The court’s order granting the joint motion to dismiss is purely procedural — it adjudicates no issue of infringement, claim construction, or patent validity. The phrase ‘WITHOUT prejudice’ is legally significant: it preserves Eireog’s full enforcement rights against Acer and third parties. The mutual cost-bearing provision departs from the default where a plaintiff voluntarily dismisses, suggesting both sides negotiated the exit terms. No injunctive relief, damages finding, or consent judgment is embedded in the order, leaving the commercial resolution — if any — entirely confidential.

Any company shipping products built on AMD Zen-based CPUs — including PC OEMs, system integrators, and enterprise workstation vendors — should consider a freedom-to-operate analysis against this patent family. The without-prejudice dismissal against Acer means these patents remain active and unencumbered by any court-imposed limitations. R&D teams developing next-generation desktop, laptop, or embedded computing products incorporating modern cache-coherent processor architectures are the primary audience for this FTO exercise.

PatSnap Eureka’s FTO Search Agent can map the claim scope of US9436626B2, US9335805B2, and US9442870B2 against your specific product architecture in minutes — surfacing relevant prior art, identifying claim elements that may read on your implementation, and flagging related continuation or divisional applications that Eireog may assert next. Eureka’s portfolio monitoring tools can also alert your team if Eireog files new continuations or asserts these patents against additional defendants.