its business is centered on licensing and asserting a portfolio of patents related to social and streaming media. The patents, which name Mary Anne Fletcher as the inventor, generally describe a "system and process for coordinating streaming content or messages" for mobile devices. The portfolio includes patents covering user interface mechanisms and computing architectures for social media applications.
Weple IP Holdings' litigation activity is consistent with that of a non-practicing entity (NPE), as it has only appeared as a plaintiff in the single case tracked. The company's lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, not a district traditionally known for attracting high volumes of patent cases.
The entity's sole tracked lawsuit was Weple IP Holdings LLC v. Meta Platforms Inc., filed in August 2024. In the suit, Weple accused Meta's social media platforms of infringing six patents. The case was dismissed with prejudice in January 2026. During the proceedings, the court invalidated three of the asserted patents, finding them directed to ineligible subject matter. Additionally, patent-risk mitigation group Unified Patents successfully requested an ex parte reexamination of one of Weple's patents.
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The lawsuit involved six patents, including US patent 12,112,357 B2. The case was dismissed with prejudice on January 9, 2026, barring the plaintiff from re-asserting the same claims.