by Dennis Crouch
This is our second discussion of collateral estoppel in as many days. Yesterday I wrote about Koss v. Bose, a case where the Federal Circuit concluded that a district court's final judgment of invalidity had a preclusive effect on USPTO IPR analysis -- rendering the patentee Koss's appeal moot. Today's focus is on SoftView v. Apple, and a focus on the USPTO's estoppel regulations as they apply between an IPR and reexamination proceeding. Case No 23-1005 (Fed. Cir. July 26, 2024).
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