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Petitioner / Claimant (Plaintiff)
Microsoft Corporation
Respondent / Defendant
Dialect, LLC
Dispute Summary
The PTAB denied Microsoft’s petition for an inter partes review of five patents owned by Dialect, LLC, exercising discretion under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a). The Board cited the patents’ age, subsidiary ownership, and a parallel district court case as reasons to avoid duplication.
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denied
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