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...
by John Marlott | Feb 7, 2019 | Amendment Practice
By John Marlott An IPR of issued patent claims is statutorily limited to prior art challenges based on patents and printed publications under § 102 (novelty) or § 103 (obviousness). The PTAB may not institute an IPR of existing patent claims on other unpatentability...
by Matthew Johnson | Jan 3, 2019 | Amendment Practice, PTAB Trial Basics
By Levent Herguner and Matt Johnson – On November 30, 2018, the PTAB filed an opinion addressing two procedural issues in Aver Information Inc. v. Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc., Case IPR2017-02108, including failure to meet spacing requirements and...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 13, 2018 | Amendment Practice
By Levent Herguner and Matt Johnson – On November 26, 2018, the PTAB entered its Final Written Decision in Intel Corp. v. Alacritech, Inc., Case IPR2017-01391, denying Patent Owner Alacritech, Inc.’s Motion to Amend in the inter partes review of certain claims...
by Joe Sauer | Nov 29, 2018 | Amendment Practice, Claim Construction, PTAB News
By Levent Herguner, Alex Li, and Joe Sauer On Tuesday, November 13th, the PTAB Bar Association held its inaugural Thought Leader Summit. The Summit featured two sessions on recent developments in the patent litigation field, as well as a keynote address from Acting...
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 27, 2018 | Amendment Practice
By Matt Johnson On November 27th, Acting Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge Jacqueline Bonilla presented a webinar on the PTAB’s proposed Motion to Amend pilot program. In October 2018, the Patent Office published a request for comments on motion to amend...
