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Federal Circuit Rules PTAB Erred on Successor-in-Interest Issue in Crocs Case

On February 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) granted Mojave Desert Holdings, LLC and U.S.A Dawgs Inc.’s (Mojave and U.S.A. Dawgs) motion to substitute in a case involving a design patent infringement issue between Mojave and Crocs, Inc. (Crocs). The court concluded that Mojave is the successor-in-interest to U.S.A. Dawgs, that it has standing to pursue the challenge to Crocs’ patent, and that the Board erred in not substituting Mojave for U.S.A. Dawgs as the third-party requester during the inter partes reexamination.