by Matthew Johnson | Dec 16, 2020 | Prior Art Issues
By Sachin Patel* and Matt Johnson – Be careful not to confuse reprints with new editions when considering books as printed publications under 35 U.S.C. 102(b). In VidStream LLC v. Twitter, Inc., No. 2019-1734, 2020 WL 6937852 (Nov. 25, 2020), the Federal Circuit...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 8, 2020 | Evidentiary Issues, Expert Witnesses, PTAB News
By Matt Johnson – On December 8th, the PTAB published a Final Rule, formalizing a number of PTAB practices dictated by case law and described in the current Trial Practice Guide. The one substantive change of note is the removal to deference to the...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 7, 2020 | Joinder, PTAB News, Real Party in Interest
On December 4th, the PTAB designated the following three cases precedential: RPX Corp. v. Applications in Internet Time, LLC, IPR2015-01750, Paper 128 (Oct. 2, 2020) (precedential) This decision on remand from the Federal Circuit holds that the petitioner was...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 3, 2020 | Prior Art Issues
By Ana Teixeira* and Matt Johnson – “Printed publication” under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is typically construed to encompass any type of document, as long as the document is “publicly accessible.” See, e.g., Medtronic, Inc. v. Barry, 891 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2018)....
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 30, 2020 | Evidentiary Issues
By J. Sean Benevento*, Mike Lavine, and Matt Johnson – In a recent precedential decision, the PTAB emphasized that objective indicia of nonobviousness must have a nexus to the claimed invention. Lectrosonics, Inc. v. Zaxcom, Inc., No. IPR2018-01129, Paper 33...
