by Carl Kukkonen | Mar 11, 2025 | Amendment Practice, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By Simon Maxwell and Carl Kukkonen – Back in May of 2020, European patent-licensing company Sisvel filed a flurry of lawsuits against a dozen tech companies who had allegedly infringed Sisvel’s portfolio of wireless communication and networking patents. A...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 7, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Standing
By Ellen Geyer and Matt Johnson – The Federal Circuit rejected a recent argument that the PTAB does not have inter partes review (IPR) jurisdiction over expired patents. Because even expired patents involve the grant of public rights, the court explained that...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 3, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Ashvi Patel and Matt Johnson – On Friday, the USPTO rescinded its June 21, 2022, guidance memorandum entitled “Interim Procedure for Discretionary Denials in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings with Parallel District Court Litigation.” That memorandum discussed...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 25, 2025 | PTAB News, Request for Reconsideration
By Sabrina Bellantoni and Matt Johnson – Recently, a Director Review was granted where Director Vidal vacated the Patent Trial and Appeals Board’s (“PTAB”) Final Written Decision and remanded back to the PTAB for further consideration of enablement. Duration...
by Sarah Geers | Feb 13, 2025 | PTAB News
By Sarah Geers and Connor Scholes – In the closing weeks of 2024, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal announced her departure in a November LinkedIn post, stating that she would leave the Office during the second week of December to rejoin the partnership of...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 11, 2025 | Federal Circuit, PTAB News
By Parth Matalia and Matt Johnson – Palo Alto Networks (PAN) filed a petition for inter partes review of Centripetal Networks’ patent—U.S. Patent No. 10,530,903—which is directed to a computing system for correlating packets in communication networks with a...
