Despite having the authority to sanction parties for misconduct (see 37 C.F.R. § 42.12), until the Board’s decision in SAP America et al. v. Lakshmi Arunachalam IPR2014-00413, Paper 23 (Dec. 5, 2014); IPR2014-00414, Paper 21 (Dec. 5, 2014), the Board erred on the side of providing guidance and giving warnings rather than imposing sanctions.
