Last week, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) canceled all claims from five patents that were tried to a Western District of Texas jury earlier this year. In February, that jury returned a verdict awarding plaintiff Flypsi, Inc. (d/b/a Flyp) $12M in damages for infringement by Alphabet (Google) of six now-canceled claims, not otherwise proven invalid at trial, through the provision of Google Voice. In the lead up to the trial, District Judge Alan D. Albright denied, without an explanatory memorandum, a motion to stay the case to await the outcomes from these same inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. Google filed that motion in mid-August 2023; it was fully briefed a month later.