A federal judge in Delaware on Wednesday denied Apple Inc.’s bid to pause a patent infringement suit while the Patent Trial and Appeal Board mulls an administrative review of four patents at the heart of the suit.
The ruling, from U.S. Magistrate Judge Sherry R. Fallon of the District of Delaware, allowed the Cupertino, California-based tech giant to renew its motion for a stay the case in the coming months, when PTAB is expected to decide to institute proceedings on Apple’s petition for inter partes review of Universal Secure Registry’s patents.
