Patent 9042910

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.

  • IPR2025-01261IPRfiled Sep 11, 2025vs. Apple Inc.Discretionary Denial

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Cases on file (4)

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Specific litigation cases in our database that name US patent 9042910. The free-form analysis below may also discuss cases beyond this list.

Litigation summary

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

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US Patent 9,042,910 is currently involved in several litigation cases:

1. Inter Partes Review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)

  • Case Number: IPR2025-01261
  • Plaintiff(s): [Apple Inc.](/litigations/by-plaintiff/Apple%20Inc.)
  • Defendant(s): Avant Location Technologies LLC
  • Jurisdiction: Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
  • Filing Date: September 11, 2025
  • Status: "Not Instituted - Procedural." Institution decisions for these IPR petitions are expected no later than March 2026, with final written decisions anticipated by March 2027 if instituted. The Patent Owner (Avant Location Technologies LLC) had previously dismissed an Eastern District of Texas case against Apple and re-filed it in the Western District of Texas.

2. District Court Litigation

  • Case Number: 7:25-cv-00445-ADA

  • Plaintiff(s): Avant Location Technologies LLC

  • Defendant(s): Apple Inc.

  • Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Midland/Odessa

  • Filing Date: October 1, 2025 (re-filed date)

  • Status: As of December 8, 2025, Apple Inc. filed a motion to stay this case pending resolution of its IPR petitions related to the asserted patents.

  • Case Number: 2:24-cv-00757-JRG

  • Plaintiff(s): Avant Location Technologies LLC

  • Defendant(s): Apple Inc.

  • Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

  • Filing Date: September 13, 2024

  • Status: This case was joined with the Ecobee Litigation but later dismissed by Avant Location Technologies LLC and re-filed in the Western District of Texas as 7:25-cv-00445-ADA.

  • Case Number: 2:24-cv-00165

  • Plaintiff(s): Avant Location Technologies LLC

  • Defendant(s): Fibar Group S.A. et al.

  • Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

  • Filing Date: March 8, 2024

  • Status: This case appears active, with docket information available through PacerMonitor. (Note: There is also a non-patent case with a similar case number 2:24-cv-00165 in the Eastern District of Louisiana and Eastern District of Missouri, but these do not involve US9042910.)

  • Case Number: 2:23-cv-00354-JRG-RSP

  • Plaintiff(s): Avant Location Technologies LLC

  • Defendant(s): Ecobee Techs. ULC d/b/a ecobee

  • Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

  • Filing Date: Not explicitly stated, but the case is referred to as the "Ecobee Litigation" with a trial date set for May 18, 2026.

  • Status: Trial date set for May 18, 2026.

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