[5] Paltalk first brought a case against Microsoft in 2006, claiming Halo and Xbox Live violated its patent rights, and later settled out of court.

[6] In 2009, Paltalk then moved on to Sony, Activision Blizzard, NCsoft, Jagex and Turbine, Inc., claiming that these companies are also violating Paltalk's patents whose damages range in the "tens of millions of dollars".

"[9] In June 2013, it was revealed that Paltalk was targeted by the National Security Agency's PRISM surveillance program.

[13] Tinychat ran on HTML5 compatible browsers and standalone apps for Android or iOS.

The service used Tinychat's API and provides the ability to launch a personalized page and channel for initiating multi-user shows.