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Kristen L. Droesch

95 IP cases indexed. Covers patent matters.

Cases Presided Over

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patent terminated or settled

Google LLC v.138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al.

· IPR2024-00957

Google’s IPR against a 7,454,056 LCD patent was terminated after the Patent Owner disclaimed all remaining claims, prompting the Board to enter an adverse judgment against the owner.

patent terminated or settled

Arista Networks, Inc. v.Orckit Corporation

· IPR2024-01238

Arista Networks and Orckit Corporation settled their IPR dispute over U.S. Patent 8,830,821, leading the PTAB to terminate the proceeding before trial. The settlement agreement is treated as confidential business information.

patent terminated or settled

Google LLC et al. v.Multifold International Incorporated Pte. Ltd.

· IPR2025-00061

Google and Motorola settled their IPR dispute with Multifold over U.S. Patent 9,792,007 B2. The Board granted a joint motion to terminate the proceeding and ordered the settlement agreements kept confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Apple Inc. v.ImberaTek, LLC

· IPR2025-00582

Apple and ImberaTek settled all disputes over nine patents, leading the PTAB to terminate the inter partes review proceedings before any institution decision. The settlement agreement was ordered to be kept confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Apple Inc. v.ImberaTek, LLC

· IPR2025-00583

Apple and ImberaTek settled their disputes, leading the PTAB to terminate a series of inter partes review proceedings before any institution decision was made.

patent final

Roku, Inc. v.Intent IQ, LLC

· IPR2024-00666

The IPR petition against Intent IQ's '878 patent failed entirely, as the Board found no unpatentability for any challenged claim. The petitioner (Roku) argued obviousness over multiple prior art combinations related to targeted advertising using IP addresses.

patent final

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. v.Intent IQ, LLC

· IPR2024-00701

The PTAB issued a final decision rejecting the petitioner's challenge to claims 1-23 of U.S. Patent No. 10715878. The Board found that the evidence failed to demonstrate unpatentability under 35 U.S.C. § 103, upholding the patent owner’s rights regarding targeted advertising methods.

patent final

Google LLC v.Dialect LLC

· IPR2024-00752

The PTAB found that claims 1-7, 12-17, and 19-23 were unpatentable over prior art (Coffman/Kennewick/Lee) based on obviousness. The Board adopted the Petitioner's view that 'synchronize' only requires updating context information without duplicating entry order.

patent final

Google LLC v.138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al.

· IPR2024-00958

The PTAB cancelled original claims 1, 2, and 4-6 but denied cancellation of substitute claims 7-12. The Board found sufficient motivation to combine prior art references (Parulski/Safonov, Parulski/Johnson) for obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).

patent final

Google LLC v.138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al.

· IPR2024-00959

The PTAB found all ten challenged claims unpatentable over prior art (Kuwata, Fisher, and Ohga). The Board concluded that combining Kuwata's image processing capabilities with network functionality from Fisher and color profile data from Ohga was obvious. This decision provides strong support for the Petitioner's position regarding the combination of existing technologies in digital imaging control.

patent final

Google LLC v.138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al.

· IPR2024-00960

The Board found claims 1-14 unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103, based on prior art references Stubler and Wang. The decision hinged on the Board adopting an ordinary meaning for key claim terms, rejecting the Patent Owner's attempt to limit scope using intrinsic evidence.

patent Final Written Decision

LEDUP MANUFACTURING GROUP LTD. v.Seasonal Specialties, LLC

· IPR2024-01258

The Petitioner successfully demonstrated anticipation and obviousness for the majority of claims (1, 2, 4–7, 9–14) related to a resistor bypass circuit for LEDs. The Board found that prior art references disclosed all limitations or provided clear motivation for substitution in multiple instances.

patent Final Written Decision

LEDUP MANUFACTURING GROUP LTD. v.Seasonal Specialties, LLC

· IPR2024-01259

The Petitioner successfully demonstrated unpatentability for the majority of claims (1, 2, 4–7, 9–15) based on anticipation and obviousness over various combinations of prior art. However, the Board rejected arguments regarding Claims 3 and 8, finding insufficient articulation in the Petition to support those findings.

patent Final Written Decision

Google LLC et al. v.Multifold International Incorporated Pte. Ltd.

· IPR2025-00059

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding all 12 claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,141,135 B2 unpatentable by a preponderance of the evidence. The Board relied heavily on obviousness (35 U.S.C. § 103) based on combinations of prior art references Yook, Bauer, and Lee. This decision significantly weakens the patent's validity in the context of multi-screen user interfaces.

patent denied

Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. v.UNM Rainforest Innovations

· IPR2024-00364

The PTAB denied institution of an IPR challenge against UNM Rainforest Innovations' patent 8265096, finding no reasonable likelihood that the petitioner could prove unpatentability. The denial hinged on the Board's rejection of anticipation arguments based on prior art related to wireless data formats.

patent denied

Databricks, Inc. v.R2 Solutions LLC

· IPR2024-00659

Databricks, Inc. failed to overcome obviousness challenges against R2 Solutions LLC's patent (8190610) regarding MapReduce data grouping. The PTAB denied institution because Petitioner relied on speculative hindsight rather than demonstrating a clear motivation from prior art references like Pike and Chowdhuri.

patent denied

Google LLC v.Dialect LLC

· IPR2024-00748

The PTAB denied Google LLC's request to institute IPR against Dialect LLC's speech-interface patent (8015006). The Board found that Google failed to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on its obviousness grounds.

patent denied

Google LLC v.Dialect LLC

· IPR2024-00747

Google LLC's IPR challenge against Dialect LLC's patent on conversational AI was denied by the PTAB. The Board found that Google failed to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over prior art references like Coffman, Kanevsky, and Ronning.

patent denied

Google LLC v.Dialect LLC

· IPR2024-00749

The PTAB denied Google LLC's IPR against Dialect LLC, finding that the petitioner failed to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on its grounds of obviousness related to natural language speech processing in vehicles.

patent denied

Juniper Networks, Inc. v.Orckit Corporation

· IPR2024-00895

Juniper Networks' attempt to challenge Orckit's patent was denied by the PTAB. The Board cited General Plastic factors, finding that the claims were materially similar to those previously reviewed and Petitioner had prior knowledge of the asserted prior art.

patent denied

Google LLC v.138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al.

· IPR2024-00955

Google LLC's IPR petition against a patent covering image processing methods was denied by the PTAB. The Board found that Google failed to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on unpatentability grounds, specifically regarding obviousness over prior art references like Luo-250.

patent instituted

Google LLC v.138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al.

· IPR2024-00956

Google LLC successfully petitioned to challenge the validity of patent US 8355574 held by 138 East LCD Advancements Limited, focusing on obviousness over multiple prior art references. The PTAB granted institution, moving the case into the merits phase where Google will argue that all 12 claims are unpatentable.

patent instituted

Google LLC v.138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al.

· IPR2024-00958

Google LLC successfully petitioned to challenge key claims of the '638 patent based on obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). The PTAB granted institution, allowing Google to proceed with a substantive review against the patent owner's camera system technology.

patent instituted

Google LLC v.138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al.

· IPR2024-00957

Google LLC successfully navigated the institution phase in this IPR, securing institution on several claims related to color balance correction. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing for Claim 1 based on combinations of prior art references (Yano and Schröder).

patent instituted

Google LLC v.138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al.

· IPR2024-00960

Google LLC successfully argued that the patent in question is unpatentable over prior art references Stubler and Wang under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103(a). The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on anticipation (102) and obviousness (103), leading to an institution decision.

patent instituted

Google LLC v.138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al.

· IPR2024-00959

Google LLC successfully navigated the institution phase of an IPR against 138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al., leading to a finding of reasonable likelihood of prevailing on at least one challenged claim. The Board found that petitioner's combination of prior art references Kuwata and Fisher, along with Ohga, supported grounds for both anticipation (102) and obviousness (103).

patent instituted

Google LLC v.138 East LCD Advancements Limited et al.

· IPR2024-00961

Google LLC successfully secured institution of its IPR challenge against 138 East LCD Advancements Limited regarding image processing technology. The Board found reasonable likelihood that the patent's claims are unpatentable under obviousness over prior art references, moving the case toward substantive examination.

patent denied

Arista Networks, Inc. v.Orckit Corporation

· IPR2024-01237

The PTAB denied Arista Networks' petition to review Orckit Corporation's patent (7545740) because the arguments and prior art were substantially identical to those previously presented in related IPR proceedings.

patent denied

Arista Networks, Inc. v.Orckit Corporation

· IPR2024-01238

Arista Networks lost its IPR challenge against Orckit Corporation's '821 Patent, with the PTAB finding no reasonable likelihood that claims 14, 15, and 16 were unpatentable. The Board rejected Petitioner's arguments that prior art combined references taught or suggested the claimed network protection methods.

patent instituted

Arista Networks, Inc. v.Orckit Corporation

· IPR2024-01239

Arista Networks successfully secured the institution of Inter Partes Review against Orckit Corporation's patent (10652111). The Board found a reasonable likelihood that Arista could prove obviousness based on prior art related to Software Defined Networking and Deep Packet Inspection.

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