C&C Power, Inc. v. C&D Techs., Inc., No. 12 C 3376, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Feb. 11, 2013) (Dow, J.).

Judge Dow granted plaintiff’s motion to stay its patent infringement case pending an  inter partes review of the patent in suit initiated by defendants.  Defendants acknowledged that the reexam could simplify or moot the district court case and that there would be few wasted resources due to a stay because the case was in its early stages.  Defendants, however, argued that they would be prejudiced by the delay in deciding their Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss.  But the Court held that plaintiff had not made “utterly fantastic factual allegations” that would subject it to dismissal.  And because defendants initiated the reexam, they could not claim prejudice from the reexam.