by Josh Nightingale | Sep 1, 2022 | Discovery, PTAB News
By Christian Roberts and Josh Nightingale – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently denied a Petitioner’s Motion for Additional Discovery. Scientific Design Co., Inc. v. Shell Oil Co., IPR2021-01537, Paper 18 (PTAB Aug. 12, 2022). In an inter partes...
by John Evans, Ph.D. | Aug 26, 2022 | District Court, Estoppel, PTAB News
By Lisa Furby, John Evans, and Michelle Smit – After a final written decision issues, an IPR petitioner is statutorily estopped from going back to the district court and arguing that the same claims are “invalid on any ground that the petitioner raised or...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 23, 2022 | Evidentiary Issues, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Sue Gerber and Matt Johnson – While creativity has its place in advocacy, it can be taken too far. The Petitioner learned this lesson the hard way in Unified Patents Inc. v. American Patents LLC, IPR2019-00482, Paper 132 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 3, 2022). In this...
by Carl Kukkonen | Aug 17, 2022 | Evidentiary Issues, PTAB News
By Carl Kukkonen – In Salesforce.com, Inc. v. WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing and Development, the Board denied institution of inter partes review of a patent directed to providing content to a limited display terminal (e.g., a PDA) because...
by Josh Nightingale | Aug 10, 2022 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Luke Cipolla*, Robby Breetz, and Josh Nightingale – The USPTO released a study in June 2022 that analyzed the prevalence of Fintiv denials occurring between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2021. The Study focused on data illustrating how often patent owners...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 4, 2022 | 325(d) issues, PTAB News
By Ibrahim Ijaz,* Evan Jones, and Matt Johnson – On July 6, 2022, a panel of three Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) administrative patent judges granted institution of inter partes review (“IPR”) in STMicroelectronics, Inc. v. Trustees of Purdue...
