by John Evans, Ph.D. | Feb 6, 2018 | Evidentiary Issues, Prior Art Issues, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By: Jaime Choi, Tracy Stitt, and John Evans On February 1, the PTAB held its first “Boardside Chat” of 2018, which featured three judges discussing appeals and AIA trial proceedings for design patents. Not only are such proceedings less common for design patents...
by John Evans, Ph.D. | Jan 29, 2018 | Evidentiary Issues
By: Joshua Nightingale and John Evans In district courts’ claim construction analyses, intrinsic evidence is of paramount importance. Although extrinsic evidence “may be useful to the court,” it is considered “less significant” than the claim language, specification,...
