SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT, LLC et al. v. Pilot Intellectual Property, LLC et al.

Avanos Medical, Inc.vsStratus Medical, LLC

Avanos Medical challenges Stratus Medical's RF neurotomy needle claims at the PTAB, asserting obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The Petitioner argues that combining multiple prior art references—including Racz, Fitz, and Lee—would have motivated a Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art to create the claimed device.

ENS Labs Ltd.vsUnstoppable Domains Inc.

ENS Labs Ltd. has filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review challenging Unstoppable Domains Inc.'s patent covering Domain Name Resolution (ENS) methods. The petitioner argues that the core claims are obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 by combining multiple prior art references related to blockchain functionality.

Nearmap US, Inc.vsPictometry International Corp. et al.

Nearmap US, Inc. challenged U.S. Patent 9,182,657 on grounds of obviousness (103) and anticipation (102). The petitioner argues that combinations of prior art references—including Loewen, Fujimoto, Mostafa, and Kain—render the claimed aerial image capture technology obvious. This is a challenger's opening petition for review in the field of Aerial Image Capture and Geolocation.

VIZIO, Inc.vsMultimedia Technologies Pte. Ltd.

VIZIO, Inc. challenged claims of Multimedia Technologies Pte. Ltd.'s patent (9578384) in an IPR proceeding based on obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The petitioner argued that the claimed VOD navigation structure was predictable by combining elements from prior art references like Kim, Hunt, and TechnoBuffalo.

Exotec Product France SAS et al.vsOpex Corporation

Exotec Product France SAS and co-petitioner successfully convinced the PTAB to institute IPR proceedings against Opex Corporation's patent, arguing that the claims are obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The Board found a reasonable likelihood of success based on combining prior art references Raizer and Hangzhou in the field of Automated Warehouse Robotics.