“The same court that imposes a stay of litigation has the inherent power and discretion to lift the stay.” Lund Motion Products, Inc. v. T-max Hangzhou Technology Co., Ltd., No. SACV 17-01914-CJC-JPR, 2020 WL 13610390, at *2 (C.D.
“[T]he existence of a stay, on its own, does not justify its perpetuation: this case would remain frozen in its nascent stage if the Court continued the stay.” Oyster Optics, 2019 WL 4729468, at *2 (citing Milwaukee Elec.
Second, the Court previously found that a stay pending the resolution of IPR proceedings would likely simplify the issues in question and trial of the case.
Although Defendant has appealed the PTAB’s decision with respect to the ’448 Patent, “the ‘pendency of an appeal from the IPR, and the possibility that the Federal Circuit may reverse the PTO (and thereby simplify this litigation by, presumably, making it disappear), is not, in and of itself, a sufficient basis to make the patentee ... continue to wait to enforce patent rights that it currently holds.’” Juno Therapeutics, Inc. v. Kite Pharma, No. CV 17- 07639 SJO, 2018 WL 1470594, at *7 (C.D.
Continuation of the stay would keep this case at its relatively early stage for a substantial period of additional time and delay Plaintiff the opportunity to enforce its patent rights.