Federal Circuit Reverses District Court’s Application Of Collateral Estoppel
By EsqSocial Corporation 11/04/25
Kroy IP Holdings, LLC sued Groupon, Inc., alleging infringement of 13 claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,061,660 (“’660 patent’), which relates to incentive programs over computer networks. Those claims were invalidated via successful IPR petitions. After the deadline for filing IPR petitions had passed, Kroy amended its complaint and alleged infringement of another 14 claims that were “immaterially different [from the 13 invalidated claims] for [the] purposes of invalidity.”...
By: Jones Day