by Matthew Johnson | Oct 9, 2026 | Claim Construction, District Court, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Ash Hashmi,* Cameron Hart, Ashvi Patel, and Matt Johnson – The USPTO designated as informative three recent Director decisions denying institution of IPR in response to inconsistent claim construction by petitioners in parallel litigation before the PTAB and...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 17, 2026 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Robby Breetz, Ali Morgan,* and Matt Johnson – On May 12, 2026, the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), John Squires, granted a patent owner’s motion to terminate three related inter partes reviews (“IPRs”) based on the...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 12, 2026 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Real Party in Interest, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – The Director issued a precedential discretionary denial on the ground that a foreign government entity was an undisclosed real party in interest(“RPI”). The ruling extended Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service,...
by Matthew Johnson | May 26, 2026 | PGR, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Elizabeth Schrieber and Matt Johnson – In Multi-Color Corp. v. Brook & Whittle Ltd., PGR2025-00025, the PTAB declined to discretionarily deny institution of Multi-Color’s post-grant review petition. The decision, designated as precedential in January...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 26, 2026 | Claim Construction, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Laura Vining and Matt Johnson – USPTO Director John Squires issued a decision on November 5, 2025, vacating a prior institution decision and denying institution in Tesla, Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures II LLC, IPR2025-00340, Paper 18. Director Squires denied...
