Litigation

Amazon.com, Inc. et al. v. AlmondNet, Inc.

joined with IPR2022-01064; final written decision; claims 9-12 unpatentable; appeal dismissed

IPR2023-00384

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Court: USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Filed: 2022-12-22
Terminated: 2023-11-28

Patents at issue (1)

Plaintiffs (2)

Defendants (1)

Δ AlmondNet, Inc.

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Inter partes review petition by Amazon entities against AlmondNet, joined with IPR2022-01064. The PTAB's Nov. 28, 2023 final written decision reached the same result on claims 9-12 of U.S. 9,830,615; appeal was noticed and later voluntarily dismissed.

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Further reading

Patent term and expiration
Patents don't last forever. They don't even reliably last 20 years. The expiration date that actually matters depends on the earliest filing date, the maintenance schedule, and any USPTO or FDA delays the patent owner can claim back.
Declaratory judgment actions: when to flip the table on a patent troll
The patent holder is the one with the patent. They're not always the one who gets to pick the courtroom.
Obviousness under § 103
Most patented inventions are combinations of existing ideas. The modern KSR standard makes those combinations easier to attack than they used to be.
eBay Inc. v. MercExchange (2006)
Pre-eBay, an injunction was a kill switch a patent holder could threaten. Post-eBay, the worst is monetary damages — and for an NPE that wants license fees anyway, the four-factor test usually fails on the irreparable-harm prong.
What is a patent?
A patent is a deal between an inventor and the government — a 20-year monopoly in exchange for public disclosure. Most patents that get litigated would not survive serious scrutiny.

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