An IPR petition that results in a final written decision finding all challenged claims unpatentable is unquestionably a success. But that’s not the only measure of success for IPR proceedings. In IPR2017-00588 (Nokia v. Huawei), T-Mobile, a real-party-in-interest to the IPR, appears to have found success long before the final written decision. On September 9, 2017, […]
In a December 19, 2016 decision, Judge Robinson (D. Del.) held that, under current Federal Circuit law, IPR estoppel can only apply to references on which the PTAB institutes trial. Judge Robinson’s decision was in response to plaintiff Intellectual Ventures’ motion for summary judgment that defendant Toshiba is estopped from raising invalidity grounds that it did […]
Drink Tanks Corporation sued GrowlerWerks, Inc. last November for patent infringement based on its sale of growlers, including the uKeg 64 product shown below. Earlier this year, the case was transferred from Delaware to Oregon district court. On June 2, 2016, GrowlerWerks took the fight to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) by filing a […]