September 08, 2026
A California federal judge has held that some functions of certain Apple iPhones and iPads infringe some claims of a touch screen patent owned by Smith Interface Technologies LLC, though he also ruled that the functions don't infringe other claims and that other disputes belong before a jury.
January 05, 2026
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has shot down one of Apple's challenges to claims in a mobile device user interface patent while finding that the majority of the challenged claims in another patent were invalid.