I. Introduction - The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) was years in the making. From the first patent reform bill introduced by Representative Lamar Smith in June 20052.
Where a plaintiff claiming patent infringement has moved for partial summary judgment of validity following inter partes review of the patents, the defendant should be estopped from alleging invalidity based on any of the printed publication references included within its IPR petitions, but should be permitted to present other forms of evidence of prior-art systems
After a final written decision issues, an IPR petitioner is statutorily estopped from going back to the district court and arguing that the same claims are "invalid on any ground that the petitioner.
After a final written decision issues, an IPR petitioner is statutorily estopped from going back to the district court and arguing that the same claims are “invalid on any ground that.
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