Apple and Qualcomm have failed in their attempt to transfer a patent troll case filed by Red Rock in 2021 in Texas to California, as their appeals have been denied by both a U.S. District Judge and the Federal Circuit Court.
Red Rock Analytics, a non-practicing entity (::COUGH!:: patent troll! ::COUGH!::), filed a lawsuit with Apple and Qualcomm over U.S. Patent No. 7,346,313 in Texas.
The patent in contention covers a system for calibrating the balance of in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) signals in radio transceivers. The original lawsuit named Qualcomm’s SMR526, SDR865, and SDX55M products.
Law360 reports that both the U.S. District Judge Alan Albright and the Federal Circuit Court denied the Apple and Qualcomm appeal to move the lawsuit to California. This means that the ptent lawsuit will be decided out in the patent troll-friendly Texas courts instead.
While little is known about Red Rock Analytics, it has a history of such filings. In 2019, the entity filed a similar lawsuit against Samsung for the same patent, and the company filed a request for an injunction against Apple in 2019.
As is usual for cases such as this, it likely take several years for the lawsuit to work itself out. The 2019 filing mentioned the iPhone 7 through iPhone X, while the 2021 lawsuit mentioned the iPhone 12.
Red Rock Analytics is seeking a jury trial and is looking to bar Apple and Qualcomm from infringing on the patent in question. They are also looking to collect damages and royalty payments.
