In its Order, the Board refused Patent Owner’s request for authorization to file an additional motion to exclude. Also, the Board ordered that Paper 46 be expunged from the record. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Granting and Denying Additional Discovery IPR2014-01380
In its Order, the Board granted in part Patent Owner’s Motion for Routine or Additional Discovery. Patent Owner alleged that the Petition was time-barred based on Petitioner’s privity with a defendant in a litigation and requested discovery of “Petitioner’s indemnification and control of the legal defense in the ongoing litigation involving the challenged patent” under either routine discovery or additional discovery. Continue reading
Denying Request for Rehearing of Institution Denial IPR2014-00809
In its Decision, the Board denied Petitioner’s request to rehear the Board’s decision not to institute review of claims 3, 26, and 27 of the ’792 Patent. In its Decision on Institution, the Board instituted review of claims 1, 2, and 4-17, but declined institution of claims 3, 26, and 27. Continue reading
Final Written Decision IPR2013-00350
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that Petitioner had established by a preponderance of the evidence that all challenged claims (claims 1–21, 24, 27, 28, 30–48, 51, 54, 62, 63, 67–70, 73, 74, and 76) are unpatentable. Continue reading
Order on Conduct of the Proceedings IPR2014-00221, 227
In its Order following a conference call, the Board addressed Patent Owner’s request for guidance “regarding (1) new evidence submitted with Petitioner’s Reply in IPR2014-00221 and IPR2014-00227; and (2) whether it will be entitled to a deposition of a declarant if a declaration is filed in response to a Motion to Exclude, and if so whether the timing of the deposition can be arranged to not interfere with the Christmas Holiday.” The Board reserved judgment regarding the alleged new evidence until it has prepared its final written decision and declined to order Petitioner to make its declarant available for deposition. Continue reading
Expungement of Unauthorized Motion to Withdraw as Counsel IPR2014-01523
In its Order, the Board – sua sponte – ordered that Patent Owner’s Motion to Withdraw be expunged from the record. According to the Board, the Motion was improperly filed. Thus, counsel for Patent Owner will remain the same until further developments so dictate. Continue reading
Final Written Decision CBM2013-00025
All challenge claims found to be unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. 101
In its Final Written Decision, the Board concluded that Petitioner had proven by a preponderance of the evidence that each of claims 1-3, 5-7, 9-11, and 13-15 of the ’430 patent are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Also, the Board denied Patent Owner’s Motion to Exclude the Declaration of Dr. Freedman. Continue reading
Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review IPR2014-00783
In its Decision, the Board denied institution of inter partes review of any of the challenged claims (claims 1-43) of the ’970 Patent. The ’970 Patent relates to filtering multimedia content, such as scenes or languages unsuitable for viewers of some ages, specifically to a computerized system for identifying and filtering automatically portions of the multimedia content during the decoding process. Continue reading
Denying Request for Rehearing of Institution Denial IPR2014-00728
In its Decision, the Board denied Petitioner’s request to rehear the Board’s decision not to institute trial with respect to claims 13 and 14 of the ’585 Patent. In its Decision on Institution, the Board instituted review of claims 1-3, 2, 10, and 16-19, but declined institution of claims 13 and 14. Continue reading
Final Written Decision IPR2013-00357
In its Final Written Decision, the Board found that all challenged claims (1-11) of the ’766 Patent are unpatentable and denied Patent Owner’s Motion to Amend. The ’766 Patent relates to automated data storage and retrieval systems that comprise a library of media elements as well as one or more drives for reading from, and writing to, the media elements in the library. Continue reading