It was a gradual week for brand new patent filings on the Patent Trial and Attraction Board (PTAB) and above common week for district courts. This week noticed solely 15 new filings on the PTAB (one PGR and 14 inter partes opinions (IPRs)).
Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. filed one third of the IPRs on the PTAB, difficult three Dexcom Inc. Patents in 5 IPRs. Amazon filed two IPRs in opposition to one Nokia Applied sciences OY [associated with Nokia Corporation] patent whereas Voltage LLC filed two IPRs difficult two Shoals Applied sciences Group, LLC patents. Pictiva Shows Worldwide Ltd. [associated with Key Patent Innovations Limited] had one patent challenged in an IPR by Samsung (mentioned under).
What the PTAB lacked in new filings, it made up for with establishment selections, issuing The Board issued 34 IPR establishment selections this week: 6 denials and 28 grants. Of the denied IPRs, three had been procedural (one primarily based on patent proprietor disclaimer and two primarily based on time bars), whereas the remaining three had been denied on the deserves.
With respect to establishments, the PTAB granted six IPRs (three filed by Apple and three filed by Apple and Samsung) difficult three DoDots Licensing Options LLC [associated with Strategic Intellectual Solutions, LLC] patents. The PTAB additionally granted establishment in 4 IPRs difficult two Lionra Applied sciences Ltd. [associated with Magnetar Capital] patents, which had been filed by Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet (and in some instances joined by Cisco). The PTAB granted three IPRs filed by Apple Inc. difficult three Geoscope Applied sciences Ptd, Ltd. [associated with Trhspacific IP Group Limited], CommScope Applied sciences LLC, and Andrew, LLC [both associated with CommScope Holding Company, Inc.] patents. Moreover, Resmed Corp.—after its IPR difficult a Cleveland Medical Units patent was denied in September—obtained a positive establishment choice on that IPR, following a profitable in its attraction the Director (who vacated the unique choice).
The PTAB additionally issued seven remaining written selections this week, together with selections discovering no challenged claims unpatentable in 4 IPRs difficult Beteiro, LLC [associated with Raymond Anthony Joao] patents. In the meantime Meta obtained combined leads to one IPR and was totally profitable in a second IPR, difficult two Angel Applied sciences LLC patents.
Whereas Petitioners could have taken the week off when it comes to submitting IPRs, plaintiffs picked up the slack in district courtroom, submitting 80 new fits. Lots of the new instances this week continued campaigns of acquainted plaintiffs (related to acquainted monetization entities) continued their long-running campaigns, together with: Aml IP LLC [associated with Dynamic IP Deals, LLC (d/b/a DynaIP)] submitting two new instances; GeoSymm Ventures LLC [associated with Jeffrey M. Gross] submitting six new instances, Push Information LLC [associated with Equitable IP Corporation] submitting eight new instances, and Communication Interface Applied sciences LLC [associated with Equitable IP Corporation] submitting 4 new instances. New instances in ongoing campaigns had been additionally filed by entities related to Ascend Innovation Administration (one new case filed by Accessify LLC and one new case filed by Slyde Analytics) in addition to entities related to Leigh M. Rothschild (Digital Edison Transmission Applied sciences, Touchpoint Projection Improvements LLC, and Wyoming Mental Property Holdings LLC).
Key Patent Improvements Patent Challenged in IPR
This week Samsung Electronics filed an IPR difficult a Pictiva Shows Worldwide Ltd. [associated with Key Patent Innovations] patent. Key Patent Innovations lists three portfolios: Valtrus Improvements (former Hewlett Packard Enterprise Firm patents); Malikie Improvements (former Blackberry patents); and Pictiva Shows (former OSRAM patents). In October of final 12 months, Pictiva filed its first lawsuit in opposition to Samsung, asserting six patents (usually referring to OLED know-how), accusing varied Samsung merchandise with OLED shows, together with Samsung Galaxy smartphones, in addition to computer systems, tablets, private put on merchandise, and sure televisions.
Theseus LF Asset Holdings Entity Launches New Marketing campaign
Sandpiper CDN, LLC has launched its first marketing campaign, submitting its first case in opposition to Google LLC within the Central District of California. Sandpiper asserts six former Stage 3 Communications patents and accusing Google’s “Cloud CDN and Media CDN choices.” On its company disclosure assertion, Sandpiper recognized Theseus LF Asset Holdings, LLC as its guardian firm.
Hyperlinks to the instances mentioned above and extra can be found within the Weekly UP, which can be found here.
