In its Order, the Board authorized Patent Owner to file a motion for additional discovery. Patent Owner requested authorization to file a motion for additional discovery limited to the issue of whether LG Display or LG Electronics and Petitioner are privies. Patent Owner stated that it learned recently in the related district court litigation, to which Petitioner is not a party, of evidence of a supply agreement between Petitioner and LG Display or LG Electronics that may contain indemnification obligations. Patent Owner also referenced admissions of payment made in conjunction with discovery responses that may substantiate these contentions.
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Decision Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review IPR2015-01329
In its Decision, the Board declined to institute inter partes review as to any of the challenged claims (1, 4, and 7) of the ’586 Patent. The ’586 Patent is directed to a method for managing one or more networked computer systems (an “enterprise”).
Order Expunging Supplemental Evidence Exhibits IPR2015-00635
Order Denying Authorization to File Reply to Preliminary Response IPR2015-01505, -01506, -01507
In its Order, the Board ordered that no reply is authorized to be filed and that “except as otherwise authorized in the Rules of Practice in Patent Cases, 37 C.F.R. § 42 et. seq., no motions or other substantive correspondence may be filed in these proceedings without prior, express authorization.” Continue reading
Institution of Post-Grant Review of a Patent Issuing from a Transition Application PGR2015-00017
In its Institution Decision, the Board instituted Post-Grant Review of the ‘395 patent. The ‘395 patent discloses “a method and apparatus to identify at least one component from a plurality of components in a fluid mixture,” including “a detector apparatus which detects and identifies selected components” and “a laser which emits a laser beam which damages or kills selected components of the plurality of components.” The Board found that claims 1-14 of the ‘395 patent were more likely than not unpatentable. Continue reading
Decision Denying Institution In Part Where Petitioner Had Not Alleged Unpatentability With Sufficient Particularlity PGR2015-00011
In its Decision, the Board concluded that Petitioner had established it more likely than not that claims 1-13 of the ‘623 patent are unpatentable as having been obvious over one of the cited references; thus, the Board instituted post-grant review of these claims with respect to that reference. The Board did not institute post-grant review with respect to any other reference or combination of references asserted in the Petition, however.
Partially Granted Request For Rehearing Of Final Written Decision IPR2014-00312
In its Decision, the Board granted Petitioner’s Request for Rehearing of claims 4 and 9, but denied the Request for Rehearing for claims 3, 5, and 8 of the ’946 patent. Continue reading
Instituting Review of Challenged Claims CBM2015-00091
In its Decision, the Board instituted a covered business method patent review of claims 12-16 of the ’850 patent, because it determined that Petitioner had demonstrated that it is more likely than not that the challenged claims are unpatentable on the grounds below. Continue reading
Additional Discovery Regarding Real-Party-In-Interest Denied IPR2015-01046
In its Decision, the Board denied Patent Owner’s Motion for Additional Discovery. The Board had previously authorized Patent Owner to file a Motion for Additional Discovery regarding whether additional parties should have been named as a real-party-interest (RPI) in the instant proceeding. The Board had also authorized Petitioner to file an Opposition thereto. Continue reading
Authorization To File Motion For Late Submission of Supplemental Information After Oral Argument IPR2015-00306
In its Order, the Board authorized Patent Owner to file a Motion for Late Submission of Supplemental Information. Continue reading