by Matthew Johnson | Oct 9, 2025 | Claim Construction, District Court, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Pranita Dhungana and Matt Johnson – The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued a memorandum addressing how the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) should handle prior findings of fact and conclusions of law when adjudicating patent...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 5, 2025 | Claim Construction, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Levent Herguner and Matt Johnson – On June 25, 2025, Acting Director Coke Stewart released an informative decision vacating institution of inter partes review (“IPR”) based on two petitions that were primarily filed to present two different constructions....
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 25, 2025 | Claim Construction, Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By Alexa Grillis and Matt Johnson – The Federal Circuit upheld the PTAB’s decision deeming an integrated circuit connector patent unpatentable for obviousness, despite concluding that the Board’s claim construction was erroneous. The Court also rejected a...
by Carl Kukkonen | Mar 11, 2025 | Amendment Practice, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By Simon Maxwell and Carl Kukkonen – Back in May of 2020, European patent-licensing company Sisvel filed a flurry of lawsuits against a dozen tech companies who had allegedly infringed Sisvel’s portfolio of wireless communication and networking patents. A...
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 21, 2024 | Claim Construction, Evidentiary Issues, Expert Witnesses
By Jack Graves and Matt Johnson – The PTAB recently excluded a portion of Duration Media LLC’s (Petitioner) reply declaration for containing improper new evidence in an inter partes review petition filed against Rich Media Club LLC (Patent Owner) challenging all...
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...
