Litigation

CommWorks Solutions, LLC v. Technicolor USA, Inc.

1:22-cv-02827

Patents at issue (1)

6891807

Summary

'807 listed among asserted patents (IPWatchdog filings roundup, 2022-07-29).

Case overview & background

Plain-language overview of the case: parties, accused product, patents at issue, and why the suit matters.

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Key finding: public records show this case in N.D. Ga., not E.D. Tex. Let me verify further and research the patent, ownership chain, and case outcome.

Case Overview — CommWorks Solutions, LLC v. Technicolor USA, Inc., No. 1:22-cv-02827

Parties. CommWorks Solutions, LLC is a Georgia limited liability company — a patent-holding/assertion vehicle, not an operating company. It was formed under the laws of Georgia with its principal place of business at 44 Milton Avenue, Suite 254, Alpharetta, GA 30009, and its Rule 7.1 disclosures identify Brainbox Innovations, LLC as corporate parent; the press and docket aggregators describe it as an affiliate of Georgia-based IP Investments Group and report that the asserted portfolio was acquired from Intellectual Ventures LLC (Lexology case note, July 29, 2022; CommWorks v. D-Link, W.D. Tex. 6:22-cv-00806, Compl. ¶ 1; CommWorks v. EarthLink, E.D. Tex. 2:25-cv-00716, Dkt. 2). Stanford's NPE Litigation Database classifies the '807 as an "acquired" NPE-held patent (npe.law.stanford.edu/patent/6891807). The defendants are Technicolor USA, Inc. and its affiliate Technicolor Connected Home USA LLC — the U.S. customer-premises-equipment arm of French-based Technicolor SA, a global supplier of cable/DSL gateways, Wi-Fi routers, and set-top boxes to broadband operators. By the time of their answer, the defendants' corporate disclosure (Dkt. 22, Oct. 17, 2022) identified Vantiva SA as their corporate parent, reflecting the 2022 rebranding of Technicolor SA into Vantiva following the carve-out of the set-top-box business. Defendants are represented by Nathan R. Miles and Daniel Huynh; plaintiff's N.D. Ga. team included Daniel Arthur Kent (local) plus Andrey Belenky, Dmitry Kheyfits, Brandon Gregory Moore, and Hanna Glomska Cohen, admitted pro hac vice (Dkts. 7–14).

Venue — important discrepancy. Your case metadata lists E.D. Tex., but every public record places this case in the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, as CommWorks Solutions, LLC v. Technicolor Connected Home USA LLC et al, No. 1:22-cv-02827-SCJ, assigned to Judge Steve C. Jones (Justia docket 305414; UniCourt; Lexology; IPWatchdog's July 29, 2022 filings roundup; USPTO/PTAB litigation records). The docket number itself is the giveaway: the "1:" Atlanta Division prefix and five-digit sequence are N.D. Ga. conventions — E.D. Tex. numbers run 2:xx (Marshall), 4:xx (Sherman), 6:xx (Waco). I flag this rather than silently reconcile it, because it changes the venue analysis materially. On the public record, venue is plaintiff's home district (CommWorks and its counsel are Atlanta-area) and a comparatively slow, non-specialized patent docket — a notable choice given that CommWorks filed many parallel campaign suits in W.D. Tex. (Waco) before Judge Albright and in E.D. Tex. Per your operating rules I treat the caption, case number, and patent identification as authoritative; the "E.D. Tex." label appears to be an error in the source metadata rather than a second, parallel filing.

Accused technology and asserted patents. The complaint (filed July 18, 2022) accused "dozens of Technicolor routers, access points, gateways, devices, and other products with Wi-Fi-related technology," with the Technicolor CGA4234 cable gateway as the exemplar, supported by exhibits including the product datasheet, a Wi-Fi Alliance certificate (WFA79883), the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) specification, the Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) technical specification, and IEEE 802.11 excerpts (Dkt. 1, Exs. 1–14). The theory is that ordinary standardized Wi-Fi features — push-button WPS provisioning and WMM/802.11e QoS prioritization — practice the claims. Per your metadata the patent at issue is U.S. 6,891,807; the complaint as filed actually asserted six patents: the '807 and four family members plus a reissue. Technical sketches (sourced from the complaints in parallel CommWorks actions):

  • 6,891,807 — "Time Based Wireless Access Provisioning" (issued May 10, 2005; App. 10/341,847 filed Jan. 13, 2003). An access point tracks an operating parameter of a wireless device (power-on or onset of transmission) and provisions it only if that event falls inside an activatable time interval — the push-button WPS model (e.g., both buttons pressed within 120 seconds) (see CommWorks v. EarthLink, E.D. Tex. 2:25-cv-00716, Compl. ¶¶ 28–29).
  • 7,177,285 and 7,463,596 — same title, "Time Based Wireless Access Provisioning"; continuations in the same family, same provisioning-window concept (CommWorks v. D-Link, Compl. ¶¶ 13–18).
  • 7,911,979 — "Time Based Access Provisioning System and Process" (issued Mar. 22, 2011; App. 12/323,399). Related provisioning system/process claims covering button-activated, time-limited provisioning with an access control list.
  • RE44,904 — "Method for Contention Free Traffic Detection" (reissued May 20, 2014). Extracts a bit pattern from a frame, compares it to a search pattern, and forwards matches to a high-priority queue during a special priority period with adaptive duration — i.e., MAC-layer QoS/WMM priority detection.
  • 7,027,465 — asserted in the complaint but I could not verify its title or claim scope from a primary source; secondary (AI-generated) litigation summaries describe it as MAC-layer 802.11 protocol subject matter, which I did not independently confirm.

Why it matters. Three themes. First, NPE assertion pattern: this was one of an 11-plus-case campaign begun in 2020–2022 asserting the same IV-sourced family against both CPE manufacturers (D-Link, Hitron, Ubee, DrayTek, AVM, u-blox) and, unusually, the operators who buy their gear (Charter, Comcast, Mediacom, RCN/Texcom, Altice/CSC Holdings, Consolidated Communications, NextLink, Vyve, EarthLink) — a two-sided squeeze designed to force portfolio licenses. Second, defensive linkage: Unified Patents ran an active campaign against the CommWorks portfolio, including IPR2021-01297 (Unified Patents v. CommWorks Solutions, patent 8,923,846); I found no IPR specifically against the '807 in the sources retrieved, so the '807 challenge appears to have been reexamination-based or absent — I could not confirm a PTAB petition on the '807 itself. Third, market context and timing: the asserted claims cover Wi-Fi Alliance-mandated features, so the patents read on essentially the entire Wi-Fi CPE and ISP ecosystem; and because the family claims priority to the early 2000s, several members expired during the campaign — CommWorks' later complaints expressly plead infringement only "until its expiry," which likely explains the wave of settlements and voluntary dismissals rather than merits adjudications.

Sourcing caveats. (1) The venue discrepancy above is flagged, not resolved — I recommend confirming via PACER before relying on "E.D. Tex." (2) The case is recorded as closed by docket aggregators, but I could not retrieve a dismissal order or settlement entry; the last docket activity I could verify is the October 17, 2022 answer (Dkt. 23) and corporate disclosure (Dkt. 22). A negotiated resolution is plausible given the pattern in parallel cases (e.g., CommWorks v. Hitron, W.D. Tex. 6:23-cv-00063, stayed and voluntarily dismissed July 5, 2023), but that outcome for Technicolor is unverified. (3) The metadata's single-patent listing ('807) conflicts with the six patents named in the complaint — I have presented both and labeled which is sourced. (4) The '465 patent's technical scope and the defendants' law firm are not verified from primary sources.

Key legal developments & outcome

Major rulings, motions, claim construction, settlements, and the present posture or final disposition.

Important threshold correction: court and patents

The case metadata in the prompt does not match the public docket. Every free docket source I located shows this case as:

  • Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division — not E.D. Tex.
  • Case No.: 1:22-cv-02827-SCJ (Judge Steve C. Jones)
  • Caption: CommWorks Solutions, LLC v. Technicolor Connected Home USA LLC et al.
  • Filed: 2022-07-18

See Justia’s PACER-derived docket: https://dockets.justia.com/docket/georgia/gandce/1:2022cv02827/305414; see also the Lexology case note (2022-07-29) identifying the court as N.D. Ga. and the case as No. 1:22-cv-02827-SCJ: https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=14c49056-81e4-4ee1-a4a7-1ec58aee6400.

Also, U.S. Patent No. 6,891,807 was not the only patent asserted. The complaint and IPWatchdog’s filing roundup list six patents-in-suit: 6,891,807; 7,027,465; 7,177,285; 7,463,596; 7,911,979; and RE44,904. IPWatchdog, 2022-07-29, https://ipwatchdog.com/2022/07/29/patent-filings-roundup-future-waco-patent-cases-headed-wheel-ax-wireless-launches-wifi-6-campaign-helsinn-paragraph-iv-litigation/.

The case free-docket record ends on 2022-10-17. After that date, Lex Machina’s case page lists the case as Closed, but I could not retrieve the dismissal/closure order or stipulation from free sources. The final-disposition details below are therefore flagged as unverified where necessary.

Chronology of developments

Date Event Significance / source
2022-07-18 CommWorks Solutions, LLC filed a six-patent infringement complaint against Technicolor Connected Home USA LLC and Technicolor USA, Inc. in N.D. Ga.; jury demand. Justia docket, Doc. 1; complaint attaches the ’807, ’465, ’285, ’596, ’979, and RE44,904 patents. The accused products included Technicolor Wi-Fi routers, access points, and gateways, with the CGA4234 gateway identified in the exhibits.
2022-07-19 Summonses issued as to both Technicolor entities. Justia docket, Docs. 2–3.
2022-07-26 to 2022-08-03 Pro hac vice appearances entered for CommWorks’ Kheyfits Belenky LLP team: Andrey Belenky, Brandon G. Moore, Dmitry Kheyfits, and Hanna Glomska Cohen. Justia docket, Docs. 7–14. Technicolor’s counsel on the docket included Nathan R. Miles and Daniel Huynh.
2022-07-29 Case publicly reported as part of CommWorks’ first NPE campaign; Unified Patents noted as running an active ex parte reexamination campaign against the CommWorks portfolio. Lexology case note; IPWatchdog filing roundup.
2022-08-05 First extension of Technicolor’s time to respond, to 2022-09-16. Justia docket, Docs. 15–16.
2022-09-13 to 2022-09-15 Second joint extension, to 2022-10-17. Justia docket, Docs. 20–21.
2022-10-17 Technicolor answered the complaint and demanded a jury trial; corporate disclosure identified Vantiva SA as corporate parent. The answer noted “Discovery ends on 7/14/2023.” Justia docket, Docs. 22–23. The public docket entry describes only an answer, not counterclaims, though the document itself was not available for full review.
2023-07-14 Discovery cutoff stated in the answer. Justia docket, Doc. 23. No scheduling order, discovery motions, or Markman order appears in the free docket snapshot.
After 2022-10-17 Case eventually shown as closed. Lex Machina AI case page lists status “Closed”: https://ai-lab-cl-prod.azurewebsites.net/case/dct/gand/1:22-cv-02827/commworks-solutions-llc-v-technicolor-usa-inc. The exact closure date and dismissal terms are not available from the free dockets I could access.

Substantive litigation events

Filing and initial pleadings. The complaint asserted direct, induced, and contributory infringement and willfulness against Wi-Fi-enabled routers, access points, and gateways. The ’807 patent is titled “Time Based Wireless Access Provisioning” and was asserted against products with Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) functionality. The other five patents covered related Wi-Fi/QoS/network functions. CommWorks is an affiliate of IPInvestments Group and acquired the portfolio from Intellectual Ventures. Lexology, 2022-07-29.

Answer/counterclaims. Technicolor answered on 2022-10-17. The docket entry does not reflect counterclaims. No amended complaint, motion to dismiss, motion to transfer, or motion for judgment on the pleadings appears in the post-answer public record available to me.

Pre-trial motions of substance. None located. The only motions appearing in the free docket are the two joint extensions of time to respond to the complaint. There is no record of a motion to transfer venue to E.D. Tex., a motion to stay pending IPR, or a summary-judgment motion.

Claim construction. No Markman order, claim-construction opinion, or claim-construction hearing is indexed in the available record. The case apparently resolved before claim construction.

Discovery. The only discovery milestone visible is the July 14, 2023 discovery cutoff recited in Technicolor’s answer. There are no reported discovery motions, protective-order disputes, or expert-discovery milestones in the free docket snapshot.

Trial, verdict, and post-trial motions. None. There is no trial date, verdict, JMOL, new-trial, or fee motion in the available record. No Federal Circuit appeal is indexed.

Final disposition. The case is now listed as closed, but the free docket snapshot ends in October 2022. I could not verify whether the closure was by stipulated dismissal, settlement, voluntary dismissal, or another mechanism, nor whether dismissal was with or without prejudice. Given the early posture and the absence of any merits ruling, an early confidential resolution or dismissal is the most likely explanation, but that is an inference, not a documented fact. Anyone needing the exact disposition should pull the N.D. Ga. docket after Doc. 23 on PACER.

Parallel PTAB / USPTO proceedings

Bottom line

This was an early-stage N.D. Ga. NPE case, not an E.D. Tex. case. It was filed 2022-07-18, answered 2022-10-17, and had a July 14, 2023 discovery cutoff. It never reached Markman, summary judgment, trial, or appeal on the public record I could access. It is now closed, almost certainly by an early settlement/dismissal, but the exact dismissal order and prejudice terms are not verifiable from the free dockets and should be confirmed on PACER.

Plaintiff representatives

Counsel of record for the plaintiff(s): attorneys, firms, and roles (lead counsel, of counsel, local counsel).

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Counsel of Record for Plaintiff CommWorks Solutions, LLC — CommWorks Solutions, LLC v. Technicolor Connected Home USA LLC et al., No. 1:22-cv-02827 (N.D. Ga.)

Important framing note: The case metadata in this prompt lists the court as E.D. Tex. and the sole patent as the '807 patent. Every public source I could locate — the Justia docket, the N.D. Ga. docket entries, UniCourt, the IPWatchdog filings roundup, and the Lexology case note — places this action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, No. 1:22-cv-02827-SCJ, before Judge Steve C. Jones, with a six-patent assertion (’807, ’465, ’285, ’596, ’979, RE44,904) plus the ’249 patent. I flag this because it materially affects the "local counsel" analysis: Georgia counsel, not Texas counsel, is the local bar sponsor here. I use the docket facts below as they appear.

Plaintiff's counsel appearing on the docket

All five attorneys below appear expressly "on behalf of CommWorks Solutions, LLC" in the N.D. Ga. docket entries. There is no separate "lead counsel" designation on the docket sheet; the roles below are my characterization based on filing activity, bar status, and the signature practice in parallel CommWorks complaints.

Attorney Role Firm / Office Notes
Dmitry A. Kheyfits Lead / principal plaintiff counsel (pro hac vice) Kheyfits Belenky LLP Appeared via PHV application Dkt. 9, admitted Dkt. 13 (Aug. 3, 2022). He is the named plaintiff counsel across the CommWorks portfolio campaign (RCN, Mediacom, Zyxel, Extreme Networks, Open Text) and typically the attorney signing CommWorks complaints/pleadings.
Andrey Belenky Plaintiff counsel (pro hac vice) Kheyfits Belenky LLP PHV application Dkt. 7, admitted Dkt. 11 (Aug. 3, 2022). Repeatedly listed as CommWorks plaintiff counsel in the related campaigns; co-counsel of record in the consolidated E.D. Tex. CommWorks actions (e.g., CommWorks v. Open Text, 2:23-cv-00533, where he filed the joint dismissal motion).
Hanna Glomska Cohen Plaintiff counsel (pro hac vice) Kheyfits Belenky LLP PHV application Dkt. 10, admitted Dkt. 14 (Aug. 3, 2022). Long-tenured CommWorks counsel — she filed notices of appearance in CommWorks v. Mediacom and CommWorks v. RCN Telecom (S.D.N.Y., 2020).
Brandon Gregory Moore Plaintiff counsel (pro hac vice) Reported as Kheyfits Belenky LLP — firm not independently confirmed in this session PHV application Dkt. 8, admitted Dkt. 12 (Aug. 3, 2022). Caution flag: the docket reflects Dkt. 17, "Mail Returned as Undeliverable" to Moore re the Dkt. 12 PHV order (Aug. 18, 2022), suggesting a service-address problem; I found no later activity by him. He appears on UniCourt's plaintiff-attorney list for the Zyxel and Extreme Networks CommWorks matters, but I could not verify his firm affiliation in this session and will not assert one.
Daniel Arthur Kent Local counsel (Georgia-bar sponsor) Kent & Risley LLC, 5755 North Point Pkwy, Suite 57, Alpharetta, GA 30022 Appears in this case through Dkt. 19, Request for Leave of Absence (filed Aug. 25, 2022). Kent is a Duke Law grad (J.D. 1990), admitted in Georgia 1990, former founding partner of Fish & Richardson's Atlanta office, with prior stints at Jones Day and Alston & Bird; his practice is national IP litigation and his reported cases include PurseN LLC v. QVC, ArrivalStar v. Supply Chain Consulting, Retractable Cord Technologies v. Vanguard Products Group, and Freescale Semiconductor v. ST Microelectronics. This is the profile that fits the N.D. Ga. local-counsel slot.

Sourcing and confidence

Well sourced (docket entries): The appearance of Kheyfits, Belenky, Cohen, and Moore via pro hac vice applications and the Aug. 3, 2022 admission orders is documented on the public docket (Justia docket sheet for 1:2022cv02827; UniCourt case record; docket entries Dkts. 7–14). Kent's participation is documented by Dkt. 19 (request for leave of absence, filed under his name). Nothing in this case appears sealed as to the parties' counsel — the sealed/restricted item I saw is Dkt. 12-related mail handling and the standard restricted civil cover sheet/exhibit material, not attorney appearances.

Not confirmed / open items:

  • No appearances by Steven W. Ritcheson (Insight, PLLC) or the Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik firm in this N.D. Ga. case. Those firms/attorneys are documented CommWorks plaintiff counsel in other matters (e.g., the 2025 CommWorks complaints signed by Ritcheson and Travis E. Lynch of Rozier Hardt McDonough, and PatSnap's reporting of Rakoczy Molino in CommWorks v. RCN). I found no filing in 1:22-cv-02827 putting them of record; do not treat them as counsel here without pulling the PACER docket.
  • No in-house counsel for CommWorks appears on the docket. CommWorks is an affiliate of IPInvestments Group (Alpharetta, GA); no corporate counsel has entered an appearance.
  • Termination entry not verified. The docket I could retrieve runs through the Oct. 17, 2022 answer (Dkt. 23) and discovery deadline of July 14, 2023. One aggregator lists the case as "Closed," but I could not retrieve the dismissal/termination order, so I cannot state the disposition or whether counsel formally withdrew. If a stipulation of dismissal was filed, it would name the withdrawing/signing counsel and would be worth pulling.

Bottom line: The plaintiff's team of record is the Kheyfits Belenky trio (Kheyfits, Belenky, Cohen) plus Brandon Gregory Moore, all admitted pro hac vice in August 2022, with Daniel Kent of Kent & Risley LLC serving as the Georgia local counsel of record.

Defendant representatives

Counsel of record for the defendant(s): attorneys, firms, and roles (lead counsel, of counsel, local counsel).

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Threshold issue: the docket location in the case metadata appears to be wrong

Before answering on counsel, one flag that matters for this research. The metadata for this case gives the court as E.D. Tex., but every primary- and secondary-source record I could locate places case number 1:22‑cv‑02827 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, assigned to Judge Steve C. Jones — captioned CommWorks Solutions, LLC v. Technicolor Connected Home USA LLC and Technicolor USA, Inc., No. 1:22‑cv‑02827‑SCJ (N.D. Ga.), filed July 18, 2022. Sources:

I could not find any E.D. Tex. case with this number and these parties. The IPWatchdog roundup is a multi-district table and does not itself state a district, which is likely how the E.D. Tex. attribution entered the case summary. I am treating the N.D. Ga. docket as the real one for counsel purposes; if you have a PACER pull showing otherwise, that changes the answer.

Defendants and defense counsel of record

Defendants named: Technicolor USA, Inc. and Technicolor Connected Home USA LLC (the latter a subsidiary; Dkt. 22, Corporate Disclosure Statement, identified Vantiva SA as corporate parent).

1. Nathan R. Miles — counsel of record (lead/principal defense counsel)

  • Firm / office: Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP — Atlanta office, 1600 Atlanta Financial Center, 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30326. (Justia/UniCourt list him as the firm's attorney of record; firm bio at https://www.mmmlaw.com/people/nathan-miles)
  • Docket basis: He is the filing attorney on the defendants' Answer to the Complaint, Dkt. 23 (filed Oct. 17, 2022), brought on behalf of both Technicolor Connected Home USA LLC and Technicolor USA, Inc. Docket text: "ANSWER to #1 COMPLAINT with Jury Demand by Technicolor Connected Home USA LLC, Technicolor USA, Inc. … (Miles, Nathan)." He is also listed as the defendant-side attorney for this case in Docket Alarm/UniCourt case records.
  • Experience note: MMM describes him as a Senior Associate in the Commercial Litigation practice, with experience in complex commercial disputes, real-estate litigation, post-judgment collections and insurance coverage; his bio's closest connection to this case is that he "advises tech companies regarding litigation matters." He served as a law clerk to Justice Robert Benham (Ga. Supreme Court) and interned for Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. (N.D. Ga.). Caveat: I found no firm bio, court opinion or press item describing him as a patent litigator with a patent-case track record; the firm's public framing is general commercial litigation, not IP. Treat "patent litigation experience" for him as not established by public sources.

2. Daniel Huynh — defense counsel (co-counsel of record)

  • Firm / office: Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP (same Atlanta office, per the docket records listing him alongside Miles as a defendant-side attorney).
  • Docket basis: He is the filing attorney on the defendants' first appearance-stage filing, Joint Motion for Extension of Time to File Answer, Dkt. 20 (filed Sept. 13, 2022) — "(Huynh, Daniel)" — and he appears in the docket databases as an attorney for the Technicolor defendants.
  • Experience note: Not verified. I did not retrieve a firm bio page or a reported decision crediting him, and I will not characterize his experience without a source. He is best described on the current record as defense counsel who made the initial appearance filing (likely co-counsel with Mr. Miles).

Role classification caveat

  • I found no separate "local counsel" entry, no in-house counsel appearance, and no pro hac vice admission for defense-side counsel on this docket in the records retrieved (the four PHV admissions of record — Dkts. 11–14, Aug. 3, 2022 — were all for plaintiff's counsel at Kent & Risley/Moore, Belenky, Kheyfits and Glomska Cohen, appearing for CommWorks). So I cannot label anyone "lead vs. local" with certainty; the honest characterization is that Miles is the counsel who signed the substantive Answer, with Huynh as the other appearing defense attorney at Morris, Manning & Martin.
  • Firms that should NOT be listed for this case: In unrelated Technicolor matters (the CRT antitrust MDL and the Comcast ITC/cert petition), Technicolor entities were represented by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton (Mitchell Stockwell, Michael Turton, Joshua Lee, Joshua Pond), Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg (Paul Bartkowski), and Faegre Baker Daniels (Kathy Osborn et al.). Those appearances are in different matters; I found no evidence they appear in 1:22‑cv‑02827. Do not carry them over.

Gaps and confidence

Item Status
Identification of Miles as counsel of record High confidence — named on Dkt. 23
Identification of Huynh as defense counsel Moderate-high — named on Dkt. 20 and in docket aggregators
Any additional defense counsel (PHV, local, in-house) None found in the records retrieved; could not run a full PACER docket sheet, so an unseen appearance is possible
Current case status Docket aggregators show the N.D. Ga. case as "Closed" (status also shown as closed in the AI-lab/Docket Navigator-derived record); I could not retrieve the dismissal/settlement order, so the closing event is unverified
Whether counsel has appeared yet Yes — Dkt. 20 and Dkt. 23 confirm appearances; nothing appears sealed for these filings

Bottom line: On the N.D. Ga. docket, the defendant-side counsel of record are Nathan R. Miles and Daniel Huynh, both of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, defending Technicolor USA, Inc. and Technicolor Connected Home USA LLC (parent: Vantiva SA). No in-house or separate local-counsel appearance is documented, and no public source establishes specialized patent-litigation experience for either attorney — Miles's firm profile frames him as a commercial litigator.