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3 cases as plaintiff.
Staton Techiya, LLC is a private patent assertion entity (PAE) headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, founded in 2017. The company does not develop or sell products but focuses on monetizing a portfolio of patents. Staton Techiya is associated with private equity investment firm Staton Capital and has raised $8.15 million in funding.
The company's patent portfolio, comprising over 250 assets, primarily covers audio and voice processing technologies. These patents originated from Techiya (formerly Personics Labs), which developed wearable solutions like earphone audio technology, personal voice assistant functionality, smartphone audio processing, and always-on headwear recording systems. Staton Techiya's business model involves patent protection and subsequent licensing or technology transfer.
Staton Techiya operates as a non-practicing entity (NPE) asserting its acquired patent portfolio. While the provided data shows one defendant case at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), this represents Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. challenging Staton Techiya's patents, indicating Staton Techiya is the patent holder asserting them. The company has actively filed numerous patent infringement lawsuits as a plaintiff, primarily against Samsung, in various U.S. District Courts, including the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas.
A notable development in Staton Techiya's litigation history includes a May 2024 ruling by the Eastern District of Texas, where Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap dismissed Staton Techiya's patent claims against Samsung with prejudice due to "unclean hands." The court found evidence of the theft of Samsung's confidential information facilitated by Staton Techiya's litigation agent, Synergy IP Corporation. Samsung is seeking approximately $26 million in fees and costs from this case. Staton Techiya has also identified PurpleVine IP, a Chinese company, as a source of third-party litigation funding.
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Staton Techiya appealed the district court's final judgment holding the asserted patents unenforceable. The Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal on December 20, 2024, pursuant to a joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal.
Patent infringement suit asserting U.S. Patents 11,244,666, 11,217,237, 11,057,701, and 11,039,259. The court consolidated it into lead case 2:21-cv-00413 and entered final judgment on June 21, 2024, holding the asserted claims unenforceable against Samsung due to unclean hands and dismissing Techiya's claims with prejudice; Techiya appealed to the Federal Circuit.
Patent infringement action asserting the '082 patent along with nine other U.S. patents identified in the narrative only by last three digits, against Samsung products including Galaxy Buds+, Galaxy S20, and Bixby. After a March 2024 bench trial, the court found Techiya's asserted claims unenforceable against Samsung due to unclean hands; final judgment entered June 21, 2024, dismissed the infringement claims with prejudice and named Samsung the prevailing party. Consolidated with 2:22-cv-00053-JRG-RSP.