Litigation

IPA Technologies Inc. v. ZTE (USA) Inc.

closed

1:17-cv-00025

Court: D. Del.
Filed: 2017-01-10

Patents at issue (2)

Plaintiffs (1)

π IPA Technologies Inc.

Defendants (1)

Δ ZTE (USA) Inc.

Summary

IPA Technologies Inc. sued ZTE (USA) Inc. in D. Del. accusing ZTE Android devices with Google Now of infringing US 6,523,061 and US 6,742,021. The case was closed.

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Further reading

District court vs. PTAB: where to fight a patent challenge
Every defendant who actually fights a patent ends up choosing — sometimes implicitly — between district court invalidity, PTAB IPR, or both in parallel. The trade-offs are not symmetric; the choice often determines the case.
AI prior art search tools: a 2026 buyer's guide for defendants
AI doesn't replace a patent attorney's judgment. It does replace the search step that used to cost $20,000 and take three weeks.
Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. (1996)
Claim construction is exclusively the court's job. The Markman hearing is the most consequential single ruling in nearly every patent case — and a defendant's best chance to end the litigation before trial.
What is a patent?
A patent is a deal between an inventor and the government — a 20-year monopoly in exchange for public disclosure. Most patents that get litigated would not survive serious scrutiny.
Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories (2012)
The two-step framework defendants now recite from memory comes from Mayo, not Alice. Mayo is the often-overlooked but doctrinally essential ancestor of every modern § 101 motion.

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