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Aaron W. Moore

55 IP cases indexed. Covers patent matters.

Cases Presided Over

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patent terminated or settled · Aug 30, 2024

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC. v.ST CasesTech, LLC et al.

· IPR2024-01301

Harman and CasesTech settled their IPR dispute before trial, leading the Board to terminate the proceedings and keep the settlement agreement confidential.

patent instituted · Aug 22, 2024

Hulu, LLC et al. v.Piranha Media Distribution, LLC

· IPR2024-01253

Hulu successfully petitioned against Piranha Media Distribution's patent, arguing that key digital advertising insertion claims are obvious over prior art. The PTAB granted institution, finding a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on the merits for at least one claim.

patent instituted · Aug 22, 2024

Hulu, LLC et al. v.Piranha Media Distribution, LLC

· IPR2024-01252

Hulu successfully petitioned PTAB, leading to institution of its IPR against Piranha Media Distribution. The Board found a reasonable likelihood that claims are unpatentable based on obviousness (103), specifically finding that combining prior art teachings from Wu and Doherty supports the Petitioner's claims in digital advertising insertion.

patent Final Written Decision · Aug 16, 2024

Altice USA, Inc. et al. v.Touchstream Technologies, Inc.

· IPR2024-01262

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding claims 22-26 unpatentable under § 103(a) based on combinations of prior art (Aldrey and Mahajan). However, the Board upheld the patentability of claims 1-21, concluding that Calvert did not remedy the necessary 'converting' step.

patent terminated or settled · Aug 14, 2024

3Shape A/S et al. v.Medit Corporation et al.

· IPR2024-01266

3Shape and Medit settled their IPR dispute over patent 9,262,864 before the PTAB could institute a trial, leading to dismissal of the proceedings.

patent terminated or settled · Aug 14, 2024

3Shape A/S et al. v.Medit Corporation et al.

· IPR2024-01265

3Shape and Medit settled their inter partes review dispute over patent 9,262,864 B2. The parties jointly moved to terminate the IPRs, and the Board granted the motion, dismissing the petitions and keeping the settlement confidential.

patent terminated or settled · Aug 14, 2024

3Shape A/S et al. v.Medit Corporation et al.

· IPR2024-01260

3Shape and Medit settled their IPR dispute over patent 7,912,257, leading the PTAB to dismiss the proceedings before any trial was instituted.

patent terminated or settled · Aug 14, 2024

3Shape A/S et al. v.Medit Corporation et al.

· IPR2024-01276

3Shape and Medit settled their IPR dispute over U.S. Patent 9,245,374. The Board granted a joint motion to terminate the proceedings and kept the settlement agreement confidential.

patent terminated or settled · Aug 13, 2024

3Shape A/S et al. v.Medit Corporation et al.

· IPR2024-01268

3Shape and Medit settled their IPR dispute over patent 9,191,648 B2. The Board granted a joint motion to terminate the proceedings and kept the settlement agreement confidential.

patent terminated or settled · Aug 13, 2024

Silicon Motion Inc. et al. v.K. Mizra LLC

· IPR2024-01240

Silicon Motion and K. Mizra settled their IPR dispute over U.S. Patent 9,160,466. The Board terminated the proceeding without a merits decision, treating the settlement agreement as confidential.

patent instituted · Aug 13, 2024

Silicon Motion Inc. et al. v.K. Mizra LLC

· IPR2024-01240

Silicon Motion Inc. successfully convinced the PTAB to institute an IPR against K. Mizra LLC's patent, arguing that the technology for high-speed digital communication channel calibration was obvious over various prior art references. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on multiple grounds of obviousness (103).

patent denied · Aug 3, 2024

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00540

The PTAB denied institution of IPR for Cisco and Fortinet against InfoExpress, finding no reasonable likelihood that the challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,347,350 would be found obvious over prior art.

patent instituted · Apr 18, 2024

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00679

Cisco and Fortinet successfully challenged InfoExpress's patent on obviousness grounds in the PTAB. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing, leading to institution on all 18 asserted claims.

patent instituted · Apr 18, 2024

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00675

CISCO SYSTEMS and FORTINET successfully convinced the PTAB to institute review against InfoExpress Inc.'s patent, finding a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on multiple claims. The Board adopted a specific claim construction regarding device reconfiguration while accepting the petitioner's obviousness arguments over Krantz and Herrmann.

patent instituted · Apr 15, 2024

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00676

CISCO and FORTINET successfully petitioned to challenge InfoExpress's network security patents, leading the PTAB to institute proceedings on all claims. The Board agreed with the Petitioner that combining Krantz and Herrmann would render the challenged claims obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103.

patent denied · Mar 28, 2024

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00678

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. failed to overcome obviousness challenges against InfoExpress Inc.'s network security patent (8117645) before the PTAB. The Board denied institution because the petitioner could not demonstrate that prior art teachings sufficiently suggested specific auditing limitations in the claims.

patent all challenged claims upheld · Mar 26, 2024

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00677

Cisco and Fortinet successfully defended claims of InfoExpress’s network‑access control patent in IPR2024‑00677; the Board found no unpatentable subject matter.

patent instituted · Mar 26, 2024

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00677

CISCO Systems and FORTINET successfully instituted an IPR against InfoExpress Inc.'s patent, finding a reasonable likelihood of obviousness over Krantz and Herrmann. The Board agreed that combining network authentication (Krantz) with policy enforcement (Herrmann) would teach the claimed method for auditing devices.

patent final · Feb 16, 2024

Comcast Corporation et al. v.Entropic Communications LLC

· IPR2024-00441

The IPR concluded that the Petitioner successfully demonstrated claims 1-18 were unpatentable over prior art references based on obviousness (35 U.S.C. § 103). The Board found a clear motivation to combine Kamieniecki and Konstantinos, overcoming the Patent Owner's arguments regarding redesign complexity.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Feb 15, 2024

Comcast Corporation et al. v.Entropic Communications LLC

· IPR2024-00430

Comcast’s rehearing request was partially granted: the PTAB corrected a misstatement in claim 4 but upheld the unpatentability of all 24 challenged claims of Entropic’s broadband OFDMA probe patent.

patent Final Written Decision · Feb 15, 2024

Comcast Corporation et al. v.Entropic Communications LLC

· IPR2024-00446

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding all 20 challenged claims unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The Board concluded that the prior art references, particularly Rabenko and Gaspar, rendered the claimed cable modem architecture obvious.

patent final · Feb 15, 2024

Comcast Corporation et al. v.Entropic Communications LLC

· IPR2024-00442

The PTAB found that the claims were unpatentable over prior art combinations, specifically rejecting grounds based on Renken's architecture and Aggarwal's limitations. The Board concluded that a Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art (POSITA) would have been motivated to combine Kamieniecki and Konstantinos for multi-channel functionality.

patent final · Feb 15, 2024

Comcast Corporation et al. v.Entropic Communications LLC

· IPR2024-00430

The PTAB found that several claims of the patent were unpatentable based on anticipation (102) and obviousness (103). Key findings included that Claim 1 was anticipated by IEEE-802.16, and specific combinations of prior art rendered other claims obvious.

patent Final Written Decision · Feb 15, 2024

Comcast Corporation et al. v.Entropic Communications LLC

· IPR2024-00431

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding claims 1, 3, and 4 of the patent obvious over combinations of Afshary and Mirfakhraei. Claim 2 was not found obvious. The Board adopted Petitioner's claim construction for means-plus-function limitations, defining structures as processors or specific signal processing components.

patent terminated or settled · Feb 9, 2024

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC. v.ST CasesTech, LLC et al.

· IPR2024-01299

Harman and CasesTech settled their IPR dispute, filing joint motions that led the Board to terminate the proceeding before trial. The settlement agreement was deemed confidential, and counsel withdrawals were approved.

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