by Matthew Johnson | Sep 22, 2022 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News
By Sean Benevento, Mike Lavine, and Matt Johnson – In LG Electronics v. Immervision, the Federal Circuit clarified the standard for evaluating whether a prior art reference includes an obvious typographical error. See 39 F.4th 1364, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2022). Under...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 8, 2022 | Discovery, Evidentiary Issues
By Julia Paschwitz* and Matt Johnson – On September 21, 2021 a PTAB panel granted a motion to strike two Exhibits as not timely submitted by the Petitioner in Samsung Electronics America, Inc. v. Kannuu PTY LTD, IPR2020-00738. Those exhibits were submitted by...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 23, 2022 | Evidentiary Issues, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Sue Gerber and Matt Johnson – While creativity has its place in advocacy, it can be taken too far. The Petitioner learned this lesson the hard way in Unified Patents Inc. v. American Patents LLC, IPR2019-00482, Paper 132 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 3, 2022). In this...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 19, 2022 | PGR, Trial Institution
By Nicolas Aalberg,* Evan Jones, and Matt Johnson – On June 10, 2022, the PTAB in Apple Inc. v. MemoryWeb LLC denied Apple’s “conditional” IPR petition but instituted review of Apple’s concurrently-filed PGR petition, finding that MemoryWeb’s U.S. Patent No....
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 4, 2022 | 325(d) issues, PTAB News
By Ibrahim Ijaz,* Evan Jones, and Matt Johnson – On July 6, 2022, a panel of three Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) administrative patent judges granted institution of inter partes review (“IPR”) in STMicroelectronics, Inc. v. Trustees of Purdue...
