by Mike Lavine | May 16, 2025 | District Court, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Mike Lavine – On April 16, 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied institution of inter partes review (IPR) for several claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,187,307, owned by Universal Connectivity Technologies, Inc. HP Inc., Dell Technologies Inc., Dell...
by John Marlott | Jan 2, 2025 | District Court, PTAB News
By Connor Scholes, Daniel Sloan, and John Marlott – Third-party IPRs can moot previously favorable decisions and leave a previously successful party to bear its own costs. On October 16, 2024, Judge Rodney Gilstrap denied the plaintiff’s Motion to be Confirmed...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 18, 2024 | District Court, Estoppel, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Levent Herguner, Derek Walker, and Matt Johnson – The Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (“PREVAIL”) Act has moved to the Senate for a full vote after passing the Senate Judiciary Committee vote 11-10 on November 21,...
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...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 28, 2024 | District Court, Estoppel, PTAB News
By Shane Padilla, Matt Chung, Sarah Geers, and Matt Johnson – The Federal Circuit recently issued a decision in SoftView LLC v. Apple Inc. clarifying the scope of patent owner estoppel set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(d)(3)(i). 2024 WL 3543902 (Fed. Cir. July 26,...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 15, 2024 | District Court, PTAB News
By Nick Marasco,* Matt Modderman, Matt Johnson – The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware recently issued a protective order settling a dispute over the scope of a proposed prosecution bar. Aerin Medical Inc. v. Neurent Medical Inc., No. 23-756, Dkt....
