7436980

Cases: 4
Active: 0; 4 closed
Filed: 2022–2025
Top venue: Fed. Cir.; 2 cases

Filing activity

Cases asserting US Patent 7436980 filed per year.

VideoLabs, Inc. et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. et al.

settled

Docket:: 1:22-cv-00680-JHS
Court:: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Filed:: 2022-05-24

Patents:7436980 7769238 8139878 7970059 7266682

π VideoLabs, Inc.π VL Collective IP LLC Δ Meta Platforms, Inc.Δ Instagram, Inc.Δ WhatsApp LLC Δ Facebook Technologies, LLC Δ Giphy, Inc.

VideoLabs and VL Collective IP asserted five patents, including U.S. 7,436,980, against Meta entities. The court denied Meta's § 101 motion as to the '980 patent on April 22, 2024, and granted it as to U.S. 7,266,682. The Delaware dispute was resolved/settled in October 2025.

Meta Platforms, Inc. et al. v. VL IP Holdings LLC

terminated; appealed to Federal Circuit

Docket:: IPR2023-00924
Court:: Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Filed:: 2023-05-24
Terminated:: 2024-12-05

Patents:7436980

π Meta Platforms, Inc.π Instagram, Inc.π WhatsApp LLC π Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC π Giphy, Inc.Δ VL IP Holdings LLC

Meta entities petitioned for inter partes review of U.S. 7,436,980 B2. The PTAB instituted review on Dec. 6, 2023, and issued a Final Written Decision on Dec. 5, 2024 holding the challenged claims unpatentable; the proceeding was terminated and appealed to the Federal Circuit.

VL Collective IP, LLC v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

voluntarily dismissed

Docket:: 2025-1415
Court:: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Filed:: 2025-02-05
Terminated:: 2025-08-11

Patents:7436980

π VL Collective IP, LLC Δ Meta Platforms, Inc.

Patent Owner VL Collective IP, LLC appealed the PTAB Final Written Decision in IPR2023-00924 concerning U.S. 7,436,980. The appeal was voluntarily dismissed by order dated Aug. 11, 2025, without a merits ruling.

Giphy, Inc. v. VL Collective IP, LLC

voluntarily dismissed

Docket:: 2025-1454
Court:: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Terminated:: 2025-10-14

Patents:7436980

π Giphy, Inc.Δ VL Collective IP, LLC

Giphy, Inc.'s appeal involving U.S. 7,436,980, originally consolidated with 2025-1415, was voluntarily dismissed on Oct. 14, 2025 after Meta et al. withdrew.