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35 U.S.C. § 315(c)

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Federal Circuit Review - September 2020

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Joining an IPR Triggers IPR Estoppel Only for Instituted Grounds - In Network-1 Technologies, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company , Appeal No. 18-2338, the Federal Circuit held that a party...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - September 2020 #2

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - Apple Inc. v. Voip-Pal.com, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1456, -1457 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 25, 2020) - In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed two novel issues following inter partes review...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

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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

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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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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 Throws Shade on Sologamy While Interpreting Section 315(c) Contrary To The Patent Trial And Appeal Board’s...

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In case your parlance needs updating, the term sologamy refers to a marriage to yourself. Apparently unaware of this trend, the Federal Circuit recently explained that “[a] statute saying that ‘a person may marry any person...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Joinder of Same Party Permitted Only in Limited Circumstances; Error Does Not Qualify

Setting precedent on whether a party may use joinder under § 315(c) to add new issues to its own petitions, the Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) determined that in very limited...more

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Precedential Opinion Panel to Review Same-Party Joinder

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In September, the Patent Office revised Standing Operating Procedure 2 to create a new review path for designating opinions precedential or informational. Under the new rule, the review is performed by the Precedential...more

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PTAB Denies “Same-Party” Joinder

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In a recent “same-party” joinder opinion, the PTAB broke with previous decisions to hold that it did not have authority under 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) to join new issues to an instituted IPR. Proppant Express Investments, LLC. V....more

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