by Carl Kukkonen | Feb 5, 2018 | Estoppel, Federal Circuit, Federal Circuit Appeal, Request for Reconsideration
By: Amanda Leckman and Carl Kukkonen Eleven days after the Federal Circuit’s en banc opinion in Wi-Fi Onc, LLC v. Broadcom Corp., Nos. 15-1944, -1945 & -1946 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 8, 2018), a three-judge panel granted a petition by patent owner Click-to-Call...
by Carl Kukkonen | Dec 29, 2017 | CBMs
By Mike Lavine and Carl Kukkonen On December 1, 2017, the PTAB denied institution of a covered business method (“CBM”) petition because the challenged patent is directed to a “technological invention” and therefore is ineligible for CBM review under section 18 of the...
by Carl Kukkonen | Nov 10, 2017 | PTAB News
By Jeff Giering, Ph.D. and Carl Kukkonen In an opinion dated October 12, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted a motion in limine to exclude evidence that a challenged patent had survived twenty post-issuance proceedings,...
by Carl Kukkonen | Oct 2, 2017 | Claim Construction, Trial Institution
By Carl Kukkonen and Amanda Leckman On September 13, 2017, the PTAB, a five-judge panel, granted a petition to institute an inter partes review brought by HTC America, Inc. (“Petitioner”) against Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc. (“Patent Owner”) regarding U.S....
by Carl Kukkonen | Aug 30, 2017 | Federal Circuit
By Stephanie Brooker and Carl Kukkonen In Personal Audio, LLC. v. Electronic Frontier Foundation, No. 2016-1123 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 7, 2017), the Federal Circuit reviewed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) decision invalidating claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,112,504...
