The Northern District has the highest grant rate for stays pending Inter Partes Review (“IPR”), Covered Business Method Review (“CBM”) and Post-Grant Review (“PGR”) of any of the biggest patent districts nationwide – 72.7%. According to Docket Navigator’s excellent data, through 2016 the Northern District fully granted 59.1% of stay motions and partially granted
Covered Business Method
Case Stayed After Covered Business Method Reviews are Instituted on Half of Patents
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Federal Rules
Trading Techs. Int’l, Inc. v. BCG Partners, Inc., No. 10 C 715, 716, 718, 720, 721, 726, 882-85, 929 & 931, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. May 9, 2016) (Kendall, J.).
Judge Kendall granted defendants’ motion to stay plaintiff Trading Technologies’ (“TT”) patent case after institution of covered business method review (“CBM”) of claims from…
Covered Business Method Review of Four of Fifteen Patents Warrants Stay
By R. David Donoghue on
Posted in Local Rules
Trading Techs. Int’l, Inc. v. BCG Partners, Inc., Nos. 10 C 715, 716, 718, 720, 721, 726, 882-885, 929 & 931, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Mar. 25, 2015) (Kendall, J.).
Judge Kendall granted defendants’ motion to stay this patent litigation pending the Patent Office’s (“PTO”) Covered Business Method Review (“CBM”) of at least four…