R2 Solutions LLC v. Roku, Inc. DC

R2 Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of publicly traded Acacia Research Corporation, continues to hit companies with patents from the large former Yahoo portfolio that Acacia acquired in 2020 through Excalibur IP, LLC. The latest defendants are American Airlines (4:22-cv-00353), Citigroup (4:22-cv-00357), CVS (4:22-cv-00354), and Hilton (4:22-cv-00356), each sued in Eastern District of Texas complaints that have been assigned to District Judge Amos L. Mazzant, who just this past January handed down a claim construction order that resolved multiple disputes over the meaning of terms from the claims of the patents asserted in this latest round of cases.

R2 Solutions LLC has filed suit against Roku (6:21-cv-00997) for a second time. The Acacia Research Corporation subsidiary again targets the provision of Roku’s media streaming platform, as well as related services, particularly certain features related to search and data analytics. Two former Yahoo patents picked up from among the roughly 2,500 that Acacia acquired last year through Excalibur IP, LLC are at issue in the first action, filed in the Western District of Texas in early June, with six more asserted in this second West Texas complaint, five appearing in litigation for the first time.

R2 Solutions LLC, an Acacia Research Corporation plaintiff, has sued iHeartMedia (6:21-cv-00552) and Roku (6:21-cv-00553) in the Western District of Texas over the provision of their respective streaming services, targeting certain features related to searching and search ranking. Two of the eight patents-in-campaign, from among the roughly 2,500 former Yahoo patents that Acacia acquired last year through Excalibur IP, LLC, are asserted against each defendant, with iHeartMedia hit with a third such patent.