Category: Western District of Texas
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Apple sued by BASF spin-off over face recognition tech in Western District of Texas
Plaintiff trinamiX was established by BASF to commercialize discoveries around advanced sensing, including optical skin recognition.
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Judge Alan D. Albright, known for transforming Texas’ Western District into a patent litigation hotspot, returns to private practice
Judge Albright has joined the IP litigation team at A&O Shearman’s Austin, Texas office.
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Apple faces Texas infringement suit over 5G SEPs held by Longhorn IP affiliate
The patents-in-suit were originally owned by a major Asia-Pacific tech company.
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Amazon, Oracle targeted in next Headwater patent enforcement campaign
Headwater LLC has enforced three of its mobile network technology-related patents against Amazon and Oracle’s cloud-computing businesses in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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U.S. district court patent infringement cases peaked in 2025: 10-year high followed by pullback in 2026, LexisNexis report reveals
The report, published yesterday, also confirmed that accused infringers are switching from inter partes review petitions (which fell 8%) to post-grant review petitions (which increased to 88%, their highest level since 2021) to challenge patent validity.
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U.S. Supreme Court again called upon to examine “settled expectations” basis for USPTO discretionary denials
Kahoot has filed a petition for writ of certiorari asking SCOTUS to review settled expectations denials, following a similar petition filed by Google earlier this year.
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Viasat prevails in $229M jury verdict against Japanese rival over NAND patent infringement
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has ruled that Kioxia owes Viasat $229 million for infringing one of its flash-memory patents.
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Touchstream Technologies targets Samsung while $339M Google verdict remains in limbo
Touchstream has also sued TCL in the Eastern District of Texas recently, asserting some of the same patents at the center of the multimillion-dollar Western District of Texas
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USPTO Director goes against the grain, sides with inter partes review petitioner Tesla to reject discretionary denial request
After a raft of decisions and memoranda effectively telling IPR petitioners what they shouldn’t do, Director John Squires highlights a potential pathway to successful institution.
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ByteDance faces litigation on multiple fronts from Dominion Harbor entities asserting SEPs and non-SEPs
Lark, ByteDance’s workplace collaboration platform, has been targeted; while TikTok and virtual reality gear maker Pico have also been sued.