Apple has filed a new inter partes review, IPR2026-00340, at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on April 24, 2026, opening another closely watched front in the company’s patent dispute strategy. The proceeding is captioned Apple Inc., and, as with many newly filed PTAB matters, practitioners will be watching the petition and any forthcoming preliminary response to see how the issues are framed before the Board decides whether to institute review.

At this early stage, the public docket identifies Apple as the petitioner but may not yet provide the full set of details practitioners typically want immediately, including the patent owner’s identity, the patent number being challenged, and the precise prior-art grounds asserted.

Toyota Motor Corporation has filed a new inter partes review proceeding at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening what could become a closely watched dispute for companies managing automotive and mobility-related patent portfolios. The petition, docketed as IPR2026-00333 and filed on April 7, 2026, signals Toyota’s effort to challenge the validity of an issued U.S. patent through the PTAB’s administrative review process.

At this early stage, the case caption identifies Toyota Motor Corporation as the petitioner, but the publicly available docket entry does not yet provide the full details practitioners will want most, including the patent number at issue, the named patent owner, and the specific prior-art combinations and statutory grounds asserted in the petition.