by David Maiorana | Sep 3, 2019 | Patent Eligible Subject Matter
By Olivia Pedersen and Dave Maiorana Despite the prohibition on patenting “abstract ideas” and the tendency of computer software claims to fall into that category, claims directed at improving faulty software systems may still be patentable if they...
by David Maiorana | Jul 1, 2019 | PTAB News
By Bobby Karl* and Dave Maiorana In a precedential decision, issued June 14, 2019, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s ruling against the University of Minnesota, declining to dismiss petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”). The court rejected the university’s...
by David Maiorana | Apr 23, 2019 | CBMs, Patent Eligible Subject Matter
By Dave Maiorana On Thursday, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG Interactive Brokers, LLC, No. 17-2257 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2019), that provides another data point on how CBM review works. Perhaps more...
by David Maiorana | Apr 16, 2019 | Trial Institution
By Kerry Barrett and Dave Maiorana On April 5, 2019, the PTAB designated as informative two decisions relating to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a): IPR2018-00923, Paper 9 (Nov. 7, 2018) (designated: Apr. 5, 2019) [AIA § 314(a), insufficient number of proposed grounds/challenges to...
by David Maiorana | Feb 25, 2019 | Final Written Decisions
By Jordan Powers and Dave Maiorana In SAS Institute v. Iancu, the Supreme Court held that when the PTAB institutes inter partes review under 35 U.S.C. § 314, it must decide the patentability of all claims the petitioner has challenged. SAS Institute left open the...
