by Matthew Johnson | Mar 18, 2019 | Amendment Practice
By Jonathan Knight, Ph.D. and Carl Kukkonen On March 7, 2019, the PTAB issued a new precedential order that helps to clarify a petitioner’s briefing rights in view of a recent update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide. The new order is Lectrosonics, Inc. v. Zaxcom, Inc.,...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 12, 2019 | Estoppel
By Mike Lavine and Matt Johnson Presidio Components, Inc. (“Presidio”) petitioned for inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent No. 6,144,547 (the “‘547 Patent”), which American Technical Ceramics Corp. and AVX Corporation (together “plaintiffs”) asserted against...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 5, 2019 | Standing, Time Limits
By Alex Li and Matt Johnson On January 31, 2019, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a decision granting institution of inter partes review in Sling TV, L.L.C. v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming, L.L.C., No. IPR2018-01331, where the Board held that a patent...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 18, 2019 | Trial Institution
By Lisa Furby, David Anderson, Mike Lavine, and Matt Johnson Last week the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property published a comment prepared by a team of Jones Day attorneys that analyzed whether the PTAB is treating multiple petitions filed against a common...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 11, 2019 | Amendment Practice, Claim Construction, PTAB Trial Basics
Patent Trial and Appeal Board, or PTAB, defense litigation strategies continue to evolve. In a recent Law360 article, Jones Day Intellectual Property lawyers Dave Cochran, Mike Hendershot, and Matt Johnson explained why previous assumptions and strategies pertaining...
