The Obligation to Submit Agreements in IPRs Is Broad
DTN, LLC v. Farms Technology, LLC, IPR2018-01412, -01525 (June 14, 2019)
On June 11, 2020, the PTAB designated as precedential its 2019 decision in DTN, LLC v. Farms Technology, LLC. The decision concerns the scope of the obligation to file agreements with the Patent Office under 35 U.S.C. §317(b) when seeking a termination.
The statute reads as follows:
Any agreement or understanding between the patent owner and a petitioner, including any collateral agreements referred to…