Patent 9451001
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Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
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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.
- IPR2025-01404IPRfiled Aug 12, 2025vs. Google LLC et al.Terminated
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- Google LLC et al. v. ART Research and Technology LLCfiled Aug 12, 2025IPR2025-01404Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)Pre-DI Dismissal (Procedural Termination)
Defendants: ART Research and Technology LLC
- 24-cv-04898-AMOU.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaMotion to dismiss granted with leave to amend
Defendants: Google, LLC and YouTube, LLC
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
US Patent 9451001, titled "Social networking with video annotation," has been involved in several litigation cases.
Here is a list of known litigation involving US Patent 9451001:
Case Number: IPR2025-01404
- Plaintiff(s): Google LLC; YouTube, LLC
- Defendant(s): ART Research and Technology LLC
- Jurisdiction: Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
- Filing Date: August 12, 2025
- Outcome/Current Status: Pre-DI Dismissal (Procedural Termination). The Petitioner, Google LLC, requested institution of an inter partes review and cancellation of claims 1-21 of Patent 9,451,001 as unpatentable.
Case Number: 24-cv-04898-AMO
- Plaintiff(s): ART Research and Technology LLC
- Defendant(s): Google, LLC and YouTube, LLC
- Jurisdiction: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Filing Date: Not explicitly stated in the provided text, but the decision was on September 29, 2025.
- Outcome/Current Status: Google and YouTube's motion to dismiss ART's complaint for failure to state a claim was granted with leave to amend. The court found that the claims of the '001 patent (and other asserted patents) were unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for being directed to an abstract idea without a necessary transformative inventive idea.
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