In Coalition for Affordable Drugs VI, LLC v. Celgene Corp., a six-judge panel denied a Patent Owner’s Motion for Sanctions against a Petitioner allegedly using IPRs to attack the Patent Owner’s primary product lines in an apparent attempt to
October 2015
PTAB confirms that assignor estoppel does not apply in IPRs
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The PTAB recently confirmed that the doctrine of assignor estoppel does not apply to IPR proceedings. Esselte Corp. v. Sanford L.P., IPR2015-00771, Paper 13 (Aug. 28, 2015). Assignor estoppel is an equitable doctrine that generally prohibits an assignor…
PTAB refuses to terminate CBM on alleged mootness grounds
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In Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. v. MyMedicalRecords, Inc., a Patent Owner requested termination of an instituted CBM as moot based on a final judgment in an underlying District Court case. CBM2015-00022, Paper 20 (August 26, 2015). The PTAB,…