On December 16, 2024, Fractus filed a lawsuit against Geotab and Verizon in the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that the two companies collectively infringed six of its patents related to wireless communications, multimedia, and antenna technology.

Fractus is a Spanish developer of antenna technology, and the company develops geometry-based antenna technology and produces built-in antennas for smartphones, tablets and wireless IoT devices, smart homes, wearables, medical devices and other products.

Fractus says its solutions fit seamlessly into connected devices and play a key role in the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem.

Fractus first notified Geotab of its alleged infringement by letter in October 2021.Geotab responded by letter in November 2021 requesting a claim chart. A month later, Fractus responded with an offer to sign a confidentiality agreement to protect the exchange of information, which Geotab rejected in two successive letters dated January 10 and 25, 2022, respectively.

In November 2021, Fractus contacted Verizon for the first time and provided a complete list of patents claimed to be infringed by Verizon.In February 2022 Fractus received a response from Verizon's legal counsel, Bukola Landis-Aina, requesting additional materials from Fractus.Fractus responded to this request in September 2024 responded to the letter, but has not yet received a response.

Fractus alleges that both Defendants have infringed: U.S. Patent No. 8,456,365 (“Multi-frequency Monopole Antennas for Use in Mobile Communication Devices”), U.S. Patent No. 8,810,458 ("Hand-held Devices Having Two Antennas, and Methods for Enhancing Isolation Between Antennas “), U.S. Patent No. 11,031,677 (“Multi-body Configuration Multimedia and Smartphone Multifunctional Wireless Device”), U.S. Patent No. 12,095,149 ("Multi-body Configuration Multimedia and Smartphone Multifunctional Wireless Device “).

In addition, Fractus alleges that Geotab infringes U.S. Patent No. 8,472,908 (“Wireless Portable Apparatus Including Internal Broadcast Receiver”); Verizon allegedly infringes U.S. Patent No. 11,349,200 ("Multi-Body Configuration Multimedia and Smartphone Multifunction Wireless Device").

This year, Fractus announced the signing of four new licensees - one in the medical device industry and three in the IoT industry. Prior to this, it had antenna patent licensing agreements with major cellular and electronics companies including Motorola, Samsung, LG, HTC, Asus, ZTE, TCL and CommScope.