On June 3, 2026, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a Final Written Decision on Remand confirming the patentability of claim 15 of G&S client Smart Mobile Technologies’ U.S. Patent No. 8,472,936. The decision was issued in IPR2022-00981. G&S co-founding partner Greer Shaw represented Smart Mobile in the...

On February 27, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s ruling in IPR 2022-01004 that Apple had failed to prove claims 2-4 and 15-20 of Smart Mobile Technologies’ U.S. Patent No. 9,614,943 unpatentable. G&S co-founding partner Phil Graves argued...

On December 19, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s ruling in IPR2022-01222 that Apple had failed to prove the claims of Smart Mobile Technologies’ U.S. Patent No. 8,982,863 unpatentable. G&S co-founding partner Greer Shaw argued the case before...

On September 25, 2024, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a Final Written Decision confirming the patentability of all challenged claims of G&S client Smart Mobile Technologies LLC’s U.S. Patent No. 9,319,075. The decision was issued in IPR2022-01223, filed by Apple. G&S co-founding partner Philip Graves principally represented...

On August 20, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a ruling reversing a district court judgment that had dismissed Neonode Smartphone’s patent infringement suit against Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. In Neonode Smartphone’s infringement suit against Samsung in the U.S. District...

On July 18, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued two opinions affirming IPR wins for G&S client Neonode Smartphone LLC, confirming the patentability of Neonode Smartphone’s U.S. Patent No. 8,095,879. The first ruling, in Case No. 23-1464, affirmed the PTAB’s Final Written Decision confirming the...

On January 26, 2024, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a Final Written Decision confirming the patentability of all challenged claims of G&S client Smart Mobile Technologies LLC’ s U.S. Patent No. 8,982,863. The decision was issued in IPR2022-01222, which had been filed by Apple. G&S co-founding partner...

On January 23, 2024, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a Final Written Decision confirming the patentability of claims 1-13 and 16 of G&S client Smart Mobile Technologies LLC’ s U.S. Patent No. 9,019,946. The decision was issued in IPR2022-01249, which had been filed by Apple and Samsung....