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Good News/Bad News: Patent Owners and Petitioners Both Make Gains in CAFC Uniloc Decision

The Federal Circuit’s recent Uniloc 2017 v. Facebook Inc. decision is a mixed bag of good and bad news for both patent owners and inter partes review petitioners. On the plus side for patent owners (but not for petitioners),...more

Haug Partners LLP

Federal Circuit Clarifies Scope of PTAB Review - estoppel decisions appealable under § 314(d)

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Uniloc 2017, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., Case No. 19-1688 (Fed. Cir. March 9, 2021) - The Federal Circuit has further clarified the scope of what types of PTAB decisions are appealable under 35 U.S.C. § 314(d). In Uniloc 2017 v....more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Uniloc v. Facebook: Federal Circuit Rules Against a Finding of Estoppel in Joinder

Earlier this month, in the precedential decision Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the CAFC”) upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) on the issue of estoppel (or...more

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No Estoppel in the Name of Different Interests and Claims

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that 35 USC § 314(d) did not bar its review of a Patent Trial & Appeal Board determination that a petitioner was not estopped from maintaining inter partes review (IPR)...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - March 2021 #3

Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-1688, -1689 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 9, 2021) In this week’s Case of the Week, Uniloc appealed from two consolidated IPR decisions finding multiple claims unpatentable as obvious....more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

PTAB Estoppel Decisions Under § 315(e)(1) Occurring After Institution Are Reviewable on Appeal

On March 9, in Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc., the Federal Circuit held that the no-appeal provision of 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) does not preclude appellate review of the PTAB’s estoppel determination under section 315(e)(1) when...more

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Reviewability of PTAB Estoppel Decisions

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UNILOC 2017 LLC v. FACEBOOK INC. Before Lourie, Wallach, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) does not preclude Federal Circuit review of the Patent Trial and Appeal...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

IPR Joinder Estoppel? Federal Circuit Says “It Depends”

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On March 9, 2021, the Federal Circuit affirmed several inter partes review (IPR) decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) related to the estoppel provision 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(1). Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc....more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Still No Same Party Joinder and Joinder of New Issues through 35 U.S.C. § 315(c)

The Federal Circuit reconfirmed its interpretation of the IPR joinder rules of 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) after the panel’s rehearing in Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, No. 2018-1400, 2020 WL 5267975 (Fed. Cir. Sept....more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights - September 2020: Thryv Does Not Bar Appellate Review of Same Party and New Issue Joinder Under...

In view of the Supreme Court’s Thryv decision, the Federal Circuit recently reissued its original March 2020 decision in Facebook v. Windy City (Windy City I) after granting Facebook’s petition for rehearing and denying...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights - September 2020

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

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Full of Hot Air? PTAB Joinder Decisions Under § 315(c) Are Appealable

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Addressing whether it has jurisdiction to review joinder decisions made by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reissued a prior decision explaining that a joinder decision...more

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Facebook v. Windy City - Federal Circuit Justifies Judicial Review of PTAB Joinder Decisions at the Institution Stage

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WHAT DO WE KNOW? 1. On September 4, 2020, the Federal Circuit modified and reissued its March 18, 2020 Facebook v. Windy City opinion to address the Supreme Court’s intervening April 20, 2020 Thryv v. Click-to-Call opinion...more

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Federal Circuit Has Jurisdiction to Review Joinder Decisions in IPRs

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FACEBOOK, INC., V. WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS LLC Before Prost, Plager, and O’Malley.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary:  The Federal Circuit has jurisdiction to review challenges to the Board's joinder...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - September 2020

Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2018-1400 et al. (Fed. Cir. Sept. 4, 2020)- The only precedential decision this week was a modified panel decision of a prior precedential opinion following a...more

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Patent Case Summaries - September 2020 #2

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A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

Last Week in the Federal Circuit (August 31-September 4): Same-Party Joinder Still Not Thryv-ing

Last week was September Court week, marking the unofficial end of summer for Federal Circuit practitioners. The Court issued a total of 25 decisions, including 8 Rule 36 summary affirmances in cases argued last week, as well...more

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Court’s Strict Interpretation of Timing Requirement May Force Patent Validity Challenges in Two Forums

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The America Invents Act (“AIA”), signed into law in 2011, introduced inter partes review (“IPR”), which allows parties to challenge the validity of patent claims in proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board...more

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Federal Circuit Holds that Issue Joinder is Unavailable in IPRs

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In Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, No. 2018-1400 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 18, 2020), the Federal Circuit held that the “clear and unambiguous text of” 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) does not authorize “same-party joinder” and...more

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Federal Circuit Says PTAB Joinder Rules Contrary to Law

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The Federal Circuit has ruled in Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) practice of permitting petitioners to join themselves as parties to existing reviews and adding...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2020)

It's often said that hard cases make bad law.  And that is what had happened here:  faced with an unreasonable number of potentially asserted claims in litigation, and a Plaintiff not required to identify which of those...more

Holland & Knight LLP

In Facebook v. Windy City Innovations, Federal Circuit Ends Self-Joinder for Already Filed IPRs

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held in an opinion filed March 18, 2020, that petitioners to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) may not join themselves as a party to their earlier filed inter partes...more

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Latest Federal Court Cases - March 2020 #3

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2018-1400, et al. (Fed. Cir. Mar. 18, 2020) - This week’s Case of the Week deals with issues relating to joinder of parties and issues to...more

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The Federal Circuit Closes The (Face)Book On “Same-Party” IPR Joinder

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The Federal Circuit has definitively ruled on the PTAB’s practice of allowing so-called “same-party” IPR joinder. The court held that an IPR petitioner cannot join itself as a party to an existing IPR and cannot add new...more

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Costs Awarded to Defendant After Case Dismissed for Mootness

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B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C. v. FACEBOOK, INC. Before Lourie, Plager, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Summary: A decision on the merits is not a prerequisite...more

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