by Matthew Johnson | Oct 3, 2024 | Claim Construction, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – The PTAB denied institution of inter partes review reasoning that Petitioner did not demonstrate a reasonable likelihood that Petitioner would prevail in establishing the unpatentability of any of the challenged claims. The...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 25, 2024 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News, Standing
By Lexi Heon, Lisamarie LoGiudice, and Matt Johnson – The Federal Circuit dismissed Platinum Optics Technology Inc.’s (PTOT) appeal from an IPR decision, finding the challenged claims of Viavi’s U.S. Patent No. 9,354,369 not unpatentable, because PTOT failed to...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 20, 2024 | Estoppel, Evidentiary Issues, Final Written Decisions, PTAB News
By Fabian Bramwell,* Daniel Sloan, Jen Bachorik, and Matt Johnson – On June 6, 2024, the PTAB issued a Final Written Decision concluding claims 1-6 of U.S. Patent No. 8,899,655 B1 (“the ’655 patent”) unpatentable. Yita LLC v. MacNeil IP LLC, IPR2023-00172,...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 5, 2024 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Request for Reconsideration
By Owen Carpenter and Matt Johnson – – On July 30, 2024, Director Vidal ordered patent board judges to revisit a ruling on “an obvious typographical error.” See Hesai Technology Co. Ltd., Hesai Group, and Hesai Inc. v. Ouster, Inc., IPR2023-01485....
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 4, 2024 | Claim Construction, District Court, Estoppel, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Sue Gerber and Matt Johnson – In 2016, the Federal Circuit expressed doubt that claim constructions from the PTAB could give rise to estoppel in later litigation because “the [PTAB] applies the broadest reasonable construction of the claims while the district...
