Patent 7702742

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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Specific litigation cases in our database that name US patent 7702742. The free-form analysis below may also discuss cases beyond this list.

  • Athena Security Inc v. Google LLCfiled Apr 20, 2026
    7:26-cv-00158Texas Western District CourtOpen

    Defendants: Google LLC

    Other patents asserted: 8250357, 7969880, 9503421

    The accused products include Google's cloud services, such as its VPN, computing instances, and security operations, as well as the physical switches used in its data centers.

  • Athena Security, LLP v. Dell Technologies Inc.filed Jan 23, 2026
    7:26-cv-00025Texas Western District Courtterminated May 6, 2026transferred

    Defendants: Dell Technologies Inc.

Litigation summary

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

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Known litigation involving US Patent 7,702,742 is as follows:

  1. Athena Security, LLP v. Dell Technologies Inc.

    • Jurisdiction: Texas Western District Court
    • Case Number: 7:26-cv-00025
    • Filing Date: January 23, 2026
    • Plaintiff(s): Athena Security, LLP (Nevada)
    • Defendant(s): Dell Technologies Inc. (Delaware)
    • Current Status/Outcome: This case was terminated on May 6, 2026, and intradistrict transferred to the Western District-Austin Division, assigned case number 1:26-cv-1197-ADA. Dell Technologies Inc. filed an answer to the amended complaint with a counterclaim and a motion to dismiss on May 4, 2026.

  2. Athena Security, LLP v. Google LLC

    • Jurisdiction: Texas Western District Court
    • Case Number: 7:26-cv-00158
    • Filing Date: April 20, 2026
    • Plaintiff(s): Athena Security, LLP
    • Defendant(s): Google LLC
    • Current Status/Outcome: As of May 5, 2026, Google LLC was granted a 45-day extension to respond to the complaint, with a new deadline of July 2, 2026. The case has been referred to Magistrate Judge Derek T. Gilliland.

It's important to note that searches for case numbers 7:26-cv-00061 (identified in the patent text as part of the litigation family) yielded results for cases not involving US7702742 and filed in different jurisdictions (e.g., North Carolina Eastern District Court or documents pertaining to IRS regulations from 2006). Therefore, those specific filings are not included in the above list as direct litigation for US7702742.

Generated 5/31/2026, 6:48:32 PM