On January 6, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) rejecting a challenge to U.S. Patent No. 7,332,277 (“the ‘277...more
The PTAB’s precedential Fintiv decision (Apple v. Fintiv, Inc, IPR2020-00019) held that the PTAB could deny institution of an IPR, even within the one year statutory bar, if (1) district court litigation has progressed...more