PTAB Designates as Precedential a Decision on the PTAB’s Discretion to Deny Institution of an IPR Based on a Parallel District Court Proceeding

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently designated an order, Apple Inc. v. Fintiv, Inc., IPR 2020-00019, Paper 11 (Mar. 20, 2020), as precedential. The order outlines six non-dispositive factors the PTAB will consider when determining...
By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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