Parties Can’t Dismiss Patent Appeal After Opinion Was Issued, Federal Circuit Says

( November 21, 2024, 11:06 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite the parties indicating that they had agreed to a settlement after the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued an opinion vacating an order from the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in a patent infringement dispute over network security features, the Federal Circuit denied the parties’ voluntary motions to dismiss, saying that granting them at the current stage would require the modification or total vacatur of the opinion....