Brief history of the SFOR vs. SecureAuth case and

Brief history of the SFOR vs. SecureAuth case and appeal with related material

1. On March 16, 2017 , StrikeForce sued SecureAuth in the Eastern District of Virginia for willfully infringing the Asserted Patents.
Treble damages may be awarded for willful patent infringement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treble_damages

2. Ropes and Gray in the USPTO Court (PTAB) won all challenges to StrikeForce's IP on October 17, 2017 .
https://jumpshare.com/v/8edDCebJyRqat1hn4s6p

3. SecureAuth in December 2017 won a dismissal by basically saying the patent is not valid because of the Alice 101. This is the opposite of what the USPTO (PTAB) had ruled two months earlier on October 17, 2017.
http://www.patentdocs.org/2016/05/section-101...klash.html

4. The dismissal was appealed, and the other infringement cases were stayed.

5. As pointed out in Rope's and Gray's appeal brief from March 26, 2018 , the lower court made a number of mistakes.
https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=4985879

6. Then the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled on April 24, 2018 in a 7 to 2 decision that the USPTO has the Constitutional Right to decide the validity of a patent.
https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1013951 (The USPTO had already validated StrikeForce's patents on October 17, 2017.)

7. In the appeal reply brief by SecureAuth's attorney on May 7, 2018
https://jumpshare.com/v/qGPBC944xOGw8FIn1o6B

8. The Strikeforce reply to the SecureAuth brief was filed June 4, 2018 .
https://jumpshare.com/v/DTfcX8CMb23MRwOG01GX

9. The process is moving along. June 11, 2018
▪ SFOR Appendix is filed for Appeal of SFOR vs. SecureAuth
https://jumpshare.com/v/tDD65VB293l4so6Q8f3Y
▪ Both parties (SFOR and SecureAuth) are in compliance with Rule 33 having discussed settlement
https://jumpshare.com/v/D9znqgHlxjcMstBLBIcu
http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/fi...2.2017.pdf

10. At this stage the possibilities may include; a decision, oral arguments, and mediation. If oral arguments are scheduled, they may appear here
http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/argument/upcomin...-arguments

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