Smartflash LLC et al v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al

  1. July 09, 2015

    Fed. Circ. Ponders AIA Stays In Apple-Smartflash IP Row

    A Federal Circuit panel on Thursday explored the test for when federal judges should stay patent infringement suits during America Invents Act reviews, asking Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and plaintiff Smartflash LLC to what degree previous activity in the case favors plowing forward with district court litigation.

  2. June 25, 2015

    Apple Says Williamson Knocks Out $533M Smartflash Verdict

    Apple Inc. on Wednesday urged a Texas federal judge to reconsider his earlier rulings that Smartflash LLC's media storage patents are not indefinite in light of a recent Federal Circuit decision that provided a new way to attack broad patents as indefinite.

  3. June 01, 2015

    Apple, Samsung Can't Stop Smartflash IP Case For AIA Review

    A Texas judge has refused to halt Smartflash LLC's media storage patent cases against Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, while the patents are reviewed under the America Invents Act, leading the tech giants to appeal swiftly Monday.

  4. April 03, 2015

    Samsung Gets PTAB To Eye Smartflash Patents Under Alice

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has agreed to review four patents that Smartflash LLC has asserted against Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., including ones that Apple has been ordered to pay $533 million for infringing, finding that the patents likely fail the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice test.

  5. February 13, 2015

    Apple, Samsung Can't Nix Anti-Piracy Patents Under Alice

    A Texas federal judge on Friday refused to invalidate a series of six anti-piracy patents Smartflash LLC accused Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and HTC Corp. of infringing, ruling the claims were patent-eligible under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice standard.

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