Scale Video Coding LLC, an Equitable IP Corporation plaintiff, first sued Cisco in September 2023. Eastern District of Texas Judge Sean D. Jordan has since received opposed motions to amend infringement contentions (from Scale Video) and invalidity contentions (from Cisco). In what appears to be a belt-and-suspenders second complaint (4:25-cv-00095), Scale Video now accuses Cisco of infringing the same patent—generally related to a “video router” that transmits a certain “layered video data stream”—through the provision of additional products and services that implement the “scalable video coding features” of the AV1 coding format and H.264 video coding standard, including the Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), Cisco Webex-series products, and Cisco Meeting Server version 3.9 and higher, as well as related hardware and software products.

Scale Video Coding LLC, an entity associated with Equitable IP Corporation, has revived its sole litigation campaign, initiated in October 2021 with Central District of California complaints against Brightcove, KDDI, Mitel Networks, NTT (NTT Cloud Communications US (d/b/a Arkadin), V-Cube, and Zoom. In a new Eastern District of Texas complaint, the plaintiff accuses Cisco (4:23-cv-00803) of infringing a single patent generally related to a “video router” that transmits a “layered video data stream” with a base layer and multiple enhancement layers to a video receiver device, where the base layer is transmitted along with a subset of the enhancement layers selected based on available bandwidth and the video processing capabilities of the receiver. Scale Video Coding targets the provision of products—including the Cisco Meeting Server, Web App, and Meeting Management platforms—that are compliant with the H.264 video compression standard and related scalable video coding (SVC) technology.

Scale Video Coding LLC has filed separate suits against Brightcove (2:21-cv-08156), KDDI (8:21-cv-01700), Mitel Networks (8:21-cv-01701), NTT (NTT Cloud Communications US (d/b/a Arkadin)) (8:21-cv-01699), V-Cube (8:21-cv-01702), and Zoom (2:21-cv-08183). The plaintiff, an NPE associated with Equitable IP Corporation, asserts a single “video router” patent against each defendant, targeting the provision of various online services and platforms, including products related to videoconferencing (all defendants except V-Cube), communication and collaboration (Mitel Networks), webcasting and production software (V-Cube), virtual event hosting and marketing (Brightcove), video encoding (Brightcove), and other business functions (KDDI).