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 in the matter, including at the oral hearing before a panel of three Administrative Patent Judges. This is the seventh Smart Mobile patent that has survived the IPR process with some or all claims intact. G&S is concurrently representing Smart Mobile in pending litigation against Apple alleging infringement of the ‘863 patent as well as other Smart Mobile patents. G&S is also representing Smart Mobile in pending litigation against Samsung, alleging infringement of several Smart Mobile patents.