Patent 8307116

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 (1)

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Specific litigation cases in our database that name US patent 8307116. The free-form analysis below may also discuss cases beyond this list.

  • Empire Technology Development LLC v. Intel Corpfiled Apr 17, 2026
    1:26-cv-00989Texas Western District CourtOpen

    Defendants: Intel Corp

    The accused products are Xeon Scalable Processors and other processors that are built with similar technology.

Litigation summary

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

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Based on a review of litigation records, U.S. Patent No. 8,307,116 is currently the subject of at least one legal proceeding.

Empire Technology Development LLC v. Intel Corporation

  • Plaintiff: Empire Technology Development LLC
  • Defendant: Intel Corporation
  • Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • Case Number: 1:26-cv-00989
  • Filing Date: April 17, 2026
  • Status/Outcome: This case is newly filed, and litigation is in its early stages. The complaint alleges that Intel's Xeon CPU Mesh Architecture infringes on the patent's claims regarding the routing of data in a "maximum of two hops".

It is worth noting that the assignee, Empire Technology Development LLC, has been involved in other patent litigation, including cases against major technology companies such as Samsung and Advanced Micro Devices, though these cases do not appear to involve U.S. Patent 8,307,116. Empire Technology Development has also divested a significant number of its patents to other entities, including some associated with IP Edge LLC, a firm known for patent assertion.

Generated 5/1/2026, 10:51:10 PM