Roku Asks Court to Rule Ad Platform Doesn’t Infringe Patents

Roku asked a Delaware federal court for a judgment that its OneView advertising platform products and services don’t infringe nine patents owned by closely held AlmondNet or its Intent IQ unit.

• Roku is seeking court’s declaration it doesn’t infringe any valid claim of patents, according to complaint filed Friday in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware
• AlmondNet in August 2020 sent Roku a letter alleging its OneView platform infringed the patents, complaint says, but discussions “have not progressed to a state of likely resolution and Roku no longer expects them to”
• AlmondNet owns four of the patents and Intent IQ owns ...