Patent Filings Roundup: Landmark Brings 250th Complaint; Medtronic and Infinera Fall Victim to Board’s Discretionary Denial Parallel Petition Rule

Patent filings roundup - https://depositphotos.com/69425507/stock-photo-a-law-book-with-a.htmlApologies for taking last week’s Father’s Day week off—here’s hoping you all had a restful week with your families and friends and are now gearing up for the Fourth. It was a relatively quiet week in the District Courts, with just 52 new patent complaints filed and 28 petitions, two post grant reviews (PGRs) and 26 inter partes reviews (IPRs). This week included Amazon filing four petitions against Freshub scanner patents; Verizon filed a number of petitions against Huawei, presumably in response to their widely publicized billion-dollar licensing demands; Dolby filed against Intertrust patents; there was plenty of continued IP Edge activity; but otherwise, a relatively quiet week; that said, the following week’s numbers (which stop at Monday’s reporting) contain a slew of new cases by Bausch and Lomb, as well as a phalanx of 15 WSOU complaints on fifteen independent patents not previously litigated, all in individual complaints, all in the Western District of Texas, and all against Google.  It seems clear now (more on this next week) that WSOU, which is run at least in part by Craig Etchegoyen of Uniloc fame and represented by Uniloc’s counsel the Etheridge Law Group, appears to be taking a page from Uniloc’s book circa 2015, in that they have now sued five companies on 12-15 patents each, in staggered fashion, in districts both perceived and marketed to be litigation-friendly.

Landmark’s Milestone: Well, it happened.  Lawrence Lockwood’s Landmark Technology (and the reconstituted sub, Landmark Technology A) have now brought suit against more than 250 companies, ranging from the very large [Laz-y-Boy, Radio Shack] to the mostly very small [The Three Dog Bakery, Rock Valley Tractor Parts, Charlie’s Pastries] to the ethically questionable [Thrift Books, various healthcare websites] to the truly bizarre [Build-a-Bear Workshop, Blockbuster]. The progenitor patent, filed in 1984, underwent truly tortuous examination at the office and emerged in 1996. The second had the coincidentally ignominious issue date of September 11, 2001, and thus expired in 2018. But expiry hasn’t slowed Mr. Lockwood’s roll, and he continues to file (and presumably will continue to do so until 2024, six years after expiry). The first patent was challenged and instituted into a covered business method (CBM) review proceeding, but settled way back in 2014; it hasn’t prevented Mr. Lockwood from continuing to be what is likely one of the—if not the—most prolific single-entity filers.

More 314 Denials: This week it was Medtronic’s turn to have petitions turned away without being considered. In IPR2020-00131, the Board denied Medtronic’s second parallel petition under their July 2019 Trial Practice Guide Update, as reflected in the November consolidated TPG.  Here, Medtronic filed four petitions, two on one set of mostly overlapping claims (1–4, 6–10, 12–21, 23 in one, 1–4, 6–9, 12–21 in the other), and two on the other set (claims 25-39).  Each of the two sets relied on different prior art.  The Board found that the second petition of both sets (as ranked per the July TPG update’s requirement) did not merit consideration and denied those challenges.

For Infinera Corporation, it was more of the same; the Board denied their second-filed parallel petition, denying IPR2020–00326 against Oyster Optics, LLC outright.  The difference for them was that their petitions challenged different claim sets; the instituted IPR challenged 1, 2, 4–9, and 17–19; the denied IPR challenged just claim 16. Nonetheless, the Board denied it under the July TPG Update.

                                       PTAB (28)

Case Number Action Owner Petitioner Patent
IPR2020-01080 Filed Huawei Investment & Holding Co Ltd Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. 9521366
IPR2020-01184 Filed Ancora Technologies, Inc. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
6411941
PGR2020-00070 Filed Purecircle Sdn Bhd SweeGen, Inc. 10485257
IPR2020-01144 Filed Freshub Ltd Amazon.com, Inc. 10239094
IPR2020-01183 Filed Acorn Semi LLC Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 9209261
IPR2020-01180 Filed President & Fellows of Harvard College
United Kingdom Research and Innovation
10X Genomics, Inc. 8871444
IPR2020-01177 Filed Columbia University Illumina, Inc. 10435742
PGR2020-00071 Filed Rai Strategic Holdings Inc Philip Morris Products, S.A. 10492542
IPR2020-01103 Filed SISVEL International SA Cradlepoint, Inc. 8879503
IPR2020-01141 Filed Huawei Investment & Holding Co Ltd Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. 7965709
IPR2020-01157 Filed 3G Licensing S.A. Dell, Inc.
ZTE USA Inc
ZTE Corporation
7274933
IPR2020-01188 Filed Rai Strategic Holdings Inc Philip Morris Products, S.A. 10492542
IPR2020-01165 Filed University of Michigan Leica Microsystems Inc 7277169
IPR2020-01158 Filed SISVEL International SA Dell Inc 7460868
IPR2020-01200 Filed Personal Genomics Taiwan Inc Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 7767441
IPR2020-01123 Filed Intertrust Technologies Corp Dolby Laboratories, Inc. 6157721
IPR2020-01182 Filed Acorn Semi LLC Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7084423
IPR2020-01145 Filed Freshub Ltd Amazon.com, Inc. 9908153
IPR2020-01163 Filed Personal Genomics Taiwan Inc Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 7767441
IPR2020-01164 Filed LG Electronics, Inc. Hisense Visual Technology Co.,Ltd., 9271191
IPR2020-01178 Filed American Patents LLC Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Aruba Networks, Inc.
Coolpad Group Limited
7310304
IPR2020-01197 Filed Gamevice Inc
Wikipad Inc
Nintendo of America Inc. 10391393
IPR2020-01146 Filed Freshub Ltd Amazon.com, Inc. 10232408
IPR2020-01147 Filed Freshub Ltd Amazon.com, Inc. 10213810
IPR2020-01079 Filed Huawei Investment & Holding Co Ltd Verizon Business Network Services Inc. 7609288
IPR2020-01081 Filed Intellectual Ventures Management LLC VMware, Inc. RE44818
IPR2020-01143 Filed Huawei Investment & Holding Co Ltd Verizon Business Network Services Inc. 7965709
IPR2020-01181 Filed President & Fellows of Harvard College
United Kingdom Research and Innovation
10X Genomics, Inc. 8871444
IPR2020-00326 Not Instituted – Procedural Oyster Optics, LLC Infinera Corporation 6665500
IPR2020-00131 Not Instituted – Procedural Teleflex Innovations S.A.R.L. Medtronic, Inc.
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
RE45380
IPR2020-00424 Instituted NST Global, LLC Sig Sauer Inc. 9354021
IPR2020-00423 Instituted NST Global, LLC Sig Sauer Inc. 8869444
IPR2020-00318 Instituted Cortland Capital Market Services LLC
AS Collateral Agent
Bell Northern Research, LLC
LG Electronics, Inc. 7957450
IPR2020-00325 Instituted Oyster Optics, LLC Infinera Corporation 6665500
IPR2020-00138 Instituted Teleflex Innovations S.A.R.L. Medtronic, Inc.
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
RE47379
IPR2020-00324 Instituted Novo Nordisk A/S Mylan Institutional Inc.
Mylan Institutional LLC
8114833
IPR2019-00454 Final Written Decision Bestway (USA), Inc. Intex Recreation Corporation 7269866
IPR2019-00471 Final Written Decision S.I.SV.EL. Societa Italian Por Lo Sviluppo Dell Elettronica S.P.A. Unified Patents, LLC 7734680

                               District Court (52)

Case Number Action Plaintiff Defendant Patent
4:20-cv-04121 Filed AuthWallet, LLC Visa Inc. 8280776
1:20-cv-00835 Filed Be Labs, Inc. Altai Technologies, Corp. 7827581
9344183
1:20-cv-11184 Filed Content Square, SAS
Content Square Israel, Ltd.
DECIBEL INSIGHT, INC.
DECIBEL INSIGHT, LTD.
7941525
9508081
9792365
10063645
10079737
1:20-mc-00652 Filed Finjan, Inc. [Fortress IP] SonicWALL
6:20-cv-00553 Filed Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. [Quarterhill, f/k/a/ Wi-Lan] Amazon.com Services, Inc.
Amazon
Amazon.com, Inc.
8332521
8989064
9110622
10133527
10140072
10162596
10387087
10481846
10489096
10642576
5:20-cv-00172 Filed Jeffrey L Evans
Duvall & Evans
Bearback, LLC
James M Duvall
D825192
1:20-cv-03699 Filed ABC The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule “A”
0:20-cv-01461 Filed Innovative Vending Solutions, LLC Smarte Carte, INC. 9904917
6:20-cv-00569 Filed Sable IP, LLC
Sable Networks, Inc.
Dell Technologies Inc.
emc
Dell Technologies
1:20-cv-00832 Filed Content Square, SAS
Content Square Israel, Ltd.
Quantum Metric, Inc. 7941525
9508081
9792365
10063645
10079737
1:20-cv-00836 Filed Cedar Lane Technologies Inc. TCL Communication Ltd. 6473527
6972790
8537242
7292261
6972774
6516147
6566805
8165867
6:20-cv-00560 Filed Neodron, Ltd. [Magentar Capital] STMicroelectronics (North America) Holding, Inc.
STMicroelectronics
8432173
8054090
8253706
7256714
1:20-cv-00847 Filed Merck Sharp & Dohme Co., Inc. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories 7326708
6:20-cv-00562 Filed Parkervision, Inc. Intel Corp. 6049706
2:20-cv-05689 Filed Clipsy, LLC Raymond Hahn
Raymond`s Boutique
D592489
D592943
8162276
9273718
10495136
1:20-mc-00664 Filed Carnegie Mellon University Avago Technologies
Aleksandar Kavcic
LSI Corp.
1:20-cv-03766 Filed Mod Stack, LLC [IP Edge] Starleaf, Inc. 7460520
1:20-cv-00854 Filed Bristol-Myers Squibb Lupin Limited
2:20-cv-05595 Filed DigiMedia Tech, LLC [IP Investments Group] JK Imaging Ltd. 6914635
6545706
7715476
1:20-cv-00845 Filed Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
2:20-cv-07759 Filed Celgene CIPLA Ltd. 7465800
8530498
8648095
8404717
7855217
9101621
9101622
9056120
7189740
7968569
4:20-cv-02220 Filed LGC US ASSET HOLDINGS, LLC DBA LAMONS PATRIOT BOLT LLC DBA PATRIOT SEALING TECHNOLOGIES 10197200
2:20-cv-05606 Filed R.Y.L. Inc. Scientific Glass Art, Inc.
Barakat Zahran aka Zahran Barakat
Jorge Omar Avila Martinez
Hisham Barakat
D827152
10492525
10512281
10602772
1:20-cv-00848 Filed Merz North America, Inc.
Merz Pharmaceuticals
Granules Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 7638552
7816396
1:20-cv-00849 Filed NEXTracker, Inc. [Flex, Ltd.] Solar FlexRack
Northern States Metals Co.
9806669
9970686
1:20-cv-00853 Filed Centre One Net2Phone Co.
Net2Phone Global Services, LLC
8724643
7486667
1:20-cv-01879 Filed Lone Star Targeted Advertising, LLC [Brad Liddle] MilesTDS, Inc. 6301619
3:20-cv-07870 Filed Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Apotex
Apotex, Inc.
6:20-cv-00565 Filed Zavala Licensing, LLC [IP Edge] Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc.
2:20-cv-01000 Filed rondevoo technologies, llc [2S Ventures] Mindshare Medical Inc.
2:20-cv-05539 Filed Lonati, S.P.A.
PAM Trading Corp.
Soxnet, Inc.
Zhejiang Yexiao Knitting Machinery Co., Ltd.
7954343
8028546
8631751
1:20-cv-00842 Filed AMO Development, LLC
AMO Sales and Service, Inc
AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC
Alcon, Inc.
Alcon Vision, LLC
Alcon Research, LLC
8394084
8403921
8425497
8500724
8709001
9095415
9101448
9107732
9125725
9474648
9693903
9693904
1:20-cv-01849 Filed Lone Star Targeted Advertising, LLC [Brad Liddle] MilesTDS, Inc. 6301619
2:20-cv-00974 Filed Landmark Technology A, LLC [Lawrence B. Lockwood] Stoneway Electric Supply Co 7010508
4359631
3:20-cv-07810 Filed Bristol-Myers Squibb, Co. Lupin Limited
Lupin, Ltd.
7491725
8680103
2:20-cv-00219 Filed Hydro Net LLC [IP Edge] Fortinet, Inc. 7187706
2:20-cv-00220 Filed Mod Stack, LLC [IP Edge] Masergy Communications 7460520
1:20-cv-03762 Filed Mod Stack, LLC [IP Edge] Intrado Corp. 7460520
1:20-cv-04941 Filed Syclone IP LLC [IP Edge] Sony Corp.
6:20-cv-00567 Filed Boxey Tech LLC [IP Edge] Lyft, Inc.
1:20-cv-00564 Filed Lexidine, LLC Rostra Precision Controls, Inc. 7609961
6:20-cv-00555 Filed USC IP Partnership, L.P. [USC IP Management, LLC and Usability Sciences Corporation (“USC”)] Facebook, Inc. 8645300
6:20-cv-00559 Filed JOLED, Inc. Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
Samsung Group
9728130
9922597
9997108
10134336
10198992
1:20-cv-03088 Filed Washington State University
Proprietary Variety Management, LLC [University of Washington]
Cindy Elizabeth Angel
Angel`s Grafting and Nursery
Luis Jorge Angel
PP24210
5:20-cv-04151 Filed Synopsys Avatar Integrated Systems, Inc. 8407640
7103863
7546567
7853915
8234614
8407655
1:20-cv-04861 Filed Allway Tools, Inc. Olympia Tools International, Inc. D529526
D619811
1:20-cv-01867 Filed Sipco [IPCO & Glocom, Inc.] INOVONICS CORPORATION 7103511
6836737
8964708
6:20-cv-00563 Filed Martin Kuster Western Digital 8705243
8693206
6:20-cv-00564 Filed S3G Technology LLC HomeAway, Inc.
HomeAway Software, Inc.
8572571
9304758
10387140
2:20-cv-00218 Filed Hydro Net LLC [IP Edge] BEC Technologies, Inc. 7187706
6:20-cv-00566 Filed Gyrodata Incorporated Scientific Drilling International, Inc.
6:20-cv-00570 Filed Wilco Marsh Buggies & Draglines, Inc.

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4 comments so far.

  • [Avatar for Ternary]
    Ternary
    July 3, 2020 03:12 pm

    “The first patent was challenged and instituted into a covered business method (CBM) review proceeding, but settled way back in 2014; it hasn’t prevented Mr. Lockwood from continuing to be what is likely one of the—if not the—most prolific single-entity filers.”

    The fact that a patent has been challenged as a CBM doesn’t mean it is invalid and the owner has to stop asserting it. What seems to upset Mr. Stroud and his UP buddies so much is that patents are being asserted and that IPRs are being denied.

    But, it is always with great pleasure that I read the UP misery list on IPWatchdog and learn about potential investors who acquire patents.

  • [Avatar for Anon]
    Anon
    July 2, 2020 03:47 pm

    Medtronic and Infinera Fall Victim to…”

    Victim?

    Mr. Stroud, you reveal a bit more than you might be aware of.

  • [Avatar for Josh Malone]
    Josh Malone
    July 2, 2020 03:31 pm

    Medtronic is a victim??? Where is the editor on this post? IP Watchdog is better than this.

  • [Avatar for Josh Malone]
    Josh Malone
    July 2, 2020 03:29 pm

    So contrary to the title of the post, 100% of the patents challenged by Medtronic were instituted? The gaming of the system by PTAB and their favorite corporate customers is scandalous.