Second Attempt Inter Partes Review Petition Successful

William Edward Hickson, a nineteenth century British writer, once said “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.”  This adage has recently come to fruition regarding Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) petitions.  World Bottling Cap, LLC (“WBC”) petitioned for IPR of U.S. Patent No. 8,550,271 (the “‘271 patent”) titled “Low Gauge Crown Cap,” and owned by Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.  While the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) denied institution of IPR based on a first filed petition, the PTAB nonetheless decided to institute IPR based on a second petition.

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