Meta Platforms, Inc. v. COGMEDIA LLC

The Director denied Petitioner's requests for rehearing in each of the three related proceedings. The order states no reasoning and names no legal basis; it only records that the Director reviewed the requests and denied them. The underlying decision to deny institution stands. The order gives no analysis, so practitioners cannot take any substantive guidance from it. The paper title ("Affirming Institution Decision") also does not match the text, which concerns denial of institution. Decision under review: the decision to deny institution of inter partes review in IPR2026-00247, IPR2026-00248 and IPR2026-00249, as indicated in the Notice entered on August 25, 2026. Petitioner Meta Platforms, Inc. filed a request for rehearing in each proceeding (Papers 15, 16); the order cites the IPR2026-00247 record and notes similar papers were filed in the other two. The Director's reasoning: none is stated; the order says only that the Director reviewed the requests. Order: the request for rehearing is denied in each of the three proceedings, which are related but not joined. KEY QUOTE: "ORDERED that the request for rehearing is denied in each of the above-captioned proceedings." (Paper 18, p. 2)