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....

For the 20th consecutive year, firm co-founder and partner Philip Graves has been named among the top lawyers in southern California with his inclusion in the 2024 edition of Super Lawyers for Southern California.  The Super Lawyers listings are compiled annually using a multi-tiered research process based on nominations from other lawyers, independent research and...

Firm co-founder and partner Greer Shaw has been named among the top lawyers in southern California with his inclusion in the 2024 edition of Super Lawyers for Southern California.  The Super Lawyers listings are compiled annually using a multi-tiered research process based on nominations from other lawyers, independent research and evaluation by a panel...

On December 4, 2023, the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a Final Written Decision confirming the patentability of claims 2-4 and 15-20 of G&S client Smart Mobile Technologies LLC’ s U.S. Patent No. 9,614,943. The decision was issued in IPR2022-01004, which had been filed by Apple and Samsung....