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Google win exposes limits of patent-rights splitting strategy

By Melissa Ritti ( March 17, 2026, 21:14 GMT | Insight) -- Google secured dismissal Monday of consolidated US patent litigation by Valtrus Innovations in a decision that underscores growing judicial skepticism of the division of ownership and enforcement rights. The patent assertion entity and its parent company were denied leave to amend as a penalty for impermissible claim-splitting.A California federal court has dismissed two infringement complaints against Google after finding that a plaintiff patent assertion entity (PAE) transferred all meaningful rights in the underlying technology to its parent company....

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