Avidbots Corporation et al. v. Brain Corporation

National Beef Packing Company, LLCvsInstitute for Environmental Health, Inc.

National Beef and Institute for Environmental Health have settled their disputes and jointly moved to terminate four pending IPRs, invoking 35 U.S.C. § 317(a). The Board is asked to grant termination before any final written decisions are issued.

Nintendo Co., Ltd. et al.vsMalikie Innovations Ltd.

Nintendo has filed an IPR petition challenging Malikie Innovations' 8,610,397 battery‑charger patent. The petition alleges obviousness over several Japanese and U.S. references and argues that discretionary denial is unwarranted.

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. et al.vsInfoExpress Inc.

CISCO and FORTINET filed a Petition challenging 18 claims of InfoExpress's U.S. Patent No. 7,523,484 in the PTAB. The petitioners argue that the network access methods are obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based on prior art references Krantz and Herrmann. This challenge is part of ongoing litigation against InfoExpress in District Court.

CMS CEPCOR LTD et al.vsSandvik Intellectual Property AB et al.

The PTAB cancelled original claims (1-10) but granted substitute claims (11-19) after a Patent Owner's Motion to Amend. The Board found the Petitioner failed to demonstrate motivation to combine prior art references, thus overcoming obviousness challenges under 35 U.S.C. § 103.

Microsoft CorporationvsDialect, LLC

The USPTO denied Microsoft’s request to institute an Inter Partes Review of Dialect’s patents, citing the patents’ long‑standing ownership and a parallel district‑court case. No trial will proceed.