by John Evans, Ph.D. | Apr 27, 2020 | Design Patents, Other News
By Kerry Barrett and John Evans – Last October, the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s decision that a challenged design patent was not obvious. Campbell Soup Co. v. Gamon Plus, Inc., 939 F.3d 1335 (Fed. Cir. 2019). We wrote about how the court applied a more...
by Gasper LaRosa | Oct 21, 2019 | Other News, Stay
By Gasper LaRosa and Stephanie M. Brooker What happens when patent claims are found unpatentable in inter partes review (“IPR”) and new claims are subsequently added to that patent through ex parte reexamination? The District Court for the Northern District of...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 6, 2019 | Other News
Jones Day’s PTAB Litigation Blog launched August 19, 2015. 428 posts later, it has become one of the most widely recognized and read PTAB practice blogs in existence. Jones Day partners Dave Cochran and Matt Johnson talk about the history and rationale for the...
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,...
