Defendant

Nadeem Arif

5 cases as defendant.

Cases
5
Active
0
5 closed
Filed
2012
Top venue
Fed. Cir.
2 cases

Company profile

Note on entity type: The case database lists "Nadeem Arif," but this is a natural person — a dental/orthodontic professional — not a company. No corporate registration, revenue, headcount, ticker or ownership data exists for him, and this profile should not be read as a corporate profile. No information was found indicating he holds or has asserted any patents.

Who he is: Dr. Nadeem Arif is an orthodontist and clear-aligner clinical specialist based in Lahore, Pakistan. Public biographies list senior roles at successive clear-aligner companies: training/coordination head at Invisalign/Align Technology (1999–2001); quality and training head at OrthoClear (2004–2006); ClearPath Orthodontics (2007–2009); clinical director at ClearCorrect (2009–2019); and global head of clinical treatment planning at ClearCorrect under the Straumann Group (2019–2024). He is described as a co-founder of ClearCorrect Pakistan (Private), Ltd., currently serves as CTO of Adam Intellect Solutions, and was appointed a consultant by ClearPath Orthodontics effective February 2026. He has no ownership status, revenue or headcount disclosed in any public source reviewed.

Products / operations: He personally operates no product line. His work has been in clinical protocol design, digital treatment-planning validation and aligner workflow optimization for clear-aligner systems. Unlike an operating company or an NPE, he holds no asserted patent portfolio and does not license technology.

Litigation posture: Across the five tracked matters he is a defendant/intervenor only (0 as plaintiff, 5 as defendant) — the classic signature of a party being attacked, though here it reflects an individual named as a respondent rather than a corporate target. Align Technology named him in its March 2012 ITC enforcement complaint (Inv. No. 337‑TA‑562) alleging violation of a 2006 consent order, on the theory that he was a former officer, director, agent or employee of the OrthoClear entities and a principal of ClearCorrect Pakistan. He was named as an Intervenor in the related Federal Circuit appeals.

Notable context: The core matters are Align Technology, Inc. v. ClearCorrect Operating, LLC et al. — the ITC enforcement proceeding under 19 C.F.R. § 210.75, the remanded enforcement action, and the Federal Circuit appeals (Align Tech., Inc. v. ITC, 771 F.3d 1317 (Fed. Cir. 2014); 622 F. App'x 910 (Fed. Cir. 2015)). The parallel ClearCorrect Operating, LLC v. ITC, 810 F.3d 1283 (Fed. Cir. 2015), held that electronic transmission of digital data is not an imported "article." Under the April 2015 Termination Agreement, the individual respondents — including Arif — bore no payment or other obligation; the $400,000 contingency fell solely on ClearCorrect US.

Align Technology, Inc. v. ClearCorrect Operating, LLC et al.

ITC found violation; on appeal
Filed:
2012-05-01
Patents:6685469

Align brought an ITC enforcement proceeding under 19 C.F.R. § 210.75 to enforce the 337-TA-562 Consent Order against ClearCorrect Operating, LLC, ClearCorrect Pakistan (Private), Ltd., and four individuals. The ITC found a violation of the consent order, leading to Federal Circuit appeals.

Align Technology, Inc. v. ClearCorrect Operating, LLC et al.

terminated/no violation
Docket:
337-TA-562 (Enforcement Proceeding)
Filed:
2012-03-01
Terminated:
2016-09-23
Patents:6602070

Align Technology filed an enforcement proceeding against ClearCorrect and its officers to enforce the 2006 Consent Order from Inv. No. 337-TA-562. The action was directed at the '511 and '880 patents specifically, but the Consent Order included the '070 patent. The Commission ultimately found no violation and terminated the proceeding, rescinding cease-and-desist orders.

Align Technology, Inc. v. ClearCorrect Operating, LLC et al.

resolved by termination agreement
Docket:
337-TA-562 (Enforcement)
Filed:
2012-03-01
Terminated:
2015-04-07

Align filed an enforcement proceeding under 19 C.F.R. § 210.75 alleging ClearCorrect and bound officers violated the 2006 consent order. The '880 and '511 patents were the basis for the enforcement complaint; the Commission found no violation, Align appealed, and the matter was resolved by an April 7, 2015 termination agreement.

Align Technology, Inc. v. U.S. International Trade Commission et al.

vacated and remanded
Docket:
2013-1240, 2013-1363
Terminated:
2014-07-18
Patents:6227850

Align appealed from the ITC enforcement proceeding relating to the 2006 consent order that included U.S. Patent No. 6,227,850. The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded, holding the ITC exceeded its authority in reviewing the ALJ's order denying termination and remanding for trial on whether former OrthoClear employees violated the Consent Order.

Align Technology, Inc. v. International Trade Commission et al.

reversed and remanded
Docket:
2013-1240, 2013-1363
Terminated:
2014-07-18

Appeal from the ITC's ClearCorrect enforcement proceeding. The Federal Circuit reversed and remanded on procedural grounds, holding the ITC exceeded its authority by reviewing an ALJ's order denying a motion to terminate. The narrative treats the '840 patent connection as family-level and unconfirmed; the enforcement dispute is described as involving the 2006 Consent Order and the '880 and '511 patents.