by Albert Liou | Oct 29, 2021 | Trial Institution
By Alison Ibendahl and Albert Liou – In a recent decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board granted institution of inter partes review after accepting the Petitioner Microsoft’s stipulation to forego overlapping challenges in parallel district court proceedings...
by Albert Liou | Sep 17, 2021 | Federal Circuit, Federal Circuit Appeal, Prior Art Issues
By Albert Liou – In the recent precedential Federal Circuit decision Valve Corporation v. Ironburg Inventions Ltd., No. 2020-1315, 2020-1315, 2020-1379, 2021 WL 3628664 (Fed. Cir. August 17, 2021), the Federal Circuit ruled on an issue that is not often...
by Albert Liou | Apr 12, 2021 | Prior Art Issues
By Albert Liou and Jen Bachorik – We recently wrote about the Federal Circuit’s 2020 decision in Donner Technology, LLC. v. Pro Stage Gear, LLC, where the Federal Circuit vacated the PTAB’s denial of an obviousness challenge due to its finding that the prior art...
by Albert Liou | Dec 10, 2020 | CBMs, Trial Institution
By Albert Liou and Alison Ibendahl – A November 17, 2020 decision by the Federal Circuit has extended the Supreme Court’s April 2020 decision in Thryv, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP, 140 S. Ct. 1367 (2020), which held that institution decisions...
by Albert Liou | May 6, 2020 | Federal Circuit Appeal
By Albert Liou – The Federal Circuit’s April 30, 2020 decision in Grit Energy Solutions, LLC v. Oren Technologies, LLC, No. 2019-1063, held that a former patent infringement defendant who had sold off the allegedly infringing product line and obtained a...
