Patent 11468497
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Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
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No PTAB proceedings on file. This patent has not been challenged through Inter Partes Review, Post-Grant Review, or Covered Business Method review at the USPTO. The absence is itself a signal — well-asserted patents eventually attract IPRs.
Cases on file (4)
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- Monticello Enterprises LLC v. Petco Animals Supply Stores Inc et al.filed Apr 23, 202626-1730Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitOpen
Defendants: Petco Animals Supply Stores Inc and Petco Health & Wellness Company Inc
Other patents asserted: 11461828, 10121186, 10643266, 9824408, 11004139
The accused products are payment systems and programming interfaces that facilitate purchases within mobile apps, through web browsers, and in physical stores via a wireless connection.
- Monticello Enterprises LLC v. Starbucks Corpfiled Apr 22, 202626-1717Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitOpen
Defendants: Starbucks Corp
Other patents asserted: 11461828, 11004139, 10643266
The accused product is a payment system that allows users to make purchases within mobile applications. It also enables simplified, wireless payments in physical stores by transmitting information from a user's device to a merchant's device.
- Monticello Enterprises LLC v. Petco Animals Supply Stores Inc et al.filed Apr 20, 202626-1694Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitOpen
Defendants: Petco Animals Supply Stores Inc, Macys.com Inc, Macys Inc, and 4 others
Other patents asserted: 11461828, 10121186, 10643266, 9824408, 11004139
The accused product is a payment system that enables purchases within mobile apps, on websites, and in physical stores using a wireless connection from a user's device. This system uses a payment API to simplify the transaction process for both in-app and in-store purchases.
- Unified Patents LLC v. Monticello Enterprises LLCfiled May 3, 202490019491Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) of the USPTOReexamination granted
Defendants: Monticello Enterprises LLC
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
I have searched for litigation involving US patent 11468497. Here's what I found:
Known Litigation Involving US Patent 11468497:
Ex Parte Reexamination by Unified Patents
- Plaintiff(s): Unified Patents LLC
- Defendant(s): Monticello Enterprises LLC (Patent Owner)
- Jurisdiction: Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) of the USPTO
- Case Number: 90019491 (reexamination request number)
- Filing Date: Six weeks prior to June 14, 2024 (Unified filed ex parte reexamination)
- Outcome/Current Status: On June 14, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified Patents' request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 11,468,497.
District Court Litigations (Asserted by Monticello Enterprises LLC)
- Plaintiff(s): Monticello Enterprises LLC
- Defendant(s): Starbucks, Petco, and Macy's
- Jurisdiction: District Courts (specifically, "Texas Western District Court" is mentioned for other cases related to the patent family on the Google Patents page, but the search results do not explicitly link these specific defendants to a case number for US11468497 in the search results)
- Case Number: Not explicitly provided in the search results for these specific defendants and patent number.
- Filing Date: Not explicitly provided in the search results for these specific defendants and patent number.
- Outcome/Current Status: The patent has been asserted against these companies. Further details on the specific cases (case numbers, filing dates, and outcomes) for Starbucks, Petco, and Macy's were not found in the provided search snippets.Known litigation involving US patent 11468497 includes an ex parte reexamination initiated by Unified Patents and assertions against several companies in district courts.
Here are the details:
Ex Parte Reexamination by Unified Patents
- Plaintiff(s): Unified Patents LLC
- Defendant(s): Monticello Enterprises LLC (Patent Owner)
- Jurisdiction: Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) of the USPTO
- Case Number: 90019491 (reexamination request number)
- Filing Date: Approximately six weeks before June 14, 2024
- Outcome/Current Status: On June 14, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified Patents' request, determining that there are substantial new questions of patentability for the challenged claims of US Patent 11468497.
District Court Litigations
- Plaintiff(s): Monticello Enterprises LLC
- Defendant(s): Starbucks, Petco, and Macy's
- Jurisdiction: District Courts (specific court details for these cases were not provided in the search results, though the Google Patents page mentions "Texas Western District Court" for other litigation involving the patent family).
- Case Number: Not explicitly provided in the search results for these specific defendants.
- Filing Date: Not explicitly provided in the search results for these specific defendants.
- Outcome/Current Status: The patent has been asserted against Starbucks, Petco, and Macy's. Further details regarding the specific outcomes or current statuses of these district court cases were not available in the provided search results.
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