The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has rejected a patent owner’s argument that a forum selection clause found in a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) barred the Board from instituting a petition for inter partes review...more
10/21/2019
/ Equitable Estoppel ,
Forum Selection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Samsung
On March 23, 2018, a district court judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring the defendants to withdraw their petitions for inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The court granted...more
4/9/2018
/ Breach of Contract ,
Forum Selection ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
License Agreements ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions
A district court judge denied a plaintiff’s motion to preliminarily enjoin a defendant from selling saliva collection kits for DNA testing....more
A judge in the Northern District of California has enjoined a group of defendants from selling a laboratory DNA sequencing machine. The plaintiff first asserted the patent against one defendant in litigation in the District...more