Patent 7412517

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.

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Specific litigation cases in our database that name US patent 7412517. The free-form analysis below may also discuss cases beyond this list.

Litigation summary

Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.

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The Google Patents page for US7412517B2 states, under the "Legal status" and "Family has litigation" sections, that there have been the following:

  • PTAB case IPR2018-01007 filed (Settlement) [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]
  • US case filed in Texas Eastern District Court [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]
  • First worldwide family litigation filed [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]

From the search results, I can confirm the PTAB case and the US District Court case.

1. PTAB Case:

  • Case Number: IPR2018-01007 [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]
  • Outcome/Status: Settlement [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]
  • Additional details from the provided text: Unified Patents was the petitioner in an IPR challenge. This suggests Intellectual Ventures I LLC (current assignee) would be the patent owner. The outcome is listed as "Settlement" on Google Patents.

2. US Case in Texas Eastern District Court:

  • The Google Patents page explicitly mentions "US case filed in Texas Eastern District Court" [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]. However, it does not provide a specific case number or parties involved.
  • I searched "US7412517 Texas Eastern District Court litigation" which returned general information about the Eastern District of Texas court, but no specific case linked to US7412517.
  • Unified Patents is a common entity in patent challenges, and the provided text mentions a Texas Eastern District Court case related to a different patent (U.S. Patent No. 8,505,079) where Unified Patents was involved. This suggests that Unified Patents often targets patents that are asserted against its members.

Based on the available information, I can provide details for the PTAB case and acknowledge the District Court case without full details.

Here's the known litigation involving US patent 7412517:

Known Litigation Involving US Patent 7412517

  1. PTAB Inter Partes Review (IPR) Case

    • Plaintiff(s): Unified Patents (acting as petitioner)
    • Defendant(s): Intellectual Ventures I LLC (likely patent owner, as it is the current assignee of US7412517)
    • Jurisdiction: Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
    • Case Number: IPR2018-01007 [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]
    • Filing Date: Not explicitly stated in the provided text for this specific IPR, but IPR2018-01007 implies 2018. (The provided text mentions an IPR2017-00296 for a different patent)
    • Outcome/Current Status: Settlement [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]

  2. US District Court Case

    • Plaintiff(s): Not specified in the provided text.
    • Defendant(s): Not specified in the provided text.
    • Jurisdiction: Texas Eastern District Court, United States [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]
    • Case Number: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Filing Date: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Outcome/Current Status: No specific outcome or current status is detailed beyond being "filed". [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]

No further specific details regarding the parties, case number, or outcome for the Texas Eastern District Court case, or any other worldwide family litigation, are immediately available within the provided patent text or the search results.Known litigation involving US patent 7412517 includes:

  1. PTAB Inter Partes Review (IPR) Case

    • Plaintiff(s): Unified Patents (acting as petitioner)
    • Defendant(s): Intellectual Ventures I LLC (current assignee of US7412517)
    • Jurisdiction: Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
    • Case Number: IPR2018-01007 [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]
    • Filing Date: The case number IPR2018-01007 indicates a filing in 2018.
    • Outcome/Current Status: Settlement [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]

  2. US District Court Case

    • Plaintiff(s): Not specified.
    • Defendant(s): Not specified.
    • Jurisdiction: Texas Eastern District Court, United States [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]
    • Case Number: Not specified.
    • Filing Date: Not specified.
    • Outcome/Current Status: The case was filed, but no further details regarding its outcome or current status are provided in the available information. [cite: The full patent text provided to the prompt]

No other specific litigation details, such as additional parties, specific case numbers, or outcomes for the "First worldwide family litigation filed" mentioned on Google Patents, could be identified from the provided text or the search results.

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