by Matthew Johnson | Oct 17, 2025 | District Court, Petitions, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Time Limits, Trial Institution
By Matt Johnson – On October 17th, the PTAB issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding criteria for the Office to apply when making discretionary denial determinations. The proposed rule would: Require an IPR petitioner to file a stipulation not to pursue...
by Bill Devitt | Feb 1, 2024 | Petitions, Prior Art Issues, Trial Institution
By Connor Scholes, Owen Carpenter, Bill Devitt, and Dave Maiorana – In Apple Inc. v. DoDots Licensing Sols. LLC, IPR2023-00939, Paper 12 (PTAB Jan. 3, 2024) (“Decision”), the PTAB clarified what is and what is not part of the prior art, and as such what can be...
by Josh Nightingale | Jan 23, 2024 | Petitions, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Daniel Sloan and Josh Nightingale – The PTAB recently declined to exercise its discretion to deny IPR, instituting review in BMW of North America, LLC v. NorthStar Systems LLC, IPR2023-01017, Paper 12 (Dec. 8, 2023). There, the PTAB held that (1) a Sotera...
by Josh Nightingale | Feb 28, 2023 | Petitions, PGR, Trial Institution
By Ashvi Patel and Josh Nightingale – Samsung Electronics Co. (“Samsung”) recently faced the issue of determining whether U.S. Patent No. 11,163,823 (“the ‘823 patent”) is a pre- or post-AIA patent. Hedging its bets, Samsung concurrently filed two petitions—one...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 27, 2022 | Petitions, PTAB News
By Ashvi Patel* and Matt Johnson – Patent Owner, C.R. Laurence Co. Inc. (CRL), filed a patent infringement suit against Petitioner, Frameless Hardware Company LLC (FHC) for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,074,413 (the ‘413 patent) directed to framing members...
by Josh Nightingale | Nov 3, 2021 | Petitions
By Alex Li and Josh Nightingale – The first step in requesting an inter partes review (IPR) of a granted patent is the filing of a petition before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), in which the petitioner states the grounds for the invalidity of the...
