by Emily Tait | Nov 8, 2018 | Other News, PTAB Trial Basics
By: Emily Tait UPDATE: Oral Argument was held in this case in February 2019. On October 26, 2018, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, et al. (17-1594) to address whether the U.S. government is a “person” who may...
by Emily Tait | Jul 11, 2018 | Other News
By: Emily Tait and Lauren Willens UPDATE: In October, the Supreme Court granted the Petition in this case. The America Invents Act (“AIA”) provides that a “[a] person may not file a petition for [covered business method review] unless the person or the person’s real...
by Tim Heverin | Jul 6, 2018 | Other News
By: Tim Heverin The effects of SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu, 138 S.Ct. 1348 (2018), continue to reverberate throughout the PTAB and federal district courts. In Prisusa Engineering Corp. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al., No. 1:16-cv-21761-KMM (S.D. Fla. June 12,...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 2, 2018 | Other News
By: Alex K. Chung and Matt Johnson Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the namesake and coauthor of the Hatch-Waxman Act, proposed (but has not yet introduced) an amendment titled the “Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2018” during the Senate Judiciary Committee held on June...
by Greg Castanias | Jun 29, 2018 | Other News
In a Supreme Court matter argued on behalf of software developer SAS Institute Inc., Jones Day successfully challenged part of how the U.S. Patent Office’s Patent Trial and Appeals Board conducts its inter partes review proceedings. But that’s just half...
by David Maiorana | Mar 22, 2018 | Other News
By: Jaime Choi and Dave Maiorana On March 20, 2018, Reps. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) and Bill Foster (D-Ill.) announced in an article that they would introduce the STRONGER Patents Act to the U.S. House of Representatives. More formally referred to as The Support...
