PTAB Litigation Blog
  • Home
  • Cookie Policy
  • About
  • Advanced Topics
  • Contributors
  • Contacts
  • Design Patents
  • Discovery
  • District Court
  • Joinder
Select Page
Communications with, and Criticism by, FDA in Analyzing Obviousness

Communications with, and Criticism by, FDA in Analyzing Obviousness

by Cary Miller | Apr 30, 2019 | Patent Eligible Subject Matter, Pharmaceutical

By Cary Miller, Ph.D., and Jihong Lou, Ph.D. On April 26, 2019, the Federal Circuit affirmed three final written decisions of the Patent and Trial Appeal Board (“Board”) in related inter partes reviews (“IPRs”) in which the Board upheld the patentability of all the...
Federal Circuit Provides Guidance on Section 101 and CBMs

Federal Circuit Provides Guidance on Section 101 and CBMs

by David Maiorana | Apr 23, 2019 | CBMs, Patent Eligible Subject Matter

By Dave Maiorana On Thursday, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG Interactive Brokers, LLC, No. 17-2257 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2019), that provides another data point on how CBM review works.  Perhaps more...
Battling Boredom While Building Virtual Cities: PTAB Denies Claims as Patent-Ineligible

Battling Boredom While Building Virtual Cities: PTAB Denies Claims as Patent-Ineligible

by Carl Kukkonen | Jan 15, 2019 | CBMs, Patent Eligible Subject Matter

By Doug Clark and Carl Kukkonen Video game companies occasionally will take to the PTAB, seeking to invalidate each other’s patents.  Mobile game developer Supercell Oy (petitioner) filed a Post Grant Review (“PGR) after learning that the USPTO issued U.S. Pat. No....
Apple v. Ameranth: Federal Circuit Partially Reverses PTAB and Finds All Claims for Electronic Menus Unpatentable

Apple v. Ameranth: Federal Circuit Partially Reverses PTAB and Finds All Claims for Electronic Menus Unpatentable

by Carl Kukkonen | Dec 2, 2016 | CBMs, Federal Circuit Appeal, Patent Eligible Subject Matter

By Carl Kukkonen and Stephanie Brooker On November 29, 2016, in Apple Inc. v. Ameranth, Inc. 15-1703, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) findings of unpatentable independent claims in a Covered Business Method (CBM) review and...
USPTO Issues Memorandum re Recent Subject Matter Eligibility Decisions

USPTO Issues Memorandum re Recent Subject Matter Eligibility Decisions

by Matthew Johnson | Nov 3, 2016 | Patent Eligible Subject Matter

On November 2nd, the USPTO issued new guidance to Patent Examiners regarding § 101 subject matter eligibility. The memorandum provides guidance based on Federal Circuit decisions issued since the Office’s most recent, May 2016, update. The four page letter...
Next Entries »

About this blog

Follow us on Twitter

Categories

  • 325(d) issues
  • Amendment Practice
  • CBMs
  • Claim Construction
  • Design Patents
  • Discovery
  • District Court
  • Estoppel
  • Evidentiary Issues
  • Expert Witnesses
  • Federal Circuit
  • Federal Circuit Appeal
  • Final Written Decisions
  • Joinder
  • Motions Practice
  • Other News
  • Patent Eligible Subject Matter
  • Petitions
  • PGR
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Preliminary Responses
  • Prior Art Issues
  • PTAB News
  • PTAB Trial Basics
  • Real Party in Interest
  • Request for Reconsideration
  • Standing
  • Stay
  • Time Limits
  • Trial Institution
  • Uncategorized

Archives

Links

www.jonesday.com

About Jones Day's Intellectual Property Practice

Subscribe to Jones Day publications

  • Privacy
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RSS

The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Jones Day or its clients. The posts and information provided are for general information purposes and are not intended to be and should not be taken as legal advice.