Patent 8332844
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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- Health Care Service Corp v. OL Security LLC et al.filed Apr 23, 20261:26-cv-00466Delaware District CourtOpen
Defendants: OL Security LLC, Callahan Cellular LLC, and Intellectual Ventures Management LLC
Other patents asserted: 8352584, 8266124, 7669081, 7930287
The accused products are the software platforms Docker, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes, and Spark. These tools are widely used for cloud computing, data processing, and managing applications.
- IPR2025-00931PTABNot Instituted - Merits
Defendants: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
US Patent 8332844 is currently involved in several litigation proceedings, primarily asserted by the current assignee, Intellectual Ventures II LLC.
District Court Litigation:
- Plaintiff(s): Intellectual Ventures II LLC
- Defendant(s): Nationwide, Liberty Mutual, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Comerica, JP Morgan, Bank of New York Mellon, and Assurant (Assurant filed a declaratory judgment action).
- Jurisdiction(s):
- Texas Western District Court
- Delaware District Court
- Texas Northern District Court
- Tennessee Western District Court
- Massachusetts District Court
- Texas Eastern District Court
- Case Number(s): Specific case numbers were not provided in the search results for each defendant, but the Google Patents page for US8332844B1 indicates cases filed in these jurisdictions.
- Filing Date: Not all specific filing dates are available, but the patent has been asserted against the named defendants.
- Outcome/Current Status: These cases are ongoing.
PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board) Cases:
- IPR2025-00931:
- Plaintiff(s): Unified Patents
- Defendant(s): Intellectual Ventures II LLC (patent owner)
- Jurisdiction: PTAB
- Filing Date: April 30, 2025 (for an ex parte reexamination, which may be related to IPRs)
- Outcome/Current Status: Not Instituted - Merits.
- IPR2025-00840:
- Plaintiff(s): Unified Patents
- Defendant(s): Intellectual Ventures II LLC (patent owner)
- Jurisdiction: PTAB
- Filing Date: Not explicitly stated but within the same timeframe as other 2025 IPRs.
- Outcome/Current Status: Not Instituted - Procedural.
- IPR2025-00202:
- Plaintiff(s): Unified Patents
- Defendant(s): Intellectual Ventures II LLC (patent owner)
- Jurisdiction: PTAB
- Filing Date: Not explicitly stated but within the same timeframe as other 2025 IPRs.
- Outcome/Current Status: Settlement.
Additionally, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against US Patent 8332844 on April 30, 2025. Unified Patents is also seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of US-8332844-B1 in a Patroll contest, which started on June 21, 2024, and ends on September 1, 2024.
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