by Tim Heverin | May 17, 2018 | Motions Practice
By: Tim Heverin The PTAB recently denied a motion for additional discovery that sought the production of documents argued to be relevant to inventorship. In Watson Laboratories, Inc. v. United Therapeutics, Corp., Case IPR2017-01621 and -01622 (PTAB April 27, 2018)...
by Carl Kukkonen | May 14, 2018 | Motions Practice, PTAB Trial Basics
By: Stephanie Brooker and Carl Kukkonen The Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) recently denied a Motion to Dismiss asserting the presence of a conflict of interest of USPTO Director Andrei Iancu. In St. Jude Medical, LLC. v. Snyders Heart Valve LLC, the Patent...
by Geoffrey Gavin | Jan 26, 2018 | Evidentiary Issues, Motions Practice, PTAB Trial Basics
By Geoffrey Gavin In a recent decision, the PTAB denied a petitioner’s request for authorization to file a motion to submit supplemental information directed to the level of ordinary skill in the art. Ooma, Inc. v. Deep Green Wireless LLC, IPR2017-01541, Paper 14...
by Jones Day's PTAB Team | Nov 23, 2015 | Motions Practice
The inter partes review (“IPR”) statute authorizes a patent owner (“PO”) to “file, after an IPR has been instituted, one motion to amend the patent to: (i) cancel any challenged patent claim,” and “(ii) for each challenged claim, propose a reasonable number of...
