It was a median week for patent filings on the Patent Trial and Enchantment Board (PTAB) and an above-average week in district courts, with 72 district court docket complaints filed and 18 new PTAB petitions—one petition for Publish Grant Evaluation (PGR), and 17 for Inter Partes Evaluation (IPR).
On the PTAB, a lot of challenges have been filed, together with two IPRs by Tesla difficult patents owned by Iqar Inc, 4 IPRs by Dish difficult patents owned by Entropic Communications LLC (related to Fortress), two IPRs by Microsoft difficult patents owned by Interdigital Patent Holdings Inc (related to InterDigital Inc.), and two IPRs by Juniper Networks difficult patents owned by Monarch Networking Options LLC (related to Acacia Analysis Company).
The PTAB instituted 12 circumstances, together with a Samsung problem in opposition to Headwater Analysis LLC (related to Greg Raleigh). Establishment was denied in opposition to 12 circumstances, together with 3 procedural denials, and 9 circumstances settled, together with challenges by Vmware in opposition to Lionra Applied sciences LLC (related to Magnetar Capital and Longford Capital), auto producer challenges in opposition to Neo Wi-fi LLC (related to Fortress).
In district courts, 72 new circumstances have been filed, and 36 circumstances have been terminated. RecepTrexx LLC (related to Jeffrey M. Gross) filed six new circumstances; Liberty Peak Ventures LLC (related to Dominion Harbor Enterprises LLC) filed two new circumstances in opposition to MasterCard; Safe Ink LLC (related to Jeffrey M. Gross) filed seven circumstances; Taasera Licensing LLC (related to Quest Patent Analysis Company) filed two new circumstances; Convergent Property LLC (related to Jeffrey M. Gross) filed one new case in opposition to Snap Inc; DataCloud Applied sciences LLC (related to IP Investments Group LLC) filed one new case in opposition to Western Digital Corp; and Show Applied sciences LLC (related to Leigh M. Rothschild) filed one new case in opposition to Discord.
As well as, Crystal Mountain Communications LLC (related to Ascend Innovation Administration, LLC) kicked off a marketing campaign associated to 5G and wi-fi, with filings in opposition to D Hyperlink Corp, Zyxel Communications Corp, and TP-Hyperlink Corp.
Helios “DASH” Streaming Patents Struck Down Underneath Part 101
A decide within the Central District of California struck down 4 patents asserted by Helios Streaming LLC (an Avanci Video licensor) in opposition to Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (8:23-cv-01575). The patents, associated to applied sciences for offering adaptive HTTP streaming companies utilizing metadata of media content material, have been alleged by Helios to be elementary to business normal Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (“DASH”). The court docket discovered that every of the patents have been directed to the thought of utilizing sure knowledge, relatively than a particularized enchancment to streaming expertise, and didn’t disclose something apart from generic laptop elements and capabilities. Accordingly, the patents have been struck down underneath Part 101.
Samsung Faces Fintiv Denials
This week, the PTAB denied two IPRs filed by Samsung on procedural grounds underneath the Fintiv steerage (IPR2023-01096 and IPR2023-10199). Whereas Samsung filed stipulations, each a broad stipulation with the preliminary IPR submitting and a narrower stipulation in a reply, the Board discovered that Samsung’s stipulations didn’t take away all overlap in points between the PTAB and the district court docket litigation. Samsung stipulated that it could not pursue any invalidity grounds within the district court docket litigation primarily based on any instituted floor or any prior artwork reference that varieties the premise of an instituted floor. This stipulation, which resembles an AliveCor stipulation (see IPR2021-00971, Paper 10 at 18-19), has resulted in blended success for petitioners trying to overcome Fintiv on the PTAB.
IP Edge Entity Kicks off New Marketing campaign
Bishop Show Tech LLC kicked off a brand new marketing campaign this week with filings in opposition to LG and Heesung throughout 12 patents. Whereas IP Edge associates didn’t file any circumstances for a lot of 2023, a small variety of filings by varied associates since October of 2023 exhibits that IP Edge has not disappeared. The patents within the filings by Bishop Show Tech relate to thin-film transistor liquid crystal shows and liquid crystal modules.
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