Industry Sector

Network Security — US PTAB Patent Cases

9 decisions indexed

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patent denied

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. v.UMBRA TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

· IPR2024-00498

The PTAB denied Cisco's IPR petition against Umbra Technologies regarding network security claims (1-26). The Board found that the petitioner failed to demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on obviousness over the combined prior art teachings.

patent instituted

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00679

Cisco and Fortinet successfully challenged InfoExpress's patent on obviousness grounds in the PTAB. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of prevailing, leading to institution on all 18 asserted claims.

patent denied

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00678

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. failed to overcome obviousness challenges against InfoExpress Inc.'s network security patent (8117645) before the PTAB. The Board denied institution because the petitioner could not demonstrate that prior art teachings sufficiently suggested specific auditing limitations in the claims.

patent instituted

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00677

CISCO Systems and FORTINET successfully instituted an IPR against InfoExpress Inc.'s patent, finding a reasonable likelihood of obviousness over Krantz and Herrmann. The Board agreed that combining network authentication (Krantz) with policy enforcement (Herrmann) would teach the claimed method for auditing devices.

patent instituted

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00676

CISCO and FORTINET successfully petitioned to challenge InfoExpress's network security patents, leading the PTAB to institute proceedings on all claims. The Board agreed with the Petitioner that combining Krantz and Herrmann would render the challenged claims obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103.

patent instituted

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00675

CISCO SYSTEMS and FORTINET successfully convinced the PTAB to institute review against InfoExpress Inc.'s patent, finding a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on multiple claims. The Board adopted a specific claim construction regarding device reconfiguration while accepting the petitioner's obviousness arguments over Krantz and Herrmann.

patent denied

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00540

The PTAB denied institution of IPR for Cisco and Fortinet against InfoExpress, finding no reasonable likelihood that the challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,347,350 would be found obvious over prior art.

patent instituted

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. v.UMBRA TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

· IPR2024-00498

Cisco Systems challenged UMBRA Technologies' patent 10574482, arguing that the claims are obvious over prior art references Shieh and Potti. The petitioner asserts that industry standards for distributed firewalls make the claimed architecture predictable to a Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art (POSITA).

patent null

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al. v.InfoExpress Inc.

· IPR2024-00676

Cisco Systems challenges InfoExpress's patent (8677450) in an IPR, arguing the claims are obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The petitioner contends that combining Krantz and Herrmann prior art references provides a predictable solution for enhanced network security and access control policy enforcement.

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