Patent 8549339
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
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PTAB activity (1)
AIA trial proceedings — IPR, PGR, CBM — filed at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board against this patent. Sourced directly from the PTAB Trial API.
- IPR2025-01532IPRfiled Sep 16, 2025vs. Apple Inc.Discretionary Denial
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Cases on file (5)
Group view →Specific litigation cases in our database that name US patent 8549339. The free-form analysis below may also discuss cases beyond this list.
- Redstone Logics LLC v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.filed Apr 18, 20257:2025cv00182U.S. District Court for the Western District of TexasActive
Defendants: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Redstone Logics LLC v. MediaTek, Inc. et al.filed Jan 26, 20247:24-cv-00029U.S. District Court for the Western District of TexasActive
Defendants: MediaTek, Inc. and MediaTek USA, Inc.
- 7:24-cv-00028U.S. District Court for the Western District of TexasSettled
Defendants: NXP Semiconductors, N.V., NXP B.V., and NXP USA, Inc.
- 7:24-cv-00231U.S. District Court for the Western District of TexasActive
Defendants: Qualcomm Incorporated and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
- 7:25-cv-00183U.S. District Court for the Western District of TexasActive
Defendants: Apple, Inc.
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
Redstone Logics LLC Asserts Patent 8,549,339 in Multiple Lawsuits Against Tech Giants
As of April 26, 2026, US Patent 8,549,339, titled "Processor core communication in multi-core processor," is the subject of multiple patent infringement lawsuits filed by plaintiff Redstone Logics LLC against several major technology companies. The patent, which describes a method for managing communication between processor cores with independent supply voltages and clock signals, has been asserted in various district courts and has also faced challenges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Here is a summary of the known litigation involving US Patent 8,549,339:
District Court Litigation:
Redstone Logics LLC v. NXP Semiconductors N.V., et al.
- Plaintiff: Redstone Logics LLC
- Defendants: NXP Semiconductors, N.V., NXP B.V., and NXP USA, Inc.
- Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Case Number: 7:24-cv-00028
- Filing Date: January 2024
- Outcome: The case was settled, and the plaintiff's claims were dismissed with prejudice in May 2025. NXP's counterclaims were dismissed without prejudice.
Redstone Logics LLC v. MediaTek, Inc., et al.
- Plaintiff: Redstone Logics LLC
- Defendants: MediaTek, Inc. and MediaTek USA, Inc.
- Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Case Number: 7:24-cv-00029
- Filing Date: January 26, 2024
- Current Status: Active. A claim construction order was issued on February 21, 2025. The lawsuit alleges that MediaTek's products with DynamIQ Shared Unit architecture infringe the '339 patent.
Redstone Logics LLC v. Qualcomm Inc., et al.
- Plaintiff: Redstone Logics LLC
- Defendants: Qualcomm Incorporated and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
- Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Case Number: 7:24-cv-00231
- Filing Date: September 2024
- Current Status: Active. The complaint targets Qualcomm products implementing DynamIQ Shared Unit or big.LITTLE architectures, such as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform. The parties have filed a joint claim construction statement.
Redstone Logics LLC v. Apple, Inc.
- Plaintiff: Redstone Logics LLC
- Defendant: Apple, Inc.
- Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Case Number: 7:25-cv-00183
- Filing Date: 2025
- Current Status: Active. On November 20, 2025, the court granted a joint motion to adopt prior claim constructions from the Redstone Logics LLC v. Qualcomm Inc. case.
Redstone Logics LLC v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Plaintiff: Redstone Logics LLC
- Defendant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Case Number: 7:2025cv00182
- Filing Date: April 18, 2025
- Current Status: Active.
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Proceedings:
In addition to the district court litigations, US Patent 8,549,339 has also been the subject of Inter Partes Review (IPR) petitions filed at the PTAB, seeking to invalidate the patent's claims.
IPR2025-00085
- Petitioner: MediaTek, Inc. and MediaTek USA, Inc.
- Filing Date: October 22, 2024
- Status: Pending.
IPR2025-00485
- Petitioners: NXP USA, Inc., Qualcomm Incorporated, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Freescale Semiconductor Holdings V, Inc., NXP B.V., and NXP Semiconductors N.V.
- Filing Date: January 21, 2025
- Status: Pending.
These proceedings indicate a concerted effort by the accused infringers to challenge the validity of the '339 patent. The outcomes of these IPRs could significantly impact the ongoing district court litigations.
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