Microsoft Corporation v. Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe

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Case Number:

IPR2018-01606

Case Type:

IPR

Status:

Terminated

Petitioner:

Microsoft Corporation

Patent Owner:

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe

Tech Center:

2100

  1. April 10, 2020

    Microsoft Mostly Wins PTAB Challenges To Computer Patents

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has largely handed Microsoft a victory in its challenges to computer patents owned by a company that had unsuccessfully attempted to use the St. Regis Mohawk tribe's sovereign immunity status to escape review of its patents.

  2. April 12, 2019

    PTAB Will Hear Microsoft Challenges To St. Regis Patents

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has agreed to review Microsoft's challenges to three computer patents transferred to the St. Regis Mohawk tribe by a company that works with Lockheed Martin on an Army surveillance radar system, rejecting contentions that the inter partes reviews wouldn't serve national security interests.

  3. December 19, 2018

    PTAB Won't Pause Tribal Patent Cases For Immunity Appeal

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has decided not to delay Microsoft's challenges to six computer technology patents owned by the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, which wanted to halt proceedings while it asks the U.S. Supreme Court whether tribal immunity shields the patents from review.

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