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Microsoft Just can’t Catch a Break in Patent Reexamination
Parallel Networks Case Moves Forward in Marshall Texas Despite Pending Appeal of Patent Reexaminations
As if the i4i issue wasn’t enough of a Texas debacle for Microsoft on May 10, 2010, Judge David Folsom of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, denied Microsoft’s Motion to Continue the Stay of their litigation with Parallel Networks pending reexamination of the Patents-in-Suit (U.S. Patent Nos. 5,894,554 (the “‘554 patent”) and 6,415,335 (the”‘335 patent). The Parallel Network patents are directed to systems and methods for managing dynamic websites.
Parallel’s patent infringement suit was temporarily stayed while a venue dispute was settled relative to copending actions in the Delaware District Court.
The USPTO has rejected all of the claims in Reexamination Control Nos. 90/008,574 (the “‘554 patent reexamination”) and 90/008,568 (the “‘335 patent reexamination”). Both cases are now on appeal to the BPAI. The case is rather unremarkable Read the rest of this entry »
