Apple Inc. v. HBCU Messaging US LP

Apple Inc.vsApex Beam Technologies LLC

Apple and Apex Beam reached a confidential settlement and jointly moved to terminate the IPR over Apex Beam’s 5G multi‑antenna patent (U.S. 11,063,727). The motion cites statutory authority under 35 U.S.C. §317 and argues public‑policy benefits of settlement.

TCL Industries Holdings Co., Ltd.vsMaxell, Ltd.

Maxell’s sur‑reply argues TCL’s IPR petition re‑uses prior art, shows no material error, and fails claim‑construction arguments, urging the PTAB to deny institution.

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. et al.vsChampion Power Equipment, Inc.

Petitioners seek Director review after the USPTO denied institution of a multi‑fuel generator patent, arguing the decision conflicts with a prior institution of the parent ’034 patent. They assert the same obviousness grounds apply and that the denial is arbitrary and capricious.

Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd. et al.vsSnapAid, Ltd.

Samsung has filed an IPR petition seeking cancellation of all twenty claims of SnapAid’s ’325 patent on obviousness grounds, citing a broad set of prior‑art references covering real‑time image‑quality assessment.

Texas Instruments IncorporatedvsGreenthread, LLC

Texas Instruments (Petitioner) filed an opening petition challenging U.S. Patent No. 11,316,014 for obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The challenge targets numerous claims related to CMOS/VLSI fabrication and memory technology using various prior art combinations.