by Matthew Johnson | Mar 30, 2020 | 325(d) issues, PTAB News
By Matt Johnson – Last week, the PTAB designated two 35 U.S.C. § 325(d) cases precedential and one informative. These cases discuss the Board’s process for deciding when to use their discretion to deny institution because a Petition raises issues that the...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 18, 2020 | PTAB News
By Nate Andrews and Matt Johnson – The full Federal Circuit denied rehearing in Polaris. Polaris Innovations Ltd. v. Kingston Technology Company, No. 2018-1831. As previously discussed, both the U.S. government and Polaris requested rehearing after the court...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 16, 2020 | PTAB News
By Matt Johnson – On March 13th, the PTAB issued the following notice: Until further notice, examiner and examining attorney interviews, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) oral hearings, and other similar in-person...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 11, 2020 | Federal Circuit Appeal, Real Party in Interest, Time Limits
By Cathy Chin Eng and Matt Johnson – In two related decisions, the Federal Circuit held that the Patent Owner, Acoustic Technology, Inc. (“Acoustic”) waived its time-bar challenges under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) (“Section 315(b)”) by failing to assert them in the IPR...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 10, 2020 | PTAB News
On Monday, the PTAB Bar Association postponed its 2020 annual conference scheduled for this week, stating: The PTAB Bar Association has made the difficult decision to postpone this week’s conference in light of the increasing spread of COVID-19 and the uncertainty...
