by David Maiorana | Jun 26, 2018 | Federal Circuit
By: Dave Maiorana When the Supreme Court issued its decision in SAS Institute regarding partial IPR institution, the PTAB estimated that there were several hundred pending IPRs in which the Board had instituted some, but not all, claims and/or grounds. Similarly, at...
by David Maiorana | May 3, 2018 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By: Dave Maiorana On April 24, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu, where the Court held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) must issue a final written decision as to any patent claim challenged by an IPR...
by David Maiorana | Mar 22, 2018 | Other News
By: Jaime Choi and Dave Maiorana On March 20, 2018, Reps. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) and Bill Foster (D-Ill.) announced in an article that they would introduce the STRONGER Patents Act to the U.S. House of Representatives. More formally referred to as The Support...
by David Maiorana | Mar 12, 2018 | Claim Construction, PTAB Trial Basics
By: Dave Maiorana In previous posts, we have discussed whether the PTAB and the district courts can reach different conclusions on the same issue. (See Fed Circ Affirms Conflicting Invalidity Determinations from District Court and PTAB; Can PTAB and Courts Reach...
by David Maiorana | Jan 21, 2018 | 325(d) issues
By Dave Maiorana By now, most PTAB practitioners are familiar with 35 U.S.C. § 325(d), which gives the Board the authority to deny institution of a post-grant proceeding because the same or substantially the same prior art or arguments were previously presented to the...
