District of Delaware Applies IPR Estoppel Provisions to Bar Party from Pursuing New Prior Art Combinations

Although not a Hatch-Waxman case, the District of Delaware’s recent ruling in Parallel Networks Licensing, LLC. v. IBM, could have a significant impact on ANDA-filers strategic approach to IPRs.  In this case, the patentee (“Parallel”) filed a complaint in 2013 asserting that IBM infringed three patents.  The litigation proceeded in federal district court; however, in…