New Filings
Toledo & Co., Inc., filed IPR2014-01542 challenging U.S. Patent No. 7,516,843, assigned to Master Lock Company, LLC.
Institution Decisions
Stat LLC v. Hockeyline Inc., IPR2014-00510, Paper 12 (September 25, 2014), the Board instituted inter partes review of claims 1, 2, 8, 10-12, and 30 of U.S. Patent No. 6,725,107.
In Target Corporation v. Destination Maternity, IPR2014-00509, Paper 19 (September 25, 2014), the Board denied the petition as barred under 35 USC 315(b),finding that Target could not “join” its late filed petition with its prior, timely filed petitions. The Board found that joinder only allows parties to join, and a party cannot join a proceeding to which it is already a party.
In eBay Inc. v. Advanced Auctions, LLC, IPR2014-00806, Paper 14, the Board denied institution of inter partes review of claims 1-7, 10-15, 17-21, and 23-26 of U.S. Patent No. 8,266,000 as barred under 35 USC 315(b), the Board finding that even though the first suit was dismissed without prejudice, the parties agreed that it would continue in the second suit.
Dispositions
In Handi Quilter, Inc. v. Bernina International AG, IPR2013-00363, Paper 39 (September 25, 2014), the Board held that claims 1, 2, 5–7, 10, 12, 13, 17–21, 23–29, 31, 33, and 34 of U.S. Patent No. 6,883,446 were unpatentable, but not challenged claims 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 14-16, 22, 30, and 32.
In Becton, Dickinson & Company v. One StockDuq Holdings, LLC, IPR2013-00235, Paper 30 (September 25, 2014), the Board held that claims 22–26, 28, 29, and 31 (all of the challenged claims) of U.S. Patent No. 5,704,914, were unpatentable.