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Court Date Set for Worlds Inc.'s IPR Appeal Oral ArgumentBOSTON, Jan. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Worlds Inc. (OTCQB:WDDD) announced that on January 22, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit scheduled the oral argument for Worlds’ appeal of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Patent Trial & Appeal Board (USPTO PTAB) Inter Partes Review (IPR) decisions that issued in November and December, 2016. The oral argument will take place before a currently unnamed panel of three judges of the Federal Circuit on March 9, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. “We are looking forward to presenting oral arguments in our IPR appeal, particularly now that the Federal Circuit will review whether Bungie’s IPRs against Worlds were time-barred according to its recent en banc ruling, Wi-Fi One, LLC v. Broadcom Corp., of January 8th, 2018,” stated Thom Kidrin, CEO of Worlds Inc. “The Wi-Fi One v. Broadcom appeal before all sitting judges of the Federal Circuit confirmed that patent owners could argue on appeal that an IPR petition was filed too late under the law and therefore had to be vacated. Prior to this ruling, the Federal Circuit would not consider these arguments on appeal. Now, we believe that the Federal Circuit will carefully evaluate whether Bungie acted as a proxy for Activision/Blizzard in filing the IPRs against Worlds, and also whether the IPRs are therefore time-barred because Activision/Blizzard had already been in litigation with Worlds for many years when Bungie filed the IPRs.” The previous validation of six claims by the PTAB enables Worlds to resume its ongoing patent litigation against Activision/Blizzard et al. However, Worlds believes that any reversal of invalidity rulings by the Federal Circuit will strengthen its case against Activision/Blizzard when the case resumes. Therefore, Worlds has continued the stay of its Activision/Blizzard et al. litigation pending the final outcome of the Inter Partes Review (IPR) appeal process. Worlds will be represented before the Federal Circuit by Wayne M. Helge of Davidson, Berquist, Jackson & Gowdey, LLP who handled the IPRs before the PTAB and in the federal district court litigation by Susman Godfrey L.L.P. More information on the lawsuit and Worlds’ patents can be found on the Worlds.com website. About Worlds Inc.: About Davidson, Berquist, Jackson & Gowdey, LLP Forward Looking Statements CONTACTS: |