Larry Golden v. Google LLC, decided June 25, 2025

This nonprecedential opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit details a patent infringement appeal brought by Larry Golden against Google LLC. The court affirmed the district court's dismissal of Golden's amended complaint, which alleged Google infringed his patents related to a chemical/biological/radiological detector unit with a disabling locking system through its Pixel smartphones. The court found Golden's claims of direct, indirect, willful, and joint infringement failed because his theories required post-sale modification of Google's products or lacked sufficient factual allegations regarding control in alleged joint infringement. Essentially, the court concluded that Golden did not plausibly demonstrate Google's products infringed his patents as sold. Case summary: https://www.cafcnewsbriefs.com/post/larry-golden-v-google-llc-decided-june-25-2025