Patent 9900249

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.

  • IPR2025-01284IPRfiled Jul 14, 2025vs. Dell Technologies Inc. et al.Discretionary Denial

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Specific litigation cases in our database that name US patent 9900249. 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 9900249, titled "Communication system, forwarding node, path management server, communication method, and program," is currently involved in the following known litigation:

1. Inter Partes Review (PTAB)

  • Case Number: IPR2025-01284 [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]
  • Status: Not Instituted - Procedural. [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]
  • Petitioner: Unified Patents (This information is typically associated with PTAB cases and Unified Patents' role. While not explicitly stated for this specific IPR in the provided snippets, Unified Patents is listed as a petitioner in other PTAB cases and provides data for them). [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]
  • Filing Date: The Google Patents entry shows "PTAB case IPR2025-01284 filed". A precise filing date within 2025 is not available in the provided snippets.
  • Outcome/Current Status: Not Instituted due to procedural reasons. [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]

2. US District Court Cases (Texas Eastern District Court)

  • Jurisdiction: Texas Eastern District Court [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]

    • Case Number: 2:26-cv-00150 [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]
    • Filing Date: The Google Patents entry indicates this case was "filed" in 2026. A precise filing date is not available in the provided snippets.
    • Plaintiff(s): Not specified in the provided information.
    • Defendant(s): Not specified in the provided information.
    • Outcome/Current Status: No outcome or detailed status is provided in the current information. It is noted as a "US case filed".

  • Jurisdiction: Texas Eastern District Court [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]

    • Case Number: 2:24-cv-00637 [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]
    • Filing Date: The Google Patents entry indicates this case was "filed" in 2024. A precise filing date is not available in the provided snippets.
    • Plaintiff(s): Not specified in the provided information.
    • Defendant(s): Not specified in the provided information.
    • Outcome/Current Status: No outcome or detailed status is provided in the current information. It is noted as a "US case filed".

Please note that detailed information regarding plaintiffs, defendants, and specific filing dates for the district court cases were not available in the provided snippets, beyond the general filing year.US Patent 9900249 is currently involved in the following known litigation:

1. Inter Partes Review (PTAB)

  • Case Number: IPR2025-01284 [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]
  • Status: Not Instituted - Procedural. [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]
  • Filing Date: The PTAB case was filed in 2025. A more precise filing date is not available in the provided information.
  • Plaintiff(s)/Petitioner: Unified Patents is generally a petitioner in IPR cases. [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]
  • Defendant(s)/Patent Owner: Not explicitly named in the provided information, but the current assignee of the patent is Cloud Byte LLC. [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]
  • Outcome/Current Status: The petition was not instituted due to procedural reasons. [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]

2. US District Court Cases (Texas Eastern District Court)

  • Jurisdiction: Texas Eastern District Court [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]

    • Case Number: 2:26-cv-00150 [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]
    • Filing Date: Filed in 2026. A more precise filing date is not available in the provided information.
    • Plaintiff(s): Not specified in the provided information.
    • Defendant(s): Not specified in the provided information.
    • Outcome/Current Status: This is a recently filed case, and no outcome or detailed status is currently available beyond its filing. [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]

  • Jurisdiction: Texas Eastern District Court [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]

    • Case Number: 2:24-cv-00637 [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]
    • Filing Date: Filed in 2024. A more precise filing date is not available in the provided information.
    • Plaintiff(s): Not specified in the provided information.
    • Defendant(s): Not specified in the provided information.
    • Outcome/Current Status: No outcome or detailed status is currently available beyond its filing. [cite: The Google Patents page for US9900249B2]

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