Fish & Richardson Wins Federal Circuit Affirmance of Three Inter Partes Reviews for Micron Technology Against the University of Illinois– Semiconductor Patents

Fish & Richardson Wins Federal Circuit Affirmance of Three Inter Partes Reviews for Micron Technology Against the University of Illinois– Semiconductor Patents

WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 03/16/15 — announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a Rule 36 affirmance of three inter partes reviews (IPRs) that were filed against three University of Illinois patents on behalf of Micron Technology, Inc. In March 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) held each claim of the University of Illinois– semiconductor patents unpatentable, and as a result ordered each claim cancelled. The PTAB also found in Micr