On July 3, 2013, Moore Rod & Pipe, LLC filed IPR2013-00418 against U.S. Patent No. RE36362 on\u00a0Polymer Liners in Rod Pumping Wells; Sony Corporation filed IPR2013-00326 against U.S. Patent No.\u00a06,665,003 on\u00a0System and Method for Generating and Displaying Panoramic Images and Movies, and\u00a0IPR2013-00327\u00a0against U.S. Patent No. 7,477,284 on System and Method for Capturing and Viewing Stereoscopic Panoramic Images.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0Nichia Corp. v. Emcore Corp<\/em>.,\u00a0IPR2012-00005 (JYC), Paper 30 (July 3, 2013), the Board denied Emcore’s motion to file a second motion to amend in view of Idle Free Systems, Inc. v. Bergstrom, Inc., IPR2012-00027, Paper 26 (PTAB, Jun. 11, 2013).\u00a0 The Board indicated that Emcore was free to argue that the Idle Free Systems decision should not be applied literally to its motion to amend, as it did not have the benefit of the guidance set forth in that decision before filing its motion to amend.<\/p>\n In Hyundai Motor America, Inc., v. Clear with Computers, LLC<\/em>, IPR2013-00104, Paper 16, and\u00a0IPR2013-00176, Paper 17 (July 23, 2013), before terminating the two IPRs broughat against U.S. Patent No. 8,121,904\u00a0the Board required the parties to certify in writing that there are no other written or oral agreements or understandings,including any collateral agreements, between them, including but not limited to, licenses, covenants not sue, confidentiality agreements, or other agreements of any kind, that are made in connection with, or in contemplation of, the termination of the IPR Proceedings.\u00a0 The Board also required the Patent Owner to indicate whether there were any other pending infringement suits involving the patent.\u00a0 In contrast the same day, the Board granted a motion to terminate in CBS Interactive, Inc. v. Helfrich Patent Licensing, LLC, IPR2013-00033 (JYC), Paper 60 (July 3, 2013), where the parties submitted their settlement agreement, and moved pursuant to 37 C.F.R. \u00a7 42.74(c), that the settlement agreement be treated as business confidential information and be kept separate from the files of the patent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On July 3, 2013, Moore Rod & Pipe, LLC filed IPR2013-00418 against U.S. Patent No. RE36362 on\u00a0Polymer Liners in Rod Pumping Wells; Sony Corporation filed IPR2013-00326 against U.S. Patent No.\u00a06,665,003 on\u00a0System and Method for Generating and Displaying Panoramic Images and … Continue reading