• General Electric Company v. United Technologies CorporationAdverse judgment
  PTAB · Dec 19, 2017 · IPR2017-00431 · APJ George R Hoskins · IPR · Adverse judgment

  The Board denied termination and entered adverse judgment against Patent Owner after it disclaimed the only claim remaining in the trial, claim 9.

  RulingsAdverse judgment

  • Adverse judgmentAdverse judgmentDecided for petitioner

    “A party may request entry of adverse judgment against itself at any time during a proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b). “Actions construed to be a request for adverse judgment include . . . [c]ancellation or disclaimer of a claim such that the party has no remaining claim in the trial.” Id. § 42.73(b)(2). That is the case here, where Patent Owner has disclaimed claim 9, the only claim remaining in the present trial. Under these circumstances, entry of judgment adverse to the Patent Owner is appropriate.” slip op. at 2

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  Patents in suitUS 8,695,920

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