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Federal Circuit Clarifies Scope of Patent Owner Estoppel

Federal Circuit Clarifies Scope of Patent Owner Estoppel

by Matthew Johnson | Aug 28, 2024 | District Court, Estoppel, PTAB News

By Shane Padilla, Matt Chung, Sarah Geers, and Matt Johnson – The Federal Circuit recently issued a decision in SoftView LLC v. Apple Inc. clarifying the scope of patent owner estoppel set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(d)(3)(i). 2024 WL 3543902 (Fed. Cir. July 26,...
IPR Estoppel in Action

IPR Estoppel in Action

by Matthew Johnson | Jun 28, 2024 | District Court, Estoppel, Federal Circuit, PTAB News

By Sabrina Bellantoni and Matt Johnson – Recently, District Court Judge Thomas S. Zilly in the Western District of Washington granted Ironburg Inventions Ltd.’s (“Ironburg”) motion for inter partes review (“IPR”) estoppelpursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2), which...
Reverse Engineered Search Insufficient For IPR/PGR Estoppel

Reverse Engineered Search Insufficient For IPR/PGR Estoppel

by Tom Ritchie | Jan 31, 2024 | District Court, Estoppel, PTAB News

By Tom Ritchie – In GeigTech East Bay v. Lutron Electronics, patent owner GeigTech argued that Lutron should be estopped under 35 U.S.C. § 325(e)(2) from asserting two prior art grounds that it said Lutron could have reasonably raised in its post-grant review...
PTAB Doubles Down on Interference Estoppel Issue

PTAB Doubles Down on Interference Estoppel Issue

by Matthew Johnson | Oct 26, 2023 | Estoppel, Final Written Decisions, PTAB News

By Anthony Kim*, Evan Jones, and Matt Johnson – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held all challenged claims of IGT’s patent unpatentable as obvious over two prior art patents.  Zynga Inc. v. IGT, IPR2022-00199-32.  In doing so, the PTAB further held that,...
Salesforce’s Reexams Estopped by RPX IPRs

Salesforce’s Reexams Estopped by RPX IPRs

by Marc S. Blackman | Jul 6, 2023 | Estoppel, PTAB News

By Marc Blackman and Ruth Brindel* – In decisions rare of their kind, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) terminated two ex parte reexaminations in view of inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings initiated by a different party. The decisions represent...
Supreme Court Decides Not To Review PTAB Estoppel Issue

Supreme Court Decides Not To Review PTAB Estoppel Issue

by John Marlott | Jul 5, 2023 | Estoppel, Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News

By John Marlott and John Wright – The Supreme Court will not consider a challenge to the proper scope of AIA statutory estoppel, leaving the Federal Circuit’s governing interpretation in place. The Court’s June 26, 2023 order list denied the pending petition for...
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