by Carl Kukkonen | Mar 13, 2017 | CBMs, Claim Construction
By Vishal Khatri and Carl Kukkonen In a decision dated February 27, 2017, the Board denied institution of Google Inc.’s petition for Covered Business Method Patent Review of claims 20, 21, 23–26, 28, and 29 of U.S. Patent No. 6,128,651 (“the ’651 patent”) owned by...
by Carl Kukkonen | Feb 14, 2017 | Claim Construction, Request for Reconsideration
By Kamilah Alexander and Carl Kukkonen Conventional wisdom endorses the view that petitioning for a rehearing of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) final written decision is a waste of both attorney and client resources (i.e., time and money). Does...
by Carl Kukkonen | Jan 10, 2017 | Claim Construction, Federal Circuit Appeal
By Lin Yu Ph.D. and Carl Kukkonen In D’Agostino v. MasterCard Int’l Inc. 2016-1592 & 2016-1593, the Federal Circuit vacated the Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidation decisions in two related inter partes review proceedings, holding that the Board’s claim...
by Jones Day's PTAB Team | Feb 24, 2016 | Claim Construction
PPC Broadband, Inc. v. Corning Optical Commc’ns RF, LLC. In PPC Broadband, Inc. v. Corning Optical Commc’ns RF, LLC, 2015-1361 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 22, 2016), PPC appealed the PTAB’s decisions in four consolidated IPRs finding that each challenged claim in three patents...
by Jones Day's PTAB Team | Jan 27, 2016 | Claim Construction, PTAB Trial Basics
Cuozzo Speed Tech. v. Lee (Supreme Court 2015). On January 15th, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Cuozzo Speed Tech. v. Lee, agreeing to hear a challenge to the Federal Circuit’s February 2015 decision upholding the PTAB’s invalidation of certain...
