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Lead consolidated case for Uniloc's Wave 1 E.D. Tex. campaign. Member cases were ultimately dismissed with prejudice and the lead case was closed in February 2024.
Member case consolidated into lead No. 2:16-cv-00642. Patents-in-suit included '723, '622, '433, and '890. Dismissed with prejudice by joint stipulation, each party to bear its own costs and fees.
Member case consolidated into lead No. 2:16-cv-00642. Patents-in-suit included '947, '723, '622, '433, and '890. Dismissed with prejudice by joint stipulation under FRCP 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), each party to bear its own costs and fees.
Original complaint filed in the Google Allo app case, containing the '433 count. Patents asserted included '890, '622, and '433. Later transferred to the Northern District of California under TC Heartland venue rulings.
2016 E.D. Tex. suit in which Uniloc asserted U.S. Patent No. 8,995,433 against Facebook. Docket number not mapped in the narrative.
2016 E.D. Tex. suit in which Uniloc asserted U.S. Patent No. 8,995,433 against WhatsApp, Inc. Docket number not mapped in the narrative.
2016 E.D. Tex. suit in which Uniloc asserted U.S. Patent No. 8,995,433 against Apple, Inc. Docket number not mapped in the narrative.
2016 E.D. Tex. suit in which Uniloc asserted U.S. Patent No. 8,995,433 against LG Electronics. Docket number not mapped in the narrative.
Apple petitioned for IPR of the '433 patent, challenging claims 1-6 and 8. The Board found Apple did not prove those claims unpatentable, construed 'instant voice messaging application' as client-based, denied rehearing, and Apple noticed an appeal.
Facebook and WhatsApp petitioned for IPR of the '433 patent, challenging claims 1-8. Consolidated with IPR2017-01428. The Board held all challenged claims unpatentable as obvious; Facebook was estopped as to claims 1-6 and 8 but permitted to proceed on claim 7. LG Electronics later joined.
Copy-cat petition challenging claims 1-6 and 8 of the '433 patent, with a motion to join Apple's IPR2017-00225. Joinder was granted on October 3, 2017.
Samsung petitioned for IPR of the '433 patent, instituted on February 6, 2018. Sources conflict on the outcome: Google Patents lists settlement, while RPX lists a final decision holding all claims unpatentable, with appeals 19-2167 and 19-2165.
LG filed an IPR petition identical in substance to Facebook's '1427/'1428 petitions and moved to join both Facebook IPRs. Google Patents lists the case as terminating in a Final Written Decision, and the Federal Circuit confirmed the consolidated Facebook/LG IPR found all challenged claims unpatentable.
Appeal from the Facebook/LG IPR Final Written Decision. The Federal Circuit held that 35 U.S.C. §314(d) does not bar review of the Board's §315(e)(1) estoppel determination where the estoppel-triggering event occurred after institution; the Board correctly found LG, and Facebook as to claim 7, not estopped; and the obviousness determination that all challenged '433 claims were unpatentable was affirmed. Related Nos. 19-1689, 19-1180, 19-1182, 19-2165, and 19-2167 were also listed.