District Court's Fee Entitlement Ruling Was
Preclusive On Fees, But Not Necessarily On Routine Costs Recovery.
Not exact matches
Finally, the New Mexico court held that a subsequent change in law does not limit the
preclusive effect of a prior decision
on the merits.
Depending
on what these provisions say, they are known as
preclusive clauses, finality clauses, privative clauses or exclusive jurisdiction clauses.
The panel also questioned counsel
on the
preclusive effect a decision by either the PTAB or a district court could have over a proceeding involving the same patent in the other forum.
The long - term impact of this statement will need to observed, to see whether PTAB rulings
on factual issues are given
preclusive effect in subsequent federal court litigation.
In B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc., [14] which considered the
preclusive effect of fact finding in proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Court rejected categorical rules governing the doctrine of issue preclusion based
on administrative agency rulings.
While precedent has previously addressed the effect of a prior district court claim construction
on a subsequent PTO proceeding, never before has a final claim construction by this court been held not to be
preclusive.
«the party seeking review here might prevail [in the state court]
on the merits
on nonfederal grounds, thus rendering unnecessary review of the federal issue by this Court, and where reversal of the state court
on the federal issue would be
preclusive of any further litigation
on the relevant cause of action...»