Legal Opinion

Automated Merchandising Systems, Inc. v. Rea

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided August 6, 2014No. Case No. 1:13-cv-1289 (AJT/JFA)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

ANTHONY J. TRENGA, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiff Automated Merchandizing Systems, Inc. (“AMS”) seeks an order compelling the defendants1 to terminate four inter partes reexaminations currently pending before the USPTO based on a consent judgment entered in a federal court patent infringement action that involved the same patents2 as those under reexamination. The USPTO opposes that request on the grounds that the relied-upon federal court action did not actually adjudicate the validity of the patents at issue in the reexamination proceedings and therefore does not require the…

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3Cited by1 opinion

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