by Emily Tait | Dec 20, 2019 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By Nate Andrews and Emily Tait – As we have previously discussed on this blog and elsewhere, the Federal Circuit’s decision in Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew has generated significant discussion and controversy in the patent world. On December 16, both parties...
by Emily Tait | Oct 24, 2019 | CBMs, Patent Eligible Subject Matter
By Emily Tait The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently issued a Final Written Decision in favor of Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (“Comcast”) and against Promptu Systems Corporation (“Promptu”) in a covered business method (“CBM”) review of Promptu’s...
by Emily Tait | Sep 9, 2019 | Expert Witnesses, Petitions, Trial Institution
By Emily Tait The PTAB recently denied petitioner’s request for rehearing of a decision denying institution of inter partes review, rejecting the argument that the Board’s denial was based on an erroneous analysis of the “non-exhaustive” General Plastic factors. See...
by Emily Tait | Jun 18, 2019 | PTAB News, Real Party in Interest
By Emily Tait – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently issued a Final Written Decision in Apple Inc. v. Uniloc Luxembourg, S.A., Case IPR2018-00282 (June 4, 2019) (Paper 30), rejecting Uniloc’s argument that Unified Patents (“Unified”) is a real...
by Emily Tait | Apr 15, 2019 | Amendment Practice
By Emily Tait On March 13, 2019, the PTAB issued the fifth installment of its ongoing Motion to Amend Study, which tracks and analyzes motions to amend filed in AIA trials through September 30, 2018 (end of Fiscal Year 2018). The data collected by the Board includes:...
