Board Denies Follow-On Petition,PTAB Litigation Blog
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In recent decision 3M Company v. Bay Materials, the Board denied 3M Company’s (“Petitioner”) second Petition for inter partes review (“Second Petition”) after exercising its discretion under § 314(a) and finding that each of seven factors from the PTAB Consolidated Practice Guide favored denial. 3M Company v. Bay Materials, LLC, No. IPR2023-00243, Paper 8 at 6-10 (P.T.A.B. July 7, 2023).
Amanda price, a Summer Associate in Jones Day’s Cleveland Office assisted in the preparation of this blog.
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