XR Communications LLC d/b/a Vivato Technologies

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XR Communications, LLC d/b/a Vivato Technologies is a privately held Delaware limited liability company with a principal place of business at 2809 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, California (stated in its complaints). It has no corporate parent and no publicly traded stock; in Federal Circuit Rule 47.4 certificates, counsel listed no parent corporations or 10%-plus stockholders. The entity traces to Vivato, Inc., a venture-backed Wi-Fi/802.11 systems startup founded in 2000 that raised roughly $80 million and fielded beamforming phased-array base stations. After Vivato's assets passed through Wayout Wireless and Aequitas Equipment Finance, XR Communications was formed and purchased the portfolio in December 2009; it has since acted as portfolio owner rather than a product vendor. No current employee count or revenue is publicly reported.

Products / services: XR Communications does not appear to operate a current product business. It is best characterized as a patent-holding/monetization entity — the successor owner of the former Vivato wireless portfolio (roughly 17-plus issued patents and applications per its own pleadings). The asserted technology covers directed wireless communication, adaptive/beamforming phased-array antennas, forced beam switching, signal coordination across access points, and MU-MIMO — patents including U.S. 6,611,231; 7,062,296; 7,729,728; 8,289,939; 8,737,511; 10,594,376; 10,715,235; 11,750,256; and 11,777,569. It asserts these against Wi-Fi access points, routers, and mobile/5G network gear rather than selling anything itself.

Litigation posture: Overwhelmingly a plaintiff-side filer — 28 plaintiff cases versus 3 defendant appearances (all three being PTAB inter partes review challenges brought against it in 2018 by Cisco, Aruba, and Ruckus/ARRIS/Netgear/Belkin). It asserts an acquired portfolio against operating companies, the classic NPE pattern. Cases cluster in plaintiff-friendly venues: the Eastern District of Texas (Judge Gilstrap, Marshall Division), the Western District of Texas (Waco), and California districts.

Notable cases: A 2017–18 wave targeted Cisco, Aruba, Ruckus, ARRIS, D-Link, Extreme, Ubiquiti, Netgear, and ASUS in C.D. Cal./N.D. Cal. A 2021 wave targeted Amazon/eero, Google, Samsung, Comcast, and others in W.D. Tex. In 2023 it sued AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile in E.D. Tex., with Nokia and Ericsson intervening; those cases settled and were dismissed with prejudice (docketed 2026). A 2025 Nokia complaint is among the most recent filings. Court filings reference an XR–RPX agreement licensing Samsung products.