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Computer networking — US PTAB Patent Cases

71 decisions indexed

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patent · Mar 27, 2026

Cisco Systems, Inc. v.--

· IPR2026-00320

Cisco Systems has filed a petition for inter partes review of U.S. Patent 8,780,887, asserting that its ten claims are obvious over the Pankratov prior‑art reference. The petition seeks institution of the IPR and cancellation of the challenged claims.

patent · Dec 17, 2025

Microsoft Corporation v.Sandpiper CDN, LLC

· IPR2026-00174

Microsoft seeks Director Review of a PTAB institution decision that ordered review of an expired content‑delivery patent owned by Sandpiper CDN. The petition argues the Board misapplied settled‑expectations doctrine and misread the district‑court record, making the decision an outlier.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Dec 11, 2025

Meta Platforms, Inc. v.SitNet, LLC

· IPR2026-00111

Meta Platforms successfully challenged SitNet’s ’682 patent covering situational networks. The PTAB found all 20 claims unpatentable as obvious over prior art references Burfeind and Crowley. The patent owner did not respond, leaving the petitioner’s arguments unopposed.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Oct 11, 2025

Meta Platforms, Inc. v.SitNet, LLC

· IPR2026-00112

Meta Platforms successfully challenged all twenty claims of SitNet’s ’682 patent covering a situational network and roll‑call system. The Board held the claims obvious over the Burfeind and Crowley references under 35 U.S.C. §103. No claim construction was required.

patent · Oct 11, 2025

Meta Platforms, Inc. v.SitNet, LLC

· IPR2026-00112

Meta Platforms petitions the PTAB to invalidate SitNet’s ’463 patent covering situational networks, asserting that all 12 claims are obvious over prior‑art combinations of location‑based social networking technologies.

patent · Oct 10, 2025

Fortinet, Inc. v.Netskope, Inc.

· IPR2026-00040

Fortinet has filed an IPR petition against Netskope’s ’336 patent covering network‑access redirection. The challenger contends that all 20 claims are anticipated or obvious over Subbiah and, for dependent claims, over Hinton and Crandell. Fortinet seeks institution and cancellation of the claims.

patent · Oct 4, 2025

Cisco Systems, Inc. v.QPRIVACY USA LLC

· IPR2025-00837

Cisco has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate QPrivacy’s U.S. 11,106,824 patent, asserting that all 20 claims are obvious over prior‑art IDS patents (Burns, Yang, and Wittenberg). The petition also argues that discretionary denial is inappropriate.

patent · Sep 5, 2025

Google LLC v.Sandpiper CDN, LLC

· IPR2025-00969

Google has filed a Request for Director Review challenging the PTAB’s decision to institute inter partes review of its expired content‑delivery patent. The petitioner argues the Board misapplied settled‑expectations doctrine and misread the prior art. The request seeks reversal of the institution.

patent · Sep 1, 2025

Cisco Systems, Inc. v.WSOU Investments LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing and Development

· IPR2025-00429

Cisco has filed an IPR petition challenging claims 1 and 17 of WSOU’s U.S. 9,450,884 patent, asserting obviousness over multiple prior‑art references. The petition also argues that discretionary denial is inappropriate and requests institution of the review.

patent · Jul 14, 2025

Dell Technologies Inc. et al. v.Cloud Byte LLC

· IPR2025-01284

Dell Technologies and Dell Inc. have filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate all 27 claims of Cloud Byte’s ’249 patent covering packet‑forwarding nodes. The petition relies on the Shimizu patent application and the BGP‑4 standard (RFC‑4271) as prior art to argue obviousness.

patent · Jul 14, 2025

Dell Technologies Inc. et al. v.Cloud Byte LLC

· IPR2025-01285

Dell Technologies has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate all 20 claims of Cloud Byte’s ’177 patent covering network flow tracing. The petition relies on obviousness over Rijhsinghani and combinations with RFC‑5474, Lean, and a networking textbook.

patent terminated or settled · Jul 8, 2025

Microsoft Corporation v.Dialect, LLC

· IPR2025-01351

Microsoft and Dialect settled their IPR dispute over patent 7,398,209 before trial. The Board granted a joint motion to terminate, keeping the settlement agreement confidential.

patent · Jul 8, 2025

Microsoft Corporation v.Dialect, LLC

· IPR2025-01351

Microsoft and Dialect have jointly moved to keep their settlement agreement confidential, invoking statutory provisions for business‑confidential information.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Jun 13, 2025

Google LLC v.Valtrus Innovations Limited et al.

· IPR2025-01157

The PTAB held that Google proved all 21 claims of Valtrus’s ’454 patent are obvious over Colby, Eilert, and Jindal, rendering the entire patent unpatentable.

patent · Jun 11, 2025

Meta Platforms, Inc. v.SitNet, LLC

· IPR2026-00101

Meta Platforms seeks cancellation of all twenty claims of SitNet’s ’454 patent, asserting obviousness over Amidon and the Wong‑Gogic combination. The petition includes a supporting expert declaration and argues discretionary factors favor institution.

patent all challenged claims unpatentable · Jun 11, 2025

Meta Platforms, Inc. v.SitNet, LLC

· IPR2026-00100

Meta Platforms successfully challenged SitNet’s ’682 patent covering situational networks. The PTAB found all twenty claims unpatentable as obvious over prior art. The decision finalizes the IPR with a sweeping cancellation.

patent · Jun 11, 2025

Meta Platforms, Inc. v.SitNet, LLC

· IPR2026-00100

Meta Platforms petitions the PTAB to invalidate all 16 claims of SitNet’s ’345 patent, arguing they are obvious over Gage, Mitchell, Shida, and Sinha. The petition emphasizes strong discretionary factors favoring institution.

patent mixed - some claims cancelled, some upheld · Jun 11, 2025

Meta Platforms, Inc. v.SitNet, LLC

· IPR2026-00100

Meta Platforms successfully challenged SitNet’s ’454 patent, leading the PTAB to find claims 1‑9 and 20 unpatentable and cancel claims 10‑19.

patent · Jun 11, 2025

Meta Platforms, Inc. v.SitNet, LLC

· IPR2026-00101

Meta Platforms has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of all 18 claims of SitNet’s U.S. Patent 12,245,325. The petition argues that the claims are obvious over two prior‑art groupings—Amidon‑Issa and Wong‑Gogic‑Kraft—citing earlier IPR decisions that invalidated a related ’454 patent.

patent instituted · May 23, 2025

Google LLC v.Sandpiper CDN, LLC

· IPR2025-01010

Google responded to Sandpiper CDN’s Director Review request, asserting that the patent owner forfeited its settled‑expectations argument and that the Fintiv factors support referral. The Board had already instituted the IPR, and the Director’s review was denied.

patent · Apr 6, 2025

Apple Inc. v.Advanced Coding Technologies LLC

· IPR2025-01103

Apple files an IPR petition seeking to invalidate all 12 claims of U.S. Patent 8,230,101 on obviousness grounds over Lamkin, Franke, Fiechter, and Ito references.

patent · Mar 11, 2025

Microsoft Corporation v.Sandpiper CDN, LLC

· IPR2026-00095

Microsoft seeks Director Review of a PTAB institution decision that unusually instituted review of Sandpiper's expired CDN patent. The brief argues the Board misapplied settled‑expectations policy and erred in fact finding.

patent · Feb 24, 2025

Sportradar AG et al. v.SportsCastr Inc. (d/b/a PANDA Interactive)

· IPR2025-00635

Sportradar has filed an IPR petition challenging claims 8‑23 of SportsCastr’s live‑streaming patent, arguing obviousness over multiple prior‑art references and urging the Board not to deny institution under discretionary statutes.

patent · Feb 17, 2025

Microsoft Corporation v.Edge Networking Systems, LLC

· IPR2025-00619

Microsoft has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate Edge Networking's distributed software‑defined networking patent. The petition argues that the claims are obvious over the Vasell patent combined with OSGi‑related references. It also contends that discretionary denial is inappropriate.

patent · Jan 30, 2025

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. et al. v.XtreamEdge, Inc. et al.

· IPR2025-00479

AMD and Pensando seek to invalidate XtreamEdge’s network‑optimization patent, but the patent owners argue the cited prior art fails to disclose a key bandwidth limitation, prompting a request for discretionary denial of institution.

patent · Jan 15, 2025

SAP America, Inc. et al. v.Valtrus Innovations Ltd.

· IPR2025-00420

SAP America seeks an IPR on Valtrus’s 6,889,244 patent covering fault‑tolerant messaging, arguing the claims are obvious over Bowman, Vahalia and Tuxedo. The petition also opposes discretionary denial under §§ 325(d) and 314(a).

patent · Jan 5, 2025

Google LLC v.Sandpiper CDN, LLC

· IPR2025-00860

Google has petitioned the PTAB to invalidate all 20 claims of Sandpiper CDN’s CDN patent, arguing anticipation by Newton-471 and obviousness over Dilley, Pai, and Wang. The petition stresses favorable institution factors and argues against discretionary denial.

patent · Nov 20, 2024

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

· IPR2025-00200

Liberty Mutual and Comerica have filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of all 37 claims of Intellectual Ventures' 722 patent on the ground of obviousness over prior‑art event‑notification systems. The petition relies on expert testimony and argues that discretionary denial is unwarranted.

patent · Nov 20, 2024

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

· IPR2025-00201

Liberty Mutual and Comerica petition the PTAB to invalidate 63 claims of IV’s ‘Secure Virtual Community Network System’ patent, arguing the claims are obvious over Mehta and RFC‑1383. The petition also argues that discretionary denial is inappropriate.

patent · Nov 12, 2024

Sportradar AG et al. v.SportsCastr Inc. (d/b/a PANDA Interactive)

· IPR2025-00268

Sportradar AG petitions the PTAB to institute an IPR against SportsCastr's U.S. Patent 10,805,687 covering real‑time sports video and data streaming, arguing the claims are obvious over Ellis, Spivey, and Herzog. The petition seeks cancellation of claims 1‑9 and argues against discretionary denial.

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