Defendants Ordered to Coordinate Pretrial Litigation in MDL Are Not Necessarily 'Significantly Related' to Support Discretionary Denial of IPR
By EsqSocial Corporation 26/04/24
The Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office vacated and remanded a decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board discretionarily denying institution of an inter partes review petition. The Director concluded that court-ordered coordination between the current petitioner and the petitioner of a previous IPR—each sued by patent owner in different district courts…...
By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP