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MATTHEW J. McNEILL

14 IP cases indexed. Covers patent matters.

Cases Presided Over

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patent final

Valve Corporation v.Immersion Corporation

· IPR2024-00477

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding all 7 challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,336,260 unpatentable. The decision hinged on the Petitioner's successful anticipation challenge over the prior art reference Komata.

patent final

Valve Corporation v.Immersion Corporation

· IPR2024-00478

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding all 19 challenged claims unpatentable. The Board adopted the Petitioner's interpretation of 'virtual detent,' defining it as vibrotactile feedback that simulates mechanical resistance, and found anticipation in Rosenberg I for all claims.

patent Decision

Valve Corporation v.Immersion Corporation

· IPR2024-00508

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,116,546 unpatentable. The decision relied on the Petitioner's uncontested arguments that prior art references (Rosenberg and Brock) anticipated or rendered obvious the patent claims.

patent Final Written Decision

Valve Corporation v.Immersion Corporation

· IPR2024-00556

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding all 18 claims of the Immersion patent unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). The Board adopted the Petitioner's (Valve Corporation) arguments that various combinations of prior art references rendered the invention obvious.

patent final

Valve Corporation v.Immersion Corporation

· IPR2024-00557

The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding the patent claims unpatentable under both §102 and §103. The Board found that the prior art reference Rogers disclosed all limitations of the challenged claims, particularly regarding haptic output devices and sensor data integration in augmented reality systems.

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.

patent denied

Rode Microphones, LLC et al. v.Zaxcom, Inc.

· IPR2025-00557

The PTAB denied institution for the patent owner Zaxcom against Rode Microphones and Freedman Electronics regarding wireless audio synchronization claims. The Board found that the petitioner failed to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on its obviousness grounds over prior art references like Strub and Woo.

patent instituted

Rode Microphones, LLC et al. v.Zaxcom, Inc.

· IPR2025-00230

Rode Microphones and Freedman Electronics successfully petitioned for IPR institution against Zaxcom's audio recording patents, demonstrating a reasonable likelihood of prevailing. The Board found that the combination of Strub and Woo renders the claimed synchronization methods obvious under § 103.

patent instituted

Rode Microphones, LLC et al. v.Zaxcom, Inc.

· IPR2025-00231

The PTAB granted institution of the IPR against Zaxcom's '902 patent for wireless multi-track audio systems, finding a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on obviousness grounds. The Board conducted preliminary claim constructions for key terms like 'wearable' and 'master timecode.'

patent instituted

Rode Microphones, LLC et al. v.Zaxcom, Inc.

· IPR2025-00232

The PTAB Institute Decision granted trial for Rode Microphones and Freedman Electronics against Zaxcom regarding wireless audio recording systems. The Board found that the Petitioner successfully demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on at least one claim, despite procedural hurdles related to parallel district court litigation.

patent denied

HighLevel, Inc. v.Etison LLC d/b/a ClickFunnels

· IPR2025-00234

The PTAB denied HighLevel's IPR against ClickFunnels, citing the efficiency of the patent system. The denial was based on a parallel District Court finding that the challenged claims were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

patent denied

HighLevel, Inc. v.Etison LLC d/b/a ClickFunnels

· IPR2025-00235

The PTAB denied HighLevel, Inc.'s request to institute IPR against Etison LLC's website creation patent. The denial was based on the parallel District Court finding that the claims were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

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