by Carl Kukkonen | May 14, 2018 | Motions Practice, PTAB Trial Basics
By: Stephanie Brooker and Carl Kukkonen The Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) recently denied a Motion to Dismiss asserting the presence of a conflict of interest of USPTO Director Andrei Iancu. In St. Jude Medical, LLC. v. Snyders Heart Valve LLC, the Patent...
by Carl Kukkonen | Mar 21, 2018 | Evidentiary Issues, Other News, PTAB Trial Basics
By: Jeffrey Wu and Carl Kukkonen Publicly Accessible In Power Integrations, Inc. v. Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, the PTAB provided new guidance to practitioners regarding the eligibility of conference papers as printed publications for use as prior art...
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,...
