Charter Pushes for Transfer of High-Speed Internet Patent Suit

Charter Communications Inc. told a federal judge a patent owner can’t sue it for patent infringement in Texas because it doesn’t offer the accused high-speed internet services or conduct other business activities in the state.

Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment Inc.’s lawsuit acknowledges Charter isn’t based in Texas, according to a redacted motion to dismiss filed Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Connecticut-based Charter, which does business as Spectrum, said it and three of its units also named in the suit are holding companies, and it’s their subsidiaries—not named in the complaint—that “carry out ...