Legal Opinion
Automated Merchandising Systems, Inc. v. Lee
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 10, 2015No. 2014-1728PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TARANTO, Circuit Judge.
Automated Merchandising Systems, Inc. (AMS) petitioned the United States Patent and Trademark Office to terminate four pending inter partes reexaminations of four AMS patents that had been the subject of a patent-infringement suit between AMS and Crane Co., the requester of the reexaminations. After AMS and Crane entered into a consent judgment, which dismissed the infringement suit and stated that the parties stipulated to the validity of the patents, AMS argued to the PTO that the reexaminations must stop because, under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) (2006), the consent judgment…
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