The Fenwick patent litigation team secured a trial victory for Amazon and its subsidiary eero in a case brought by plaintiff TrackThings LLC. The case involved home mesh networking products and related software developed by eero and sold by Amazon.
On October 11, 2024, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas concluded that Amazon did not infringe on TrackThings’ three asserted patents. While the jury found no infringement, it declined to find the patents invalid.
TrackThings initiated the lawsuit in February 2023, alleging that eero and Amazon infringed on its patents through their use of wireless communications technology in eero routers and the provision of software, including the eero mobile app, to help users set up their wireless mesh networks. The Fenwick team won a first case brought by TrackThings, when the Court granted a motion to dismiss for lack of standing, finding that TrackThings did not own the patents at the time of filing. TrackThings refiled the case in the Western District of Texas, but the initial dismissal was a significant victory for Amazon, as it limited TrackThings’ ability to claim past damages.
The jury's decision represents a major win for Amazon and eero, strengthening its position against claims of patent infringement and supporting the ongoing innovation and use of its wireless network technologies.
Amazon was represented by Fenwick patent litigation partners Dave Hadden, Saina Shamilov, Ravi Ranganath, Vigen Salmastlian, Allen Wang, and Todd Gregorian, as well as counsel Jeffrey Ware and associates Min Wu, Eric Young, Rebecca Fewkes, Daniel Ledesma, Gregory Sefian, Blaine Schmidt, and Doug Etts.
The case is TrackThings LLC v. Amazon.com Inc. et al, W.D. Tex., No. 6:23-cv-00133.