Epic Games, Inc. Inter Partes Review

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Case Number:

IPR2022-00202

Case Type:

IPR

Status:

Final Written Decision

Petitioner:

Epic Games, Inc.

  1. April 24, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Won't Let Fortnite Maker Run Back PTAB Fights

    Epic Games failed to persuade a Federal Circuit panel on Thursday to undo the patent board's rejection of the video game company's efforts to invalidate patents that Fortnite's in-game communication programs were accused of infringing.

  2. May 22, 2023

    PTAB Hands Epic A Loss But Splits On 'Extrinsic' Evidence

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has rejected Epic Games' attempt to knock out patents that its blockbuster Fortnite video game was accused of infringing, with a dissenting judge accusing his colleagues of giving "too much weight to the extrinsic evidence," namely the dictionary definition of the word "portal."