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On August 27, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down two major victories for G&S client Smart Mobile Technologies. First, the Federal Circuit affirmed the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s judgments finding that Apple had failed to prove unpatentable claims 1-13 and 27-30 of U.S. Patent No. 8,842,653 and

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 matter. G&S is concurrently representing

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 the case before the Federal

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 the Federal Circuit. G&S is

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 Smart Mobile in the matter, including

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 Court for the Western 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 patentability of all challenged claims

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 Greer Shaw represented Smart Mobile

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. G&S co-founding partner Philip Graves

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 evaluation by a panel of