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Patent Litigation 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

[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

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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

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - October 2021 #2

Kannuu Pty Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Appeal No. 2021-1638 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 7, 2021) - In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit addressed whether a forum selection clause in an NDA may prohibit a party from...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

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Can Forum Selection Clauses Preclude a PTAB Challenge?

Patent licenses, technology transfer agreements, and non-disclosure agreements often include forum selection clauses as a matter of course, and sometimes include an arbitration clause requiring private arbitration of...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Kannuu v. Samsung: Forum Selection Clause Did Not Prohibit IPR Challenges

In Kannuu Pty Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., No 19-civ-4297 (S.D.N.Y Jan. 19, 2021), the parties’ forum selection clause in their non-disclosure agreement did not prevent Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“Samsung”) from...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

PTAB Remains Unwilling to Deny Inter Partes Review Based on a Contractual Forum-Selection Clause

In a recent decision granting institution of an inter partes review (IPR), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reconfirmed that it will not deny an IPR petition just because the parties previously agreed to resolve their...more

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