Patent 10297249
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
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PTAB activity (1)
AIA trial proceedings — IPR, PGR, CBM — filed at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board against this patent. Sourced directly from the PTAB Trial API.
- IPR2025-01365IPRfiled Jul 30, 2025vs. AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLCDiscretionary Denial
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Cases on file (2)
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- VB Assets LLC v. Android International Inc et al.filed Apr 17, 20261:26-cv-00443Delaware District CourtOpen
Defendants: Android International Inc, Google LLC, Xxvi Holdings Inc, and 2 others
Other patents asserted: 10510341, 12236456, 8527274, 8515765, 10755699, 8073681, 9269097, 8886536, 7818176, 11087385
The infringement claim covers Google's AI assistants, like Gemini and Google Assistant, and voice search features in Google and YouTube. The accusation extends to the entire ecosystem supporting these services, including the hardware, operating systems, apps, and AI models that run them.
- 1:24-cv-01279U.S. District Court for the District of Delawareactive
Defendants: SoundHound AI, Inc.
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
As of April 26, 2026, U.S. Patent 10,297,249 is involved in the following litigation:
- Plaintiff(s): VB Assets, LLC
- Defendant(s): SoundHound AI, Inc.
- Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
- Case Number: 1:24-cv-01279
- Filing Date: Not explicitly stated in the provided snippets, but the case was filed "last month" relative to a January 31, 2025, article, implying a December 2024 filing.
- Outcome/Current Status: The case is active and has been assigned to Judge Maryellen Noreika.
It is also important to note that VB Assets, LLC, the current assignee of US10297249B2, was involved in litigation against Amazon.com Services LLC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, where a jury found that Amazon willfully infringed claims of four patents owned by VB Assets, LLC. While US10297249B2 was listed as one of the patents asserted against Apple in a separate complaint, it was not among the patents specifically mentioned as infringed by Amazon in the jury verdict for the 2023 trial. The patents involved in the Amazon case were US Patent No. 8,073,681, US Patent No. 9,626,703, US Patent No. 7,818,176, and US Patent No. 9,269,097.
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