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Collateral Estoppel Beats Precedent Every Time

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Apple’s attorneys were able to convince the judge that the license to Fortress meant that Uniloc no longer held full rights to the patent and thus lacked standing to sue. Uniloc then failed to meet the goal, and, by the terms of the deal, those license rights arguably automatically passed to Fortress. After some venue-action, Uniloc v.