OpenSky Industries, LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC

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Case Number:

IPR2021-01064

Case Type:

IPR

Status:

Trial Instituted

Petitioner:

OpenSky Industries, LLC

Patent Owner:

VLSI Technology LLC

Tech Center:

2100

  1. April 30, 2024

    Where VLSI-Intel's High-Stakes Patent Battle Stands Now

    Intel has managed to turn the tide on litigation where it had faced the daunting possibility of owing VLSI Technology more than $3 billion for infringing microchip patents, with the tech company winning patent invalidations and a large verdict do-over. Here's a look at where the multifaceted litigation between the companies stands.

  2. March 12, 2024

    Vidal Gives OpenSky Temporary Break On VLSI Atty Fees

    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal is standing by her decision ordering OpenSky Industries to pay VLSI Technology $413,000 for court proceedings tied to the former's misconduct, but allowed the company an extension to make that payment.

  3. February 22, 2024

    OpenSky Tells Vidal VLSI Fees Relied On 'Fabricated' Exhibit

    OpenSky Industries LLC has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director to reconsider making it pay $413,000 in attorney fees to VLSI Technology, arguing in a newly unsealed filing that she failed to justify the award and allowed records "fabricated" by VLSI. 

  4. January 23, 2024

    VLSI Wins $413K Fees From OpenSky After PTAB Misconduct

    OpenSky Industries must pay VLSI Technology more than $413,000 to compensate for misconduct that led the patent owner into sanctions proceedings, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal said in an order unsealed Monday.

  5. July 19, 2023

    5 Patent Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2023

    The Federal Circuit will be reviewing its first en banc patent case since 2018, while the court's members are being sued by its longest-serving judge, who claims that an attempt to oust her is unconstitutional. Here's what you need to know about these and other high-profile patent cases.

  6. June 27, 2023

    VLSI 'Strongly Admonished' By Vidal For Misleading PTAB

    Weeks after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found that a VLSI patent-at-issue in a $2.2 billion verdict against Intel is invalid, the director of the patent office on Tuesday "strongly admonished" VLSI for making multiple misleading statements throughout the case.

  7. May 12, 2023

    Intel And OpenSky Get PTAB To Ax Patent In $2.2B Case

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board decided Friday that Intel and a company called OpenSky Industries had shown that a VLSI patent at issue in a $2.2 billion jury verdict against Intel is invalid, after the director of the patent office imposed sanctions on OpenSky.

  8. May 09, 2023

    Vidal Lets VLSI File Evidence Backing Fees Against OpenSky

    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal has cleared VLSI Technology to provide evidence supporting the amount it believes OpenSky Industries owes it in attorney fees after being sanctioned. 

  9. April 21, 2023

    PTAB Plans To Rule On $675M VLSI Patent Next Month

    A Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel has decided on a new deadline for determining the validity of a VLSI Technology patent covering microchip technology that a jury in Texas said Intel owed $675 million for infringing to power its products.

  10. April 04, 2023

    VLSI Still Can't Kick Intel Out Of OpenSky Challenge

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Tuesday shot down VLSI Technology LLC's latest bid to have Intel Corp. pulled off a challenge to its chip patent, holding that Congress did not want district court fights to preclude inter partes reviews.

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