District Court Stays After SAS – Simplified Or Not?

District Court Stays After SAS – Simplified Or Not?

By John Marlott After SAS, does institution of an IPR make a district court more or less likely to stay a parallel litigation?  Maybe, maybe not. In its April 2018 decision in SAS Institute v. Iancu, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the PTAB cannot take a selective,...
Reexamination Stayed Pending IPR

Reexamination Stayed Pending IPR

By Sue Gerber and Matt Johnson Reexamination can be stayed pending IPR proceedings for good cause shown.  The PTAB recently found good cause for a stay had been established when the reexamination proceedings and IPR proceedings had only a single claim in common, but...
Statutory Disclaimer Fails to Support Stay

Statutory Disclaimer Fails to Support Stay

By Matt Johnson District courts have discretionary authority to grant a motion to stay.  Courts consider three factors in deciding how to exercise that discretion, the first being whether a stay will simplify the issues for trial.  In Universal Secure Registry, LLC v....