Litigation

Hartford Fire Insurance Company et al. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC et al.

active

1:26-cv-00392

Filed
2026-04-07

Patents at issue (1)

Summary

Declaratory-judgment suit brought by Hartford insurers against Intellectual Ventures entities and Zarbana Digital Fund LLC, seeking declarations of non-infringement and invalidity of eight IV patents. The complaint states Zarbana is the assignee of the '183 patent, making US 9,686,183 one of the DJ patents at issue. Zarbana was served 4/8/2026; answer deadline extended to 5/29/2026; no merits ruling.

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