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Patent Infringement Non-Disclosure Agreement Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Out With the Old, in With the New: Judge Ramos Grants Leave to Assert New Patents After the Original Patents-in-Suit Were Found...

On July 29, 2025, Judge Edgardo Ramos (S.D.N.Y.) granted plaintiff Kannuu Pty, Ltd. (“Kannuu”) leave to amend its complaint to allege infringement of two newly-issued patents, after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...more

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Two Federal Circuit Decisions Show Why Forum-Selection Clauses Require Clarity

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Two recent Federal Circuit decisions involved the interpretation of forum-selection clauses in non-disclosure agreements. In particular, the question was whether the forum selected by the parties prevented a party from...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions: Kannuu Pty Ltd. v. Samsung Elecs. Co. Ltd., 15...

Kannuu Pty Ltd. and Samsung Elecs. Co. Ltd. entered into a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) as part of business discussions concerning Kannuu’s remote control search-and-navigation technology. The NDA contained a...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Forum Selection Clauses in Nondisclosure Agreements Can Forfeit the Right to File an IPR Petition

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On February 8, the Federal Circuit held that a forum selection clause in a nondisclosure agreement (“NDA”) forfeited the parties’ right to file petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”) to challenge the validity of patents at...more

Goodwin

Issue 36: PTAB Trial Tracker

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FORUM SELECTION CLAUSES MAY OR MAY NOT PRECLUDE PTAB REVIEW - In Kannuu Pty Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. & Samsung Electronics America, Inc., No. 21-1638 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 7, 2021), the Federal Circuit considered...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

NDA Forum Selection Clause Doesn’t Bar IPR in Response to Subsequent Infringement Suit

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction that would have forced the accused infringer to seek dismissal of its petitions for inter partes review (IPR) based on a...more

Knobbe Martens

IPR Proceedings Were Not Prohibited by a Forum Selection Clause in a Non-disclosure Agreement

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KANNUU PTY LTD. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Before Newman, Prost, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Summary: The forum selection clause in the parties'...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Forum Selection Clause, on Its Own, Does Not Bar PTAB from Instituting IPR Petition

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has rejected a patent owner’s argument that a forum selection clause found in a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) barred the Board from instituting a petition for inter partes review (IPR). ...more

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SDNY Rules Forum Selection Clause Does Not Bar IPR

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On July 2, 2019, Judge Cote of the Southern District of New York issued an opinion that denied a motion for a preliminary injunction ordering the defendant to withdraw its petitions for inter parties review (“IPR”) at the...more

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