Industry Sector

Computer storage — US PTAB Patent Cases

12 decisions indexed

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patent terminated or settled

Google LLC v.Kove IO, Inc.

· IPR2024-01018

Google and Kove IO settled their dispute over U.S. Patent 7,103,640, leading the PTAB to terminate the IPRs before any trial was instituted.

patent denied

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

· IPR2025-00616

The PTAB denied Phison Electronics' post‑grant review petition against Vervain's NAND‑flash storage patent, finding the challenger failed to meet the more‑likely‑than‑not standard for unpatentability.

patent terminated or settled

Databricks, Inc. v.ByteWeavr, LLC

· IPR2025-00716

Databricks and ByteWeavr jointly moved to terminate IPR2025‑00716 after reaching a settlement that also dismissed the related district‑court lawsuit. The Board is asked to grant the termination because the case is at an early stage and unopposed.

patent denied

Phison Electronics Corporation v.Vervain, LLC

· PGR2025-00010

The PTAB denied Phison Electronics' petition to institute a post‑grant review of Vervain’s NAND‑flash storage patent. The Board concluded Phison failed to show any claim was more likely than not unpatentable under §§ 101, 112, 103. No trial was instituted.

patent

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

· IPR2025-00202

Liberty Mutual has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate all 27 claims of Intellectual Ventures' 844 patent on the basis of obviousness. The petition argues that the examiner never considered key prior art and that discretionary denial is inappropriate.

patent

FedEx Corporation et al. v.VALTRUS INNOVATIONS LTD.

· IPR2025-01490

FedEx has filed an IPR petition challenging all 26 claims of Valtrus Innovations’ storage‑device performance monitoring patent. The petition asserts that the claims are obvious over prior art references Wolf, Kamiyama, and Woods under 35 U.S.C. §103.

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

Databricks, Inc. v.ByteWeavr, LLC

· IPR2025-00716

Databricks petitions the PTAB to review U.S. Patent 8,275,827, asserting that key claims are obvious over prior‑art storage systems (Carter, OceanStore, Gibson) and should be invalidated.

patent

FedEx Corporation et al. v.VALTRUS INNOVATIONS LTD.

· IPR2025-01490

FedEx has filed a petition for rehearing of the PTAB Director’s denial to institute an IPR on its storage‑device performance monitoring patent. The petition relies on an expanded stipulation to waive district‑court invalidity grounds and cites recent informative decisions to argue that the patent’s post‑expiration assertion makes denial inappropriate.

patent

FedEx Corporation et al. v.VALTRUS INNOVATIONS LTD.

· IPR2025-01491

FedEx has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of 18 claims of Valtrus Innovations' data‑security‑for‑file‑system patent, arguing the claims are obvious over prior‑art file‑system and cryptographic references.

patent terminated or settled

Google LLC v.Kove IO, Inc.

· IPR2024-01022

Google and Kove IO have settled their dispute over U.S. Patent 7,233,978 and jointly moved to terminate the pending IPR. The Board has not yet issued an institution decision.

patent mixed - some claims cancelled, some upheld

Databricks, Inc. v.ByteWeavr, LLC

· IPR2025-00716

Databricks successfully challenged 15 claims of the ’827 patent, finding them obvious over the OceanStore system. Anticipation arguments failed, and the Board adopted broader claim constructions that still rendered the claims unpatentable.

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