Patent 8250357

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 8250357. 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: 7702742, 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.

  • Untitled case
    7:26-cv-00061Texas Western District Courtactive

Litigation summary

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

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Known litigation involving US Patent 8250357 includes cases filed in the Texas Western District Court and Delaware District Court.

Here is a summary of the known litigation:

  1. Jurisdiction: Texas Western District Court

    • Case Number: 7:26-cv-00158
    • Plaintiff(s): Athena Security LLP
    • Defendant(s): Not specified in the provided snippet, but implied in the context of litigation data.
    • Filing Date: Not explicitly stated in the provided snippet.
    • Outcome/Current Status: Critical

  2. Jurisdiction: Texas Western District Court

    • Case Number: 7:26-cv-00061
    • Plaintiff(s): Athena Security LLP
    • Defendant(s): Not specified in the provided snippet, but implied in the context of litigation data.
    • Filing Date: Not explicitly stated in the provided snippet.
    • Outcome/Current Status: Not explicitly stated, but listed as an active litigation.

  3. Jurisdiction: Delaware District Court

    • Case Number: 1:14-cv-00574
    • Plaintiff(s): Not specified in the provided snippet, but implied in the context of litigation data.
    • Defendant(s): Not specified in the provided snippet, but implied in the context of litigation data.
    • Filing Date: Not explicitly stated in the provided snippet.
    • Outcome/Current Status: Not explicitly stated, but listed as an active litigation.

Additionally, the patent family has litigation filed worldwide, as indicated by a Darts-ip link. The specific details for those cases are not immediately available from the provided search results without further access to Darts-ip.

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