No. 20-260

Personal Audio, LLC v. CBS Corporation

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: appointments-clause collateral-estoppel inter-partes-review patent-law reexamination-clause seventh-amendment waiver
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-11-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Must the collateral estoppel effect of an inter partes review be raised and litigated in the appeal of the inter partes review, rather than in the court in which estoppel is sought?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Must the collateral estoppel effect of an inter partes review be raised and litigated in the appeal of the inter partes review, rather than in the court in which estoppel is sought? 2. Should an inter partes review that violated the Appointments Clause of the Constitution be given collateral estoppel effect over a prior jury verdict? 3. Whether the Patent and Trademark Office’s decision invalidating Petitioner’s patent in inter partes review violates the Reexamination Clause of the Seventh Amendment by overturning a jury’s findings of facts in the prior district court action? Personal Audio, LLC v. CBS Corp., C.A. No. 2:13-cv-270 (E.D. Tex. Apr. 11, 2013). 4. Did the Petitioner waive the above arguments by acknowledging the state of the Federal Circuit case law?

Docket Entries

2020-11-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
2020-10-01
Brief of respondent CBS Corporation in opposition filed.
2020-08-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2020)

Attorneys

CBS Corporation
Steven LiebermanRothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C., Respondent
Personal Audio LLC
Papool Subhash ChaudhariChaudhari Law, PLLC, Petitioner