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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.
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XR Communications, LLC asserted U.S. Patent 7,877,113 against Ruckus Wireless, Inc. in the Central District of California. The action was later superseded/succeeded by the Northern District of California action, and the parties disputed whether Ruckus Wireless, Inc. still existed as an entity after the ARRIS/Brocade transaction.
Federal Circuit appeal arising from the N.D. Cal. consolidated action. The court affirmed the district court's claim construction and held the disputed 'search receiver logic' term in U.S. Patent 6,611,231 invalid as indefinite; PatSnap describes the appeal as covering the five-patent portfolio including U.S. 7,877,113. Federal Circuit docket entries recorded AFFIRMED; a third-party record lists Appeal Dismissed (discrepancy unresolved).