Monthly Archives: March 2011

Patent Owner Reexamination Requests with Parallel Litigation

You have worked hard and obtained a patent for your company.  You do your homework and believe that your competitor is infringing your patent.  You ultimately engage the help of a litigation team and sue the competitor for patent infringement.  But … Continue reading

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More on Fractus Reexaminations

My earlier post had an incomplete list of the Fractus reexaminations.  A better compilation is found in a document titled:  Supplemental Notification of Concurrent Proceedings Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §1.985  which is found in Reexam Control No. 95/001,414 (see item dated … Continue reading

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Factors in Deciding Motions to Stay Litigation Pending Reexamination

If a patent is in reexamination at the outset of a patent infringement action, there is a possibility of obtaining a stay from the district court.  But motions to stay are not always successful, and they are decided  after consideration … Continue reading

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Fractus, S.A. Patent Reexaminations Ordered

In large patent litigations it has become more likely to see defendants request reexamination of the patents asserted.  Some of the advantages of doing so were outlined in prior posts. Fractus, S.A., is a company headquartered in Spain that sells and licenses technology … Continue reading

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Reexamination Result Used in Reversal of Finding of Exceptional Case Attorney Fees

In Old Reliable Wholesale, Inc. v. Cornell Corp. decided March 16, 2011 (Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2010-1247), the Federal Circuit reversed the lower court’s finding of an exceptional case based on a positive reexamination result. Briefly, Old Reliable sued Cornell for … Continue reading

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Microsoft v. i4i – Part III: Changing the Presumption of Validity: Impact on Reexamination Practice

Posted March 14, 2011 The prior post discussed only some of the many options the Supreme Court has in the Microsoft v. i4i case (i4i).  In summary, the presumption of validity of a patent as we currently know it may … Continue reading

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Microsoft v. i4i – Part II: The Supreme Court’s Many Options

Posted March 6, 2011 The previous post included a summary of the facts from the Microsoft petition for certiorari.  The Supreme Court has several options when deciding the outcome of this case.  It can maintain the Federal Circuit’s existing presumption … Continue reading

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Microsoft v. i4i and the Presumption of Validity – Part 1

Posted March 5, 2011 In Microsoft v. i4i, which has been granted certiorari by the Supreme Court, Microsoft’s position is that the presumption of validity should not be enjoyed by a patent owner for prior art not considered by an … Continue reading

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Patent Law Reform or Just Patent Law Change???

There is a lot of talk about the various patent reform bills that have been proposed as of late, like S.23.  Phrases like “patent reform” sound great, but are these proposed bills patent law reform or merely patent law change?  If you … Continue reading

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