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Patent Quality Assurance, LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC

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Case Number:

IPR2021-01229

Case Type:

IPR

Status:

Trial Instituted

Petitioner:

Patent Quality Assurance, LLC

Patent Owner:

VLSI Technology LLC

Patent Number:

7523373

Tech Center:

2100

  1. January 13, 2023

    Patent Challenger Says Vidal Imposed Sanctions Too Fast

    A company that was found by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal to abuse the patent review process is arguing that the director herself broke the law by denying the company a chance to respond to the abuse accusations before ejecting the company from its challenge to a patent attached to a $2.2 billion jury verdict against Intel.

  2. December 16, 2022

    Vidal Stays PQA Challenge To VLSI Patent

    Months after U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal invoked director review powers over two challenged VLSI patents at the center of a $2.18 billion infringement verdict against Intel, the USPTO director has halted one of those proceedings until she completes her review of the institution decision.

  3. November 23, 2022

    Mapping Out VLSI-Intel's Sprawling Patent War

    VLSI Technology has won more than $3 billion in patent infringement verdicts against Intel Corp. in a Texas federal court so far, but those victories account for just a portion of their cross-country and international feud over chip patents. Here, Law360 takes a closer look at the global litigation and lays out the fights in each forum.

  4. October 31, 2022

    Intel Says Texas Court Loss Can't Bar VLSI Patent Challenge

    District court invalidity rulings can't be used to preclude a later Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenge, Intel has said in a bid to invalidate the VLSI Technology patents at the heart of a $2.2 billion infringement verdict.

  5. October 26, 2022

    PTAB Mulls Axing Printed Publication In VLSI Patent Fight

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board considered Wednesday whether it should disqualify a patent application publication as prior art from a controversial challenge Patent Quality Assurance levied against one of two VLSI chip patents a jury found Intel infringed.

  6. September 28, 2022

    PTAB Told To Eject Intel From $2.2B Patent Challenges

    A patent licensing company that won a $2.18 billion jury verdict against Intel is again asking the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to block the microchip giant from continuing to participate in a legal challenge to the validity of the patents, arguing that Intel already passed on the chance to make that case to jurors in Texas last year.

  7. August 22, 2022

    PTAB Urged To Narrowly Tailor Sanctions In VLSI Fight

    Most of the amicus briefs filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's review of challenges to two VLSI Technology LLC patents involved in its $2 billion infringement verdict against Intel Corp. have said the allegedly abusive challenges should proceed, while several others advocated for termination as a form of sanctions.

  8. August 19, 2022

    VLSI Patent Challenger Denies Abuse Claims In PTAB Row

    A company accused of abusing the inter partes review system has fired back at the allegations, saying it hasn't harassed or extorted VLSI Technology LLC while attempting to invalidate one of two patents at the heart of VLSI's $2 billion infringement verdict against Intel Corp.

  9. August 08, 2022

    AIPLA Says 'Rare' PTAB Abuse No Basis For Sanctions Policy

    The American Intellectual Property Law Association has urged the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to not adopt any new policies to handle abuse as the USPTO director looks into whether companies challenging two VLSI Technology Inc. patents at the heart of a $2 billion jury verdict engaged in unethical conduct.

  10. August 01, 2022

    Vidal Won't Let VLSI Patent Challenger Dodge Discovery

    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal has overruled objections and ordered companies to comply with her discovery requests in a $2 billion dispute where she is reviewing whether companies challenging VLSI Technology patents engaged in unethical conduct.