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Shared Counsel And Existence Of Joint Defense Agreement Insufficient To Establish Real Party-In-Interest Status
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board rejected a patent owner's assertion that petitioner should have named a third party, which was a defendant in a related district court patent infringement litigation and a party to a joint defense agreement (JDA) with petitioner, as a real party-in-interest.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP