Federal Circuit Reverses Joinder Of Facebook To 2 Inter Partes Reviews

Mealey's (March 19, 2020, 1:54 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a March 18 ruling, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board erred in allowing Facebook Inc. to join two subsequent inter partes reviews (IPRs) to two existing IPRs and, in so doing, introducing new patent claims to the proceedings (Facebook Inc. v. Windy City Innovations LLC, Nos. 2018-1400, -1401, -1402, -1403, -1537, -1540, -1541, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 8522)....