by Jennifer Chheda, Ph.D. | Oct 26, 2021 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By: Jennifer J. Chheda – In Mobility Workx, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC, the Federal Circuit in a split decision concluded that Mobility Workx, LLC’s constitutional challenges to structure and funding of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) are without...
by Jennifer Chheda, Ph.D. | Oct 15, 2021 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By Jennifer Chheda – On September 29, 2021, the Federal Circuit in In re: Vivint, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2021) held that 35 U.S.C. § 325(d) applies to both inter partes review (IPR) petitions and requests for ex parte reexamination. Accordingly, the Federal Circuit...
by Jennifer Chheda, Ph.D. | Jan 4, 2019 | Real Party in Interest, Request for Reconsideration
By Jennifer Chheda Ph.D. and John Kinton The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently denied the request of petitioner Fasteners for Retail, Inc. (“FFR” or “petitioner”) for rehearing in connection with decisions denying the institution of inter partes review...
by Jennifer Chheda, Ph.D. | Oct 25, 2018 | Evidentiary Issues
By: Jennifer J. Chheda, Ph.D and John D. Kinton The Federal Circuit recently affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB”) final written decisions finding the claims of Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd.’s (“Yeda”) U.S. Patent Nos. 8,232,250, 8,399,413,...
by Jennifer Chheda, Ph.D. | Aug 27, 2018 | Federal Circuit, Trial Institution
By: Jennifer J. Chheda, Ph.D and John D. Kinton The Federal Circuit recently denied Power Integrations, Inc.’s (“PI”) attempt to obtain a writ of mandamus to circumvent the bar in 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) to appeal the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB”) decisions...