by Matthew Johnson | Oct 9, 2026 | Claim Construction, District Court, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Ash Hashmi,* Cameron Hart, Ashvi Patel, and Matt Johnson – The USPTO designated as informative three recent Director decisions denying institution of IPR in response to inconsistent claim construction by petitioners in parallel litigation before the PTAB and...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 17, 2026 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Robby Breetz, Ali Morgan,* and Matt Johnson – On May 12, 2026, the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), John Squires, granted a patent owner’s motion to terminate three related inter partes reviews (“IPRs”) based on the...
by Mike Lavine | Sep 4, 2026 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Mike Lavine – In Microsoft Corporation v. Sandpiper CDN, LLC, IPR2026-00180 (Paper 15, May 6, 2026), Director Squires denied Sandpiper CDN’s request for discretionary denial of Microsoft’s IPR petition, finding that (1) not all of Microsoft’s challenges...
by Bill Devitt | Jul 31, 2026 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Bill Devitt, Ashvi Patel, and Maddy Hemphill* – In Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. v. Kurin, Inc., IPR2026-00097 (“Decision”), Director Squires issued a precedential decision denying institution of inter partes review (“IPR”)—and in doing so, also...
by John Evans, Ph.D. | Jul 23, 2026 | Design Patents, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By John Evans and Tyler Fertel* – It’s been a decade since we first reported early statistics on design patent IPR/PGR outcomes. Time for an update—and the numbers tell an interesting story. Design patents remain notoriously hard to challenge, with a...
by David Maiorana | Jun 29, 2026 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By David Linden and Dave Maiorana – Recently, the Director issued a memorandum identifying inter partes review (“IPR”) and post grant review (“PGR”) institution factors designed to promote American innovation and manufacturing. Director Squires noted that...
