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Smartflash LLC v. Apple Inc.

  1. June 12, 2017

    Fed. Circ. Keeps Alice Patent Ruling In $533M Apple Suit

    The Federal Circuit on Monday declined to reconsider a decision finding three data storage patents invalid under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice standard in an infringement case against Apple Inc. that previously saw a Texas federal jury award $533 million to patent holder Smartflash LLC.

  2. April 17, 2017

    Full Fed. Circ. Urged To Eye Alice Nix In $533M Apple Case

    Smartflash LLC told the full Federal Circuit on Friday that a panel decision invalidating its data storage patents for claiming abstract ideas, which freed Apple Inc. from a $533 million infringement verdict, contradicts the court's recent patent-eligibility rulings and must be reversed.

  3. March 01, 2017

    Fed. Circ. Kills 3 Patents In $533M Apple Case Under Alice

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday found that three Smartflash LLC data storage patents that an Texas federal jury ordered Apple Inc. to pay $533 million for infringing are invalid under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice ruling because they claim only abstract ideas.

  4. July 11, 2016

    Apple Can't Link $533M Texas, PTAB Rows Over Smartflash IP

    A Federal Circuit judge on Friday denied Apple's attempt to coordinate its appeal of a $533 million infringement case over Smartflash's media storage patents with Smartflash's own appeal of a set of Patent Trial and Appeal Board rulings axing the patents.

  5. June 23, 2016

    Smartflash Hits Apple's Bid To Link Texas, PTAB Cases

    Smartflash urged the Federal Circuit Thursday not to coordinate Apple's appeal of a $533 million Texas infringement case over Smartflash's media storage patents with Smartflash's own appeal of a set of Patent Trial and Appeal Board rulings axing the patents, saying the move wouldn't support judicial efficiency.

  6. June 10, 2016

    Apple Wants Smartflash Trial Appeal Linked To PTAB Rulings

    Apple Inc. on Friday asked the Federal Circuit to coordinate its appeal of a Texas infringement case over Smartflash LLC's media storage patents with appeals of a set of Patent Trial and Appeal Board rulings axing the patents under the Supreme Court's Alice standard.

  7. March 22, 2016

    Apple Infringed Media Storage Patents, Fed. Circ. Told

    Smartflash LLC asked the Federal Circuit on Monday to affirm a Texas federal jury's finding that Apple Inc. infringed its media storage patents, saying Apple's argument that the jury wasn't properly instructed about what prior art to consider falls flat.