Netapp, Inc. v. PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC

4 Cited authorities

  1. Section 103 - Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,169 times   492 Legal Analyses
    Holding the party seeking invalidity must prove "the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains."
  2. Section 315 - Relation to other proceedings or actions

    35 U.S.C. § 315   Cited 554 times   898 Legal Analyses
    Permitting the Director to consolidate separate IPRs challenging the same patent
  3. Section 314 - Institution of inter partes review

    35 U.S.C. § 314   Cited 380 times   634 Legal Analyses
    Directing our attention to the Director's decision whether to institute inter partes review "under this chapter" rather than "under this section"
  4. Section 42.108 - Institution of inter partes review

    37 C.F.R. § 42.108   Cited 46 times   69 Legal Analyses
    Permitting partial institution