Cooper Technologies, Co. v. Dudas

MEMORANDUM OPINION ORDER

GERALD BRUCE LEE, District Judge.

THIS MATTER is before the. Court on Thomas & Betts Corporation’s Motion to Intervene. This case concerns Plaintiff Cooper Technology Company’s (“Cooper”) declaratory judgment challenge to the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s interpretation and application of the term “original application” as applied to inter partes reexaminations. Thomas & Betts (“T & B”) seeks intervention based on the perceived potential impact of this litigation on pending litigation and inter partes and ex partes reexaminations involving the parties in…