SimpleAir, Inc. v. Google LLC

  1. June 11, 2018

    Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Revival Of Google Messaging IP Row

    The Federal Circuit said Friday it would not reconsider an earlier ruling that gave new life to a patent lawsuit brought against Google LLC in the Eastern District of Texas over the search engine giant's messaging services.

  2. April 13, 2018

    Google Asks Fed. Circ. To Revisit Messaging IP Suit Revival

    Google LLC is urging the Federal Circuit to rehear a panel decision that gave new life to a patent lawsuit over its messaging services, arguing that the ruling raises important questions about whether continuation patents can be used to repeatedly sue a company over the same products.

  3. March 12, 2018

    Fed. Circ. Rules Gilstrap Wrongly Freed Google From IP Suit

    The Federal Circuit on Monday gave new life to a patent lawsuit over Google LLC messaging services, finding that Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas needs to re-evaluate whether SimpleAir Inc. is suing the search engine giant over simply "slightly different shades of the same invention."

  4. January 11, 2018

    Google Says IP Suit Over Messaging Repeats Axed Claims

    Google Inc. urged a Federal Circuit panel on Thursday to quash a patent infringement suit over its cloud messaging service, saying a trial judge correctly ruled the patents in question describe the same technology that was the subject of an $85 million judgment tossed by the Federal Circuit in 2016.