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Frederick C. Laney

86 IP cases indexed. Covers patent matters.

Cases Presided Over

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patent terminated or settled

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. et al. v.DexCom, Inc.

· IPR2024-00797

Abbott Diabetes Care and DexCom settled their dispute over a continuous glucose monitoring patent, leading the PTAB to terminate the IPR by joint request.

patent terminated or settled

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. et al. v.DexCom, Inc.

· IPR2024-00840

Abbott Diabetes Care and DexCom settled their IPR dispute, leading the PTAB to terminate the proceeding. The settlement agreement was deemed confidential business information.

patent terminated or settled

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. et al. v.DexCom, Inc.

· IPR2024-00861

Abbott Diabetes Care and DexCom settled their IPR dispute over U.S. Patent 9,801,541, filing a joint motion that led the PTAB to terminate the proceeding and keep the settlement agreement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. et al. v.DexCom, Inc.

· IPR2024-00841

Abbott Diabetes Care and DexCom settled their dispute over U.S. Patent 10,709,364 B2, leading the PTAB to terminate the IPR before any merits were decided. The settlement agreement was also designated as confidential business information.

patent terminated or settled

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. et al. v.DexCom, Inc.

· IPR2024-00890

Abbott Diabetes Care and DexCom settled their dispute over U.S. Patent 11,020,031 B1. The PTAB granted a joint motion to terminate the IPR and ordered the settlement agreement to be kept confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. et al. v.DexCom, Inc.

· IPR2024-00853

Abbott Diabetes Care and DexCom settled their dispute over DexCom’s glucose‑monitoring patent, leading the PTAB to terminate the IPR. The settlement agreement was deemed confidential business information.

patent terminated or settled

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company et al. v.Intellectual Ventures I

· IPR2025-00200

Liberty Mutual and Intellectual Ventures settled their inter partes review disputes before any trial, leading the Board to terminate the three IPRs. The settlement agreements were treated as confidential business information.

patent terminated or settled

LG Electronics Inc. et al. v.Maxell, LTD.

· IPR2025-00393

LG Electronics and Maxell settled their IPR dispute before trial, leading the PTAB to terminate the proceeding and keep the settlement agreement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

LG Electronics Inc. et al. v.Maxell, LTD.

· IPR2025-00394

LG Electronics and Maxell settled their IPR dispute over U.S. Patent 10,199,072 B2. The Board granted a joint motion to terminate the proceeding and kept the settlement agreement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

OtterBox v.SafeTray Products Ltd.

· IPR2025-00622

OtterBox and SafeTray Products settled their IPR dispute over U.S. Patent 10,113,691 before the Board instituted a trial. The joint motion to terminate was granted, and the proceeding was dismissed.

patent denied

Tesla, Inc. v.Intellectual Ventures II

· IPR2025-00218

Tesla, Inc.'s IPR challenge against Intellectual Ventures II LLC regarding cellular network resource allocation claims was denied by the PTAB. The Board found that Tesla failed to meet the burden of showing a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on any challenged claim.

patent instituted

Tesla, Inc. v.Intellectual Ventures II

· IPR2025-00221

Tesla challenged Intellectual Ventures II's wireless communication patents under obviousness (103). The PTAB decided to institute the IPR on all eight claims after finding a reasonable likelihood of success.

patent instituted

Tesla, Inc. v.Intellectual Ventures II

· IPR2025-00222

Tesla, Inc. successfully convinced the PTAB that its claims against Intellectual Ventures II LLC were likely unpatentable based on prior art references Matsushima and Yu/Miyazaki. The Board granted institution, moving the dispute toward trial over key terms like 'integration time' in dynamic range camera technology.

patent denied

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Anonymous Media Research Holdings, LLC

· IPR2024-01350

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.'s attempt to invalidate Anonymous Media Research Holdings' content identification patent was denied by the PTAB. The Board found that the patent description sufficiently broad to cover video data samples, defeating the obviousness challenge over prior art references.

patent denied

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Anonymous Media Research Holdings, LLC

· IPR2024-01349

Samsung Electronics' attempt to invalidate claims in the '849 patent failed at the PTAB. The Board denied institution, finding that the patent owner successfully established priority dating back to 2005, rendering the cited prior art ineffective against the challenged claims.

patent instituted

Yealink (USA) Network Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v.Barco N.V.

· IPR2024-01437

The PTAB granted institution of IPR for Yealink against Barco, challenging 5 claims related to electronic tools for meetings. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability based on the combination of prior art references Kaplan and Mardiks.

patent instituted

Yealink (USA) Network Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v.Barco N.V.

· IPR2024-01436

Yealink successfully petitioned to institute IPR proceedings against Barco N.V., challenging nine claims of patent 10762002 based on obviousness (35 U.S.C. § 103). The Board found reasonable likelihood that the Petitioner would prevail, citing combinations of prior art references like Kaplan and Ahmed to establish unpatentability.

patent instituted

Yealink (USA) Network Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v.Barco N.V.

· IPR2024-01438

Yealink successfully petitioned to challenge several claims of Barco's patent (11258676) based on obviousness over prior art references Ono and Deforche. The PTAB granted institution, finding a reasonable likelihood that the petitioner would prevail in establishing unpatentability for Claim 1.

patent instituted

Yealink (USA) Network Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v.Barco N.V.

· IPR2024-01439

Yealink successfully secured the institution of its IPR against Barco N.V., challenging patent 11422951 on grounds of obviousness (103). The Board found a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability based on prior art references Uchida and Grimshaw, leading to the continuation of the dispute.

patent instituted

Yealink (USA) Network Technology Co., Ltd. and Yealink Network Technology Co., Ltd. v.Barco N.V.

· IPR2025-00491

Yealink successfully petitioned against Barco N.V.'s patent, demonstrating a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The Board instituted trial on all 18 claims based on the combination of Beel and Christison prior art references.

patent instituted

Intelligent Wellhead Systems, Inc. et al. v.Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC et al.

· PGR2025-00002

The PTAB instituted PGR on claims 1-78 of the '952 patent after reviewing multiple grounds, including eligibility (§ 101), obviousness (§ 103), and written description/enablement (§ 112). The Board found a likelihood of success for Petitioner despite arguments from Patent Owner regarding prior art limitations.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable

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 terminated or settled

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Anonymous Media Research Holdings, LLC

· IPR2024-01348

Samsung Electronics and Anonymous Media Research Holdings settled their IPR before institution, dismissing the petition and the patent with prejudice.

patent terminated or settled

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company et al. v.Intellectual Ventures I

· IPR2025-00201

Liberty Mutual and Intellectual Ventures settled their inter partes review disputes over three patents, leading the PTAB to terminate the proceedings before institution. The settlement agreements were ordered confidential.

patent terminated or settled

LG Electronics, Inc. et al. v.Maxell, LTD.

· IPR2025-00392

LG Electronics and Maxell settled their dispute over U.S. Patent 8,339,493 B2. The parties jointly moved to terminate the IPR before the Board could institute a trial, and the settlement agreement was ordered kept confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Docker Inc. v.Intellectual Ventures II LLC

· IPR2025-00840

Docker Inc. and Intellectual Ventures II LLC settled their inter partes review disputes before trial, leading the PTAB to dismiss the IPRs. The settlement covered three patents and the agreements were treated as confidential business information.

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