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Steven M. Amundson

95 IP cases indexed. Covers patent matters.

Cases Presided Over

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patent terminated or settled

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-01140

Amazon and Nokia settled their IPR disputes over four wireless patents, leading the PTAB to terminate the proceedings and keep the settlement documents confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-01141

Amazon and Nokia filed a joint motion to terminate four IPRs after reaching a settlement. The Board granted the termination and ordered the settlement documents to be kept confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-01505

Amazon and Nokia filed a joint motion to terminate the IPR on patent 9,571,833 after instituting the review. The Board granted the termination and partially approved confidentiality of the settlement documents.

patent denied

Phison Electronics Corporation v.Vervain, LLC

· IPR2025-00214

The PTAB denied Phison Electronics' request to institute a post‑grant review of Vervain's 11,854,612 patent covering mixed‑level NAND flash memory, finding the petitioner had not shown any claim to be unpatentable.

patent denied

Phison Electronics Corporation v.Vervain, LLC

· IPR2025-00215

The PTAB denied Phison's request for post‑grant review of claims 1‑6 of U.S. Patent 11,854,612, finding the petitioner failed to show any claim was likely unpatentable.

patent denied

PHISON ELECTRONICS CORPORATION v.Vervain, LLC

· IPR2025-00212

The PTAB denied Phison Electronics’ post‑grant review petition against Vervain’s 11,830,546 patent covering a mixed‑level NAND flash storage system. The Board found Phison’s evidence insufficient to meet the “more likely than not” standard for any of the asserted grounds. No institution was ordered.

patent denied

Kingston Technology Company, Inc., Kingston Technology Corporation, and Kingston Digital, Inc. v.Vervain, LLC

· IPR2025-00616

The PTAB denied Kingston Technology’s request to institute a post‑grant review of six claims of a NAND‑flash patent, finding the challenger’s arguments on written description, indefiniteness, and obviousness insufficient.

patent denied

Kingston Technology Company, Inc., Kingston Technology Corporation, and Kingston Digital, Inc. et al. v.Vervain, LLC

· IPR2025-00614

The PTAB denied Kingston Technology's request to institute a post‑grant review of Vervain’s NAND‑flash patent, finding the petitioner’s arguments on written description, indefiniteness, and obviousness unpersuasive.

patent denied

Kingston Technology Company, Inc., Kingston Technology Corporation, and Kingston Digital, Inc. et al. v.Vervain, LLC

· IPR2025-00614

The PTAB denied Phison Electronics' post‑grant review petition against Vervain’s NAND‑flash storage patent, finding the claims patent‑eligible and adequately supported. No claims were found unpatentable.

patent instituted

Meta Platforms, Inc. v.Mullen Industries LLC

· IPR2025-00702

Meta Platforms successfully secured the institution of IPR against Mullen Industries' patent 10967270, challenging five claims based on obviousness over Nakamura and Benini.

patent instituted

Suzhou Mojawa Intelligent Electronic Co., Ltd. v.Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.

· IPR2025-00842

The PTAB institution decision found a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability for multiple claims in the audio device patent (11197084). The Petitioner successfully argued that combining prior art references, particularly Li and Fujita, renders the claimed earphone structure obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103.

patent instituted

Suzhou Mojawa Intelligent Electronic Co., Ltd. v.Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.

· IPR2025-00843

The PTAB institution decision found a reasonable likelihood of success for the petitioner in challenging numerous claims of bone conduction headphone technology based on obviousness (35 U.S.C. § 103). The Board adopted the petitioner's definition of the level of ordinary skill, finding sufficient grounds to proceed with the IPR against Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.

patent terminated or settled

Datavant, Inc. et al. v.Vigilytics LLC

· IPR2024-00381

Datavant and Vigilytics jointly filed a settlement and motion to terminate IPR2024‑00381 concerning patent 10,886,012. The PTAB granted the termination and kept the settlement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Datavant, Inc. et al. v.Vigilytics LLC

· IPR2024-00382

The PTAB terminated IPR2024-00382 after Datavant and Vigilytics reached a settlement, keeping the agreement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-00605

Amazon and Nokia jointly filed a settlement and motion to terminate IPR2024-00605 covering Nokia’s patent 10,536,714. The Board granted termination and partially approved confidentiality of the settlement documents.

patent terminated or settled

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-00627

Amazon and Nokia settled their dispute over U.S. Patent 11,805,267 B2. The PTAB granted the parties' joint motion to terminate the inter‑ partes review and treated the settlement documents as business‑confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-00626

Amazon and Nokia settled their dispute over U.S. Patent 11,805,267 B2, leading the PTAB to terminate the inter partes review after the parties jointly requested termination and sought confidentiality for the settlement documents.

patent terminated or settled

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. et al. v.Longhorn Automotive Group LLC

· IPR2025-01064

Volkswagen and Longhorn Automotive settled their inter partes review, leading the PTAB to terminate the proceeding. The settlement agreement is kept confidential per statutory provisions.

patent instituted

Adobe Inc. v.Jaffe, Jonathan

· IPR2024-01352

Adobe Inc. successfully convinced the PTAB to institute an IPR against Jonathan E. Jaffe regarding image integrity patents (6757828). The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on obviousness over prior art, specifically Glass et al., leading to trial preparation.

patent instituted

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-01503

Amazon successfully convinced the PTAB to institute IPR proceedings against Nokia regarding video compression methods. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on grounds of obviousness (103) and anticipation (102).

patent instituted

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-01505

Amazon successfully secured institution at the PTAB against Nokia's video encoding patent (9571833). The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on multiple obviousness grounds, particularly those combining Rusert and Zheng.

patent instituted

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-01507

Amazon successfully secured institution at the PTAB for its IPR challenge against Nokia's data analytics patent (8996693). The Board granted institution based on a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability, focusing heavily on preliminary claim constructions.

patent denied

Phison Electronics Corporation v.Vervain, LLC.

· PGR2024-00047

The PTAB denied the petition challenging a NAND Flash Memory System patent based on grounds including 101, 112, and 103. The Board found that the claims were directed toward a technological improvement in memory storage and adequately supported by the specification.

patent denied

PHISON ELECTRONICS CORPORATION v.Vervain, LLC

· PGR2024-00048

PHISON ELECTRONICS CORPORATION's petition challenging Vervain, LLC's NAND Flash Memory patent was denied by the PTAB. The Board found the specification sufficiently supported the claims against indefiniteness and written description challenges, and Petitioner failed to meet the likelihood standard for obviousness.

patent denied

Geotab Inc. et al. v.Fractus, S.A.

· PGR2025-00056

The PTAB denied institution for the petitioner's IPR challenge against a wireless device patent related to antenna complexity. The Board found that the petitioner failed to demonstrate an ordinary skilled artisan would be motivated to combine prior art references, specifically because such combinations violated critical spatial diversity requirements of the patented invention.

patent denied

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-00920

The PTAB denied institution of Amazon’s IPR against Nokia’s wireless patent and dismissed the parties’ joint motion to terminate as moot. The Board granted in part a request to keep the settlement agreement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

IKEA Supply AG et al. v.Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd.

· IPR2024-00972

IKEA Supply AG and Everlight Electronics settled their inter partes review of U.S. Patent 9,640,733 B2. The Board granted a joint motion to terminate the proceeding and kept the settlement agreement confidential.

patent terminated or settled

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-01043

Amazon and Nokia reached a settlement, leading to a joint motion that terminated the IPRs covering Nokia’s patent 8,918,741. The Board granted the motion and treated the settlement documents as confidential.

patent instituted

Qualcomm Incorporated et al. v.Network System Technologies, LLC

· IPR2024-01081

The PTAB granted Qualcomm’s joinder request and instituted inter partes review of Network System Technologies’ NoC patent, covering claims 2,6,9‑16.

patent terminated or settled

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-01503

Amazon and Nokia filed a joint motion to terminate their IPR after it had been instituted, and the Board granted termination while keeping the settlement documents confidential.

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