Patent 7069560
Litigation summary
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 (2)
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- IPA Technologies Inc. v. Google, LLCfiled 202424-1247United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuitterminated Jan 14, 2026judgment
Defendants: Google, LLC
- IPA Technologies v. Microsoft Corp.filed 2018District of Delawareterminated Jun 18, 2024settled
Defendants: Microsoft Corp.
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
As of April 26, 2026, US Patent 7,069,560 has been involved in several key litigation cases:
1. IPA Technologies v. Google, LLC
- Plaintiff(s): IPA Technologies Inc.
- Defendant(s): Google, LLC
- Jurisdiction: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Case Number: 24-1247
- Filing Date: The case was filed in 2024, with the Federal Circuit decision in January 2026.
- Outcome/Current Status: The Federal Circuit affirmed the infringement finding against Google, LLC in full on January 14, 2026. The verdict established that Google's distributed software architecture infringed the '560 patent, specifically its architectural breadth which covers modern AI and cloud implementations. A separate Google case was stayed in 2020 and as of February 2024, neither party will ask for it to be resumed while there is a Federal Circuit appeal of certain PTAB decisions pending.
2. IPA Technologies, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.
- Plaintiff(s): IPA Technologies
- Defendant(s): Microsoft Corp.
- Jurisdiction: District of Delaware
- Case Number: The case was the first one filed in the District of Delaware in 2018.
- Filing Date: 2018
- Outcome/Current Status: A jury rendered a $242 million damages verdict for IPA Technologies on May 10, 2024, finding that Microsoft's Cortana virtual assistant infringed three claims of the '560 patent. The infringement period was between Cortana's release in 2014 and the patent's expiration in January 2019. Microsoft initially announced an appeal, but as of June 18, 2024, both parties reached a confidential settlement.
3. Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceedings
The patent has been subject to IPR proceedings, with certificates issued in 2019 and 2023. While specific case numbers for all IPRs related to US7069560 are not explicitly detailed in the provided search results, Unified Patents has been involved in filing IPR petitions against patents in general, sometimes on behalf of its members who have been asserted against. For instance, Unified Patents has a record of 283 PTAB cases as petitioners and 46 litigation cases.
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