by Matthew Johnson | Mar 10, 2023 | Discovery, Real Party in Interest
By Jesse Wynn, Robert Breetz, Matt Johnson – In Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Netlist, Inc., the PTAB determined that a time-barred third party was not a real party in interest (“RPI”) and granted institution. IPR2022-00615, Paper 20 (Oct. 19, 2022) at 19...
by David Maiorana | Nov 16, 2022 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Real Party in Interest, Uncategorized
By David Linden and Dave Maiorana – On May 27, 2022, Unified Patents, LLC (“Unified”) filed a Petition requesting inter partes review (“IPR”) of claims 1-3 and 5-25 of U.S. Patent No. 7,321,777 (“the ’777 Patent”), assigned to Speir Technologies Ltd. (“Speir”). ...
by Carl Kukkonen | May 23, 2022 | Federal Circuit Appeal, Real Party in Interest
By Carl Kukkonen – The Federal Circuit, in Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Bennett Regul. Guards, Inc., 21-1759, in an opinion by Judge STOLL, dismissed Atlanta Gas’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction. In this case, Atlanta Gas filed an IPR which was instituted and...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 2, 2022 | Real Party in Interest, Time Limits
By Mike Lavine, Matt Chung, and Matt Johnson – Recently, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) declined to terminate an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding despite the Petitioner’s alleged failure to identify all the real parties-in-interest (RPIs). Unified...
by Carl Kukkonen | Aug 16, 2021 | Discovery, Motions Practice, PTAB News, Real Party in Interest
By Carl Kukkonen – In Unified Patents, LLC f/k/a Unified Patents Inc. v. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (IPR2021-00827), the PTAB denied a patent owner’s request to file a motion for additional discovery into any real...
by Carl Kukkonen | Dec 29, 2020 | Real Party in Interest
By Chris Hodge* and Carl Kukkonen – In a recently designated precedential decision, the Patent Trials and Appeals Board (“PTAB”) considered challenges to claims covering autonomous robotic cleaning devices. SharkNinja Operating LLC v. iRobot Corp.,...
