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N.D. Cal. Judge Reverses Prior Order Barring Device Art “Materially Identical” to Printed Publications After Federal Circuit...

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A Northern District of California judge recently granted a motion to reconsider his summary judgment ruling that defendant was barred from raising certain “device art” due to IPR estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2). In the...more

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Far-Reaching Effect of IPR Estoppel Dooms Invalidity Defense Based on Prior Art Product

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Chief Judge Stark granted a patent owner’s motion for summary judgment of inter partes review (IPR) estoppel, holding that obviousness defenses based on a prior art product could not be asserted because a prior art...more

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