Soverain Software LLC v. Victoria's Secret Direct Brand Management, LLC

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• holding that regional circuit law governs issue preclusion except on “issues . . . that implicate substantive patent law,” but recognizing that Federal Circuit precedent requires “identity of issues in a prior proceeding”
• \[T]he issue of incentive to litigate arises where '[t]he stakes in the first action may be so small that extensive effort is not reasonable if the risk is limited to the first action.' \ (quoting 18 Wright & Miller, supra , § 4423 )

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