Context: Tir Technologies Limited, an Irish non-practicing entity (NPE) controlled by patent monetization firm Atlantic IP Services Limited, sued Comcast Cable Communications and several of its subsidiaries in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in July 2025. Tir accused Comcast’s Xfinity Stream and NBCUniversal’s Peacock services of infringing four patents related to video delivery and network monitoring. Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves, who sits on the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) and is overseeing the case by designation, dismissed Tir’s claims in March 2026 and again, mostly, in June 2026. That left only a joint direct infringement claim over the U.S. Patent No. 10,375,444 (“Partial video pre-fetch”) in the Third Amended Complaint. She dismissed the claims over the other three patents with prejudice and said she would not allow a fourth attempt at pleading.
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Court and counsel
Court: Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves, United States District Court for the District of Delaware, sitting by designation from the United States Court of International Trade.
Tir is being represented by BC Law Group’s Brett E. Cooper, Seth R. Hasenour, Jonathan Yim, Drew B. Hollander, John F. Petrsoric, and Robert A. Auchter, together with Bayard’s Stephen B. Brauerman and Ronald P. Golden III.
Meanwhile, Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Peacock are being represented by Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor’s Robert M. Vrana and Colin A. Keith, together with Farella Braun + Martel’s James L. Day, Daniel C. Callaway, Nora E. Titus, and Victoria C. Huang.