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Apple Inc. has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening IPR2026-00332 on April 3, 2026. At this stage, the public docket identifies Apple as the petitioner, but practitioners should note that early PTAB dockets often reveal only limited information until the petition, exhibits, and mandatory notices are fully available.
Based on the current case listing, the key immediate takeaway is that Apple is asking the Board to reconsider the validity of at least one issued patent through the PTAB’s trial system.
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Dec.
9
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled
on Tuesday in favor of Samsung in their ongoing case against Apple over design
patent damages. The Court’s decision reversed an earlier ruling by the Federal
Circuit that awarded Apple $399 million in damages.
The central argument in the case was over the language of 35
U.S.C. §289, which stated that a defendant found infringing on a patented
“article of manufacture” was “liable to the owner to the extent of his total
profit.” See Samsung Electronics
Co. v. Apple Inc., 580 U.S. ___ (2016).
The court held that the term “article of manufacture” should
not necessarily be construed to mean only an end product sold to consumers, but
could also be construed more broadly to mean infringing components of a product.
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The Supreme Court announced Monday that
it would agree
to hear part of an appeal filed by Samsung seeking to overturn a $548
million damages award granted to Apple last year. Aside from finally closing
the door on this five-year saga between Apple and Samsung, SCOTUS’s decision is
newsworthy because it’s the first case before the Court involving design
patents since 1894. See Dunlop v.
Schofield, 152 U.S. 244 (1894).
The Court agreed
to hear arguments regarding whether Samsung is liable for all profits from the
sale of phones that infringed on Apple’s design patents, totaling $399 million
dollars, or whether they are liable only for the portion of those profits
attributable to the role those protected design elements played in actual phone
sales.
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