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Video compression — US PTAB Patent Cases

26 decisions indexed

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patent · Dec 5, 2025

Apple Inc. v.Advanced Coding Technologies LLC

· IPR2025-00991

Apple has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate claims 1‑10 of U.S. Patent 8,090,025, asserting that the claims are obvious over a combination of prior‑art video‑coding references. The petition relies on Mualla, Shirani, Saito, Stockhammer, and Shimizu to demonstrate lack of novelty under 35 U.S.C. §103.

patent · Dec 5, 2025

Google LLC v.Advanced Coding Technologies LLC

· IPR2025-00999

Google has filed an IPR petition challenging claims 1‑2 of U.S. Patent 9,986,303, asserting that the claims are obvious over earlier scalable video‑coding disclosures (Demircin, Chen, Karczewicz). The petition seeks institution of the review and argues that the prior art was not considered during prosecution.

patent · Jul 25, 2025

Hisense USA Corporation et al. v.VideoLabs, Inc.

· IPR2025-01329

Hisense has filed a petition to invalidate VideoLabs' 2010 picture coding patent, asserting that the sole claim is obvious over a 2002 Nokia (Karczewicz) publication combined with H.324 and H.263 standards. The petition seeks institution of an IPR and cancellation of claim 1.

patent instituted · Jul 23, 2025

SNAP INC. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2025-01338

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review of Nokia’s 7,724,818 B2 video‑coding patent after Amazon demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of success on eight claims. The Board rejected discretionary denial arguments and will proceed to trial on all challenged claims.

patent · Jul 23, 2025

SNAP INC. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2025-01338

Snap Inc. has filed an IPR petition challenging Nokia’s U.S. Patent 7,724,818, asserting that all 23 claims are obvious over prior‑art video‑coding references Au, VCEG‑N52 and Sriram.

patent · Jul 23, 2025

Snap Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2025-01263

Snap Inc. and Hisense have petitioned the PTAB to invalidate Nokia’s ’714 video‑compression patent, asserting that earlier coding methods render the claims obvious under 35 U.S.C. §103.

patent instituted · Jun 23, 2025

Snap Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2025-01014

The PTAB instituted an inter partes review of Nokia’s 8,050,321 patent covering video‑frame grouping, finding a reasonable likelihood that Amazon’s challenges based on MPEG‑1, Kim, and Yagasaki would succeed.

patent denied · Jun 17, 2025

Google LLC v.Advanced Coding Technologies LLC

· IPR2025-01161

The USPTO Director denied Google’s request for review of the decision to deny institution of IPR2025-01161 involving patent 7,804,891. The denial upholds the earlier institution refusal.

patent instituted · Jun 16, 2025

Snap, Inc. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2025-01114

Snap’s IPR petition challenging Nokia’s video‑compression patent was instituted, with the Board finding a reasonable likelihood of unpatentability for all 23 claims based on MPEG‑1 and H.263 prior art.

patent · Jun 16, 2025

Snap, Inc. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2025-01114

Snap has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of all 23 claims of Nokia’s video‑encoding patent, alleging obviousness over MPEG‑1 and H.263 standards. The petition details how each claim limitation is disclosed in the prior‑art references.

patent · Jun 16, 2025

Snap, Inc. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2025-01114

Snap, Inc. has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate Nokia Technologies' U.S. Patent 8,175,148 covering video‑encoding quantization techniques. The petition asserts obviousness over MPEG‑1 and H.263 standards and requests cancellation of all 23 claims.

patent · Jun 13, 2025

Apple Inc. v.Advanced Coding Technologies LLC

· IPR2025-01158

Apple has filed an IPR petition challenging six claims of a video‑compression patent owned by Advanced Coding Technologies, arguing they are obvious over prior‑art references Phek, YuChuan, He and Martins. The petition seeks institution and cancellation of the claims.

patent · Apr 6, 2025

Element TV Company, LP et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2025-01068

Element TV has filed an IPR petition challenging Nokia’s ’321 video‑coding patent, asserting that claims 8‑11 are obvious over MPEG‑1, the Kim patent, and Yagasaki. The petition seeks institution of the review and cancellation of the claims.

patent · Mar 10, 2025

SNAP INC. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2025-01375

Snap and Hisense have filed an IPR petition challenging Nokia’s ’267 video‑compression patent, asserting that the claims are obvious in view of prior art such as Wada and the Karczewicz applications. The petition seeks cancellation of all 36 claims.

patent · Feb 9, 2025

Snap Inc. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2025-01440

Snap Inc. and Hisense have filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of Nokia’s ’808 video‑coding patent, asserting that its claims are obvious over earlier video standards. The petition relies on §103 and cites Karczewicz, MPEG‑1, and H.263 as prior art.

patent · Feb 6, 2025

Apple Inc. v.Advanced Coding Technologies LLC

· IPR2025-01070

Apple has filed an IPR petition seeking to invalidate claims 1‑3 of a video‑compression patent owned by Advanced Coding Technologies, arguing the claims are obvious over a combination of prior‑art references. The petition also disputes any discretionary denial of the request.

patent · Oct 12, 2024

Lenovo (United States), Inc. et al. v.Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

· IPR2025-00177

Lenovo has filed an IPR petition challenging Ericsson’s U.S. Patent 10,708,618 covering reference‑picture signaling in video codecs. The petition argues that all 19 claims are obvious over earlier video‑coding disclosures (Mulroy, H.264/AVC, and Raveendran) and requests the Board to institute the review despite parallel litigation.

patent · Oct 5, 2024

AMAZON.COM, INC. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-00847

Nokia filed a Director Review Request asking the USPTO to overturn the Board’s decision to institute IPR2024-00847 against Amazon. The petition argues the Board erred in combining mutually exclusive video‑coding modes and ignored the term “skip coding mode.”

patent · Oct 5, 2024

AMAZON.COM, INC. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-00847

Amazon seeks a Director Review to overturn the Board’s decision instituting an IPR against Nokia’s 7,532,808 patent covering a novel skip coding mode in video encoders. Nokia argues the Board’s obviousness findings are unsupported and misinterpret the patent’s terminology.

patent · Oct 5, 2024

AMAZON.COM, INC. et al. v.Nokia Technologies Oy

· IPR2024-00848

Amazon has filed an IPR petition challenging Nokia's '808 patent, asserting that its skip coding mode is obvious over existing prior art references. The challenge focuses on whether combining zero-motion vector (ZMV) and non-zero motion vector (PNZMV) modes constitutes a predictable combination of known techniques in video compression. This dispute involves complex technical arguments regarding standard-setting technologies.

patent · Jun 14, 2024

Intel Corporation et al. v.Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

· IPR2024-01009

Intel has filed a petition for Director Review challenging the PTAB's denial to institute an IPR against Ericsson's 10,142,659 patent covering a deblocking filter in video codecs. Intel argues the Board misapplied obviousness standards regarding result‑effective variables. The petition seeks reversal of the denial and institution of the trial.

patent null · Jun 14, 2024

Intel Corporation et al. v.Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

· IPR2024-01009

Intel and others challenged Ericsson's '659 Patent, arguing that its deblocking filter equations are obvious over prior art references like Fu and Bjontegaard. The petition asserts that a Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art would have routinely optimized the claimed coefficients using existing knowledge of high-pass filters.

patent null · May 7, 2024

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

· IPR2024-01139

Nokia Technologies Oy faces an Inter Partes Review challenge regarding its video compression patents, specifically concerning sub-pixel interpolation methods. The petitioner argues that combining TML6 and Fandrianto renders the claimed method obvious to a Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art (POSITA). This proceeding centers on whether the combination of prior art references meets the 103 obviousness standard.

patent · Mar 15, 2024

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

· IPR2024-00627

Amazon has filed a petition for rehearing, asking the Director to vacate the PTAB’s decision to institute an IPR against Nokia’s video‑coding patent covering bi‑prediction. Nokia argues the Board erred under § 325(d) by revisiting arguments already considered during prosecution.

patent null · Mar 15, 2024

Cisco Systems, Inc. v.VIDEO SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD.

· IPR2024-00695

Cisco Systems, Inc. filed a Petition challenging the validity of patent 8649426 owned by VIDEO SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD., asserting that the claims are obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The petitioner argues that prior art references Perlman and Oguz teach known solutions for reducing video encoding latency, rendering the claimed methods unpatentable.

patent null · Feb 7, 2024

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

· IPR2024-00921

Amazon filed an IPR challenging Nokia Technologies Oy's patents related to hybrid video coding and prediction error encoding. The petition argues that the challenged claims are obvious over combinations of prior art references, specifically Koga, Lin, and Narroschke. Petitioners assert these combinations teach predictable improvements in codec implementation.

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