Identity of issue, and Full and fair opportunity to contest the issue. Important to the attorney defending a malpractice claim, the argument that it is unfair to apply an earlier judgment in a ...

Addressing for the first time whether an invalidity order merges with a voluntary dismissal for purposes of finality, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that an interlocutory order ...

This case addresses[1] the application of issue preclusion in scenarios where two closely related cases allege patent infringement against different versions of the same technology. Specifically, this ...

Collateral estoppel, or issue preclusion, the Court of Appeals found, "precludes a party from relitigating in a subsequent action or proceeding an issue clearly raised in a prior action or proceeding ...