Salesforce’s Reexams Estopped by RPX IPRs, PTAB Litigation Blog
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In decisions rare of their kind, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) terminated two ex parte reexaminations in view of inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings initiated by a different party. The decisions represent another loss for Salesforce following a decade of legal efforts to strike down patents assigned to Applications in Internet Time, LLC (“AIT”). Ex parte Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 8,484,111, 90/019,069, Decision on Petitions (USPTO, May 25, 2023); Ex parte Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 7,356,482, 90/019,070, Decision on Petitions (USPTO, May 25, 2023).
*Ruth Brindel, a Summer Associate in Jones Day’s Chicago Office assisted in the preparation of this blog