VoIP-Pal Receives Another Favorable IPR Decision from the USPTO
October 05, 2023 at 08:01 am EDT
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WACO, Texas, Oct. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VoIP-Pal.com Inc. (“VoIP-Pal”, “Company”) (OTCQB: VPLM) is pleased to announce the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has denied a request by T-Mobile for Director Review of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decision to deny institution and joinder of four IPR’s filed against VoIP-Pal’s Mobile Gateway Patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 8,630,234, and 10,880,721.
Since 2016 there have been a total of 36 IPR petitions filed against VoIP-Pal. As a result of this latest action all IPR petitions against the Company have now been terminated and brought to a favorable conclusion.
Emil Malak, CEO of VoIP-Pal, said, “We are extremely pleased with this recent decision by the USPTO. To have successfully resolved all 36 IPR’s filed against us, without losing a single claim, is a remarkable accomplishment, and confirms that our patents continue to stand strong. Our attention is now focused on the cases in the Western District of Texas in Waco where we are awaiting our upcoming trials against Verizon and T-Mobile. Our case against Amazon is still in the discovery phase. Patience is a virtue.”
List of all IPR challenges filed since 2016:
Petitioner
IPR Case Number
Patent Number
Unified Patents
IPR2016-01082
8,542,815
Apple
IPR2016-01198
9,179,005
Apple
IPR2016-01201
8,542,815
AT&T
IPR2017-01382
8,542,815
AT&T
IPR2017-01383
9,179,005
AT&T
IPR2017-01384
9,179,005
Apple
IPR2017-01398
9,179,005
Apple
IPR2017-01399
8,542,815
Apple
IPR2019-01003
9,537,762
Apple
IPR2019-01006
9,813,330
Apple
IPR2019-01008
9,826,002
Apple
IPR2019-01009
9,948,549
Google
IPR2022-01072
8,630,234
Google
IPR2022-01073
8,630,234
Google
IPR2022-01074
10,880,721
Google
IPR2022-01075
10,880,721
Amazon/T-Mobile
IPR2022-01078
8,630,234
Amazon/ T-Mobile
IPR2022-01079
8,630,234
Amazon/ T-Mobile
IPR2022-01080
10,880,721
Amazon/ T-Mobile
IPR2022-01081
10,880,721
Meta
IPR2022-01231
8,630,234
Meta
IPR2022-01232
8,630,234
Meta
IPR2022-01234
10,880,721
Meta
IPR2022-01235
10,880,721
Samsung
IPR2022-01390
8,630,234
Samsung
IPR2022-01391
8,630,234
Samsung
IPR2022-01392
10,880,721
Samsung
IPR2022-01393
10,880,721
T-Mobile
IPR2023-00638
8,630,234
T-Mobile
IPR2023-00639
8,630,234
T-Mobile
IPR2023-00640
10,880,721
T-Mobile
IPR2023-00641
10,880,721
Google
IPR2023-00647
8,630,234
Google
IPR2023-00648
8,630,234
Google
IPR2023-00649
10,880,721
Google
IPR2023-00650
10,880,721
About VoIP-Pal.com Inc. VoIP-Pal.Com, Inc. (“VoIP-Pal”) is a publicly traded corporation (OTCQB: VPLM) headquartered in Waco, TX. The Company owns a portfolio of patents relating to Voice-over-Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) technology that it is currently looking to monetize.
Any forecast of future financial performance is a “forward looking statement” under securities laws. Such statements are included to allow potential investors the opportunity to understand management’s beliefs and opinions with respect to the future so that they may use such beliefs and opinions as one factor among many in evaluating an investment. While the Company believes in the circumstances that legal action is needed to monetize its patents, patent litigation involves various risks and uncertainties that could affect its ability to monetize the patents. We recognize that it is impossible to predict the specific outcomes of litigation.
Corporate Website: www.voip-pal.com IR inquiries: IR@voip-pal.com IR Contact: Rich Inza (954) 495-4600
VOIP-PAL.com, Inc. is a development-stage voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) re-seller, and a provider of transactional billing platform tailored to the points and air mile business, and a provider of anti-virus applications for smartphones. The Company owns a portfolio of issued patents covering numerous inventions, including classification and routing of communications over different networks and over geographically distributed nodes; lawful intercept of such communications; enhanced emergency calling support; mobile gateways; uninterrupted transmission during endpoint changes, and metering and billing, including the reselling of white-label telecommunication services. Its subsidiary includes Digifonica International (DIL) Limited, which provides solutions for various areas of Internet connectivity. In order to properly test the applications, Digifonica built and operated three production nodes in Vancouver, Canada (Peer 1), London, UK (Teliasonera), and Denmark.