Atlas Global Sues Nintendo in Marshall on Eleven Wi-Fi 6 Patents Over the Switch 2.

Atlas Global Technologies LLC filed Atlas Global Technologies LLC v. Nintendo Co., Ltd., No. 2:26-cv-00993 (E.D. Tex., Marshall Division), on November 3, 2026. The complaint describes Atlas as a Texas limited liability company and Nintendo Co., Ltd., on information and belief, as a Japanese corporation. Venue is pleaded under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1400(b) and 1391(c), including on the ground that Nintendo is not a resident of the United States. The plaintiff demands a jury.

The patents

The complaint asserts eleven patents, one per count, that it says are essential to the IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standard and that were invented by engineers at the company that originally owned them, which assigned them to Atlas on February 19, 2021. The patents and the claims the counts identify are: U.S. Patent 9,531,520, "Apparatus and Method for Downlink and Uplink Multi-User Transmissions," issued December 27, 2016 (claim 8); U.S. Patent 9,532,187, "Interleaver for Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit in a High Efficiency Wireless LAN," issued December 27, 2016 (claim 10); U.S. Patent 9,641,234, "Preamble and Payload for High Efficiency (HE) Transmission," issued May 2, 2017 (claim 9); U.S. Patent 9,763,259, "Sounding Method," issued September 12, 2017 (claim 1); U.S. Patent 9,825,738, "Acknowledgement Method and Multi User Transmission Method," issued November 21, 2017 (claim 9); U.S. Patent 9,832,058, "Apparatus and Method for Scrambling Control Field Information for Wireless Communications," issued November 28, 2017 (claims 7 and 11); U.S. Patent 9,848,442, "Method for Transmitting and Receiving Frame in Wireless Local Area Network," issued December 19, 2017 (claim 8); U.S. Patent 9,893,790, "Preamble and Payload for High Efficiency (HE) Transmission," issued February 13, 2018 (claim 1); U.S. Patent 9,912,513, "System and Method for Synchronization for OFDMA Transmission," issued March 6, 2018 (claims 1 and 9); U.S. Patent 10,020,919, "Protection Methods for Wireless Transmissions," issued July 10, 2018 (claims 1 and 11); U.S. Patent 11,050,539, "Pilot Transmission and Reception for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access," issued June 29, 2021 (claim 19).

The accused products

The accused products are all Nintendo products that comply with the 802.11ax-2021 standard, including but not limited to the Switch 2. The complaint says it intends to accuse every Nintendo Wi-Fi 6 product marketed or sold into the United States, and some counts are directed to station (STA) or access point (AP) functionality.

What the complaint alleges

Each count alleges direct infringement by practicing the 802.11ax standard, including, on information and belief, through employee use of the products in testing, demonstrations, and customer support, and induced infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b). The complaint alleges that the portions of the standard covered by the patents are mandatory. For knowledge, it relies on a March 11, 2015 letter of assurance to the IEEE from the patents' original owner, which it alleges, on information and belief, Nintendo monitors; on Atlas letters dated October 2, 2025 offering Nintendo a license, which it says Nintendo acknowledged on December 2, 2025; and, on information and belief, on Nintendo's monitoring of earlier Atlas suits involving the patents. A separate willfulness section alleges that Nintendo refused to take a license and, at minimum, was willfully blind to its infringement. For venue, the complaint cites earlier Atlas cases in the Eastern District of Texas, Nos. 2:21-cv-00304, 2:21-cv-00430, 2:22-cv-00259, and 2:22-cv-00349, and says the court issued a claim construction order and conducted a trial in No. 2:21-cv-00430.

Relief requested

The prayer asks for a judgment of infringement of all eleven patents, an accounting of damages, a willfulness finding with enhanced damages under § 284, a mandatory future royalty on infringing products and products not colorably different, attorneys' fees under § 285, and costs.

Where the case stands

Through November 4, 2026, the docket shows the complaint, the patent and trademark form, the plaintiff's disclosure statement, and notices of appearance. The court's docket record lists the case as assigned to Judge Rodney Gilstrap and referred to Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne. Watch for service on Nintendo Co., Ltd., which the complaint describes as a Japanese company, and its response. The case can end at any time, including by settlement or voluntary dismissal.