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PTAB Updates its SOP for Assigning Judges to Panels
By Carl Kukkonen - The PTAB recently updated its Standard Operating Procedure 1 (SOP), which describes the process and guidelines for assigning judges to panels in all jurisdictions of the Board. This blog post highlights some of the key features of the revised SOP...
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District Court Charts Middle Ground In Prosecution Bar
By Nick Marasco,* Matt Modderman, Matt Johnson - The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware recently issued a protective order settling a dispute over the scope of a proposed prosecution bar. Aerin Medical Inc. v. Neurent Medical Inc., No. 23-756, Dkt. Nos....
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PTAB Nixes IPR Revival
By Ariana Tsanas*, Matt Johnson, and Daniel Sloan - On May 6th, 2024, the PTAB declined Ubiquiti Inc.’s (“Petitioner’s”) request to institute inter partes review. Ubiquiti Inc. v. XR Communications LLC D/B/A Vivato Tech., IPR2024-00148, Paper 12 (May 6, 2024). The...
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PTAB Statistics Through Seven Months of FY2024
By Tom Ritchie - The institution rate for post-grant petitions in FY 2024 through the end of April 2024 (the period from Oct. 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024) stands at 66% (427 instituted, 230 denied). This rate remains flat compared to the previous two fiscal years...
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IPR Estoppel in Action
By Sabrina Bellantoni and Matt Johnson - Recently, District Court Judge Thomas S. Zilly in the Western District of Washington granted Ironburg Inventions Ltd.’s (“Ironburg”) motion for inter partes review (“IPR”) estoppelpursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2), which...