{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"49244","rtpr_id":"nBw852lQ1a","ticker":"ADTN","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["ADTN"],"title":"Adtran resolves long-running patent litigation, reinforcing commitment to defend innovation","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-05-29T12:00:00.606Z","article_body":"Adtran resolves long-running patent litigation, reinforcing commitment to\ndefend innovation\n\nNews summary:\n\n\n * Non-practicing entity litigation continues to create costly, time-consuming\npressure across the technology industry\n\n * Adtran has reached a full settlement following counterclaims, with payment\nmade to Adtran and all claims dismissed with prejudice\n\n * Outcome reflects Adtran’s commitment to defend its innovations, customers\nand business against meritless patent assertions\n\nAdtran today announced it has resolved a patent litigation matter, resulting\nin a full settlement and dismissal of all claims with prejudice. The case,\ninitiated in 2020 by a non-practicing entity asserting five patents, was\ntransferred to the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in\n2021 following a successful motion by Adtran. Adtran subsequently filed\ncounterclaims, including bad-faith patent assertion under Alabama statutory\nlaw. The settlement includes payment to Adtran to resolve its counterclaims.\nTerms of the agreement remain confidential.\n\n“This outcome reflects a disciplined and consistent approach to protecting\nour innovation and our customers,” said Justin Ferguson, SVP and general\ncounsel at Adtran. “We take all claims seriously, but we will not hesitate\nto defend ourselves when assertions lack merit. Situations like this place\nunnecessary strain on technology providers and divert resources from advancing\nnetworks and services. By advancing our counterclaims, we have reinforced our\nposition and demonstrated that we will follow matters through when\nrequired.”\n\nThe resolution of this matter reflects Adtran’s commitment to safeguard its\ntechnology, customers and business. The company will continue to respond\nfirmly to meritless patent assertions and pursue available remedies where it\nbelieves claims are brought in bad faith.\n\n“This resolution sends a clear message: Adtran is not an easy or inexpensive\ntarget for non-practicing entity litigation,” Mr. Ferguson continued.\n“When necessary, we will pursue counterclaims and other available remedies\nto protect our innovation, our business and our customers.”\n\nAbout Adtran\n\nADTRAN Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN and FSE: QH9) is the parent company of\nAdtran, Inc., a leading global provider of open, disaggregated networking and\ncommunications solutions that enable voice, data, video and internet\ncommunications across any network infrastructure. From the cloud edge to the\nsubscriber edge, Adtran empowers communications service providers around the\nworld to manage and scale services that connect people, places and things.\nAdtran solutions are used by service providers, private enterprises,\ngovernment organizations and millions of individual users worldwide. ADTRAN\nHoldings, Inc. is also the majority shareholder of Adtran Networks SE,\nformerly ADVA Optical Networking SE. 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The case,\ninitiated in 2020 by a non-practicing entity asserting five patents, was\ntransferred to the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in\n2021 following a successful motion by Adtran. Adtran subsequently filed\ncounterclaims, including bad-faith patent assertion under Alabama statutory\nlaw. The settlement includes payment to Adtran to resolve its counterclaims.\nTerms of the agreement remain confidential.\n\n“This outcome reflects a disciplined and consistent approach to protecting\nour innovation and our customers,” said Justin Ferguson, SVP and general\ncounsel at Adtran. “We take all claims seriously, but we will not hesitate\nto defend ourselves when assertions lack merit. Situations like this place\nunnecessary strain on technology providers and divert resources from advancing\nnetworks and services. By advancing our counterclaims, we have reinforced our\nposition and demonstrated that we will follow matters through when\nrequired.”\n\nThe resolution of this matter reflects Adtran’s commitment to safeguard its\ntechnology, customers and business. The company will continue to respond\nfirmly to meritless patent assertions and pursue available remedies where it\nbelieves claims are brought in bad faith.\n\n“This resolution sends a clear message: Adtran is not an easy or inexpensive\ntarget for non-practicing entity litigation,” Mr. Ferguson continued.\n“When necessary, we will pursue counterclaims and other available remedies\nto protect our innovation, our business and our customers.”\n\nAbout Adtran\n\nADTRAN Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN and FSE: QH9) is the parent company of\nAdtran, Inc., a leading global provider of open, disaggregated networking and\ncommunications solutions that enable voice, data, video and internet\ncommunications across any network infrastructure. From the cloud edge to the\nsubscriber edge, Adtran empowers communications service providers around the\nworld to manage and scale services that connect people, places and things.\nAdtran solutions are used by service providers, private enterprises,\ngovernment organizations and millions of individual users worldwide. ADTRAN\nHoldings, Inc. is also the majority shareholder of Adtran Networks SE,\nformerly ADVA Optical Networking SE. 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