The National Law Review

IPR One-Year Time Bar Does Not Apply to Government Contractor

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JD Supra

IPR Estoppel Under § 315(e)(1) Does Not Apply to Ongoing Ex Parte Reexamination

The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision finding claims that had been subject to an ex parte reexamination unpatentable. As a threshold issue, the court held that ...
JD Supra

Collateral Estoppel Doesn’t Apply to Unchallenged IPR Claims

The US Court Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that despite a Patent Trial & Appeal Board determination that certain challenged patent claims were unpatentable based on a preponderance of the ...
IPWatchdog

PTAB Denies VLSI’s Motion to Remove Intel from Ongoing IPR

“Passage of the AIA’s estoppel provision expresses Congress’ intent that claim preclusion not apply in the circumstances here.” In addition to Intel, OpenSky is also a petitioner in the IPR, which ...
World IP Review

When does IPR estoppel apply to product or system art in the district courts?

The Federal Circuit has yet to weigh in on the scope of estoppel under § 315, with conflicting decisions on prior art products and systems in IPR, say Kelly Del Dotto, Casey Kraning and Hui-Kwon Yang ...