In February 2023, T-Mobile USA, Inc. (“T-Mobile”) filed petitions requesting four inter partes reviews (“the T-Mobile IPRs”)—two of which challenged U.S. Patent No. 8,630,234 and two of which challenged U.S. Patent No....more
Claim for Scheduling Packet Data Communication Survives Patent Eligibility Challenge in Motion to Dismiss - Last week, in yet another patent case before Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more
On September 9, 2017, an Eastern District of Texas magistrate judge issued a report and recommendation holding that a plaintiff was estopped from asserting its patent infringement claims because statements made in response to...more
We recently published a client alert on January 26, 2016 that addressed some of the more significant Internet of Things (“IoT”) -specific standards and initiatives and emphasized the importance of interoperability as central...more
The defendants filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings for invalidity under § 101. The motion was granted. The plaintiff’s claim construction was adopted for purposes of the motion. The Court then applied the two-step...more
T-Mobile USA, Inc. v. Mobile Telecoms. Technologies, LLC - Following a conference call held with respect to three separate proceedings presenting an identical issue, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial...more