TOP GLORY TRADING GROUP INC. et al. v. Cole Haan LLC et al.

Aylo Freesites Ltd et al.vsWellcomeMat, LLC

The PTAB held that claims 13–15 and 17–20 of U.S. Patent 8,307,286 are unpatentable after finding the petitioner’s prior‑art references anticipate or render the claims obvious. The decision resolves the consolidated IPRs and denies the patent owner’s motions.

3D Systems Corporation et al.vsIntrepid Automation, Inc.

3D Systems has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of claims 1‑20 of Intrepid Automation’s ’301 patent covering multi‑projector DLP additive manufacturing. The petition relies on three grounds of anticipation and obviousness using prior art from Shkolnik, Sekine, and Greene.

Rode Microphones, LLC et al.vsZaxcom, Inc.

Rode Microphones filed an IPR petition challenging Zaxcom’s 9,336,307 patent. The petitioner contends that all 14 claims are obvious or anticipated over multiple prior‑art references and seeks cancellation of the entire patent.

Google LLCvsSoundClear Technologies LLC et al.

Google has filed a petition for Director Review challenging the PTAB’s discretionary denial of institution for its IPR against SoundClear’s decade‑old echo‑cancellation patent. The petitioner contends the Board improperly created a time‑based bar and ignored the district‑court stays and merits of the petition.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. et al.vsOMNI MEDSCI, INC.

Apple (as petitioner) seeks to invalidate Omni MedSci’s ’533 wearable health‑monitoring patent, asserting that the claims are obvious over Lisogurski, Carlson, and Mannheimer. The petition requests the PTAB to institute an IPR and cancel the claims.