by David Maiorana | Mar 26, 2020 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By Nate Andrews, John Marlott, and Dave Maiorana – On March 23, 2020, the Federal Circuit denied rehearing and rehearing en banc in Arthrex. Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., No. 18-2140, Order Denying Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc, Dkt. 115. The...
by John Marlott | Mar 24, 2020 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By Nate Andrews, John Marlott, and Dave Maiorana On Monday, March 23, 2020, the Federal Circuit denied rehearing and rehearing en banc in the Arthrex appeal that found PTAB ALJs to be unconstitutional appointments. Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., No....
by John Evans, Ph.D. | Mar 23, 2020 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By John Evans – On Monday, the Federal Circuit issued a per curiam order denying en banc rehearing that had been requested by all three of the parties to the Arthrex decision, where the Federal Circuit found that PTAB ALJs had been unconstitutional...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 18, 2020 | PTAB News
By Nate Andrews and Matt Johnson – The full Federal Circuit denied rehearing in Polaris. Polaris Innovations Ltd. v. Kingston Technology Company, No. 2018-1831. As previously discussed, both the U.S. government and Polaris requested rehearing after the court...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 16, 2020 | PTAB News
By Matt Johnson – On March 13th, the PTAB issued the following notice: Until further notice, examiner and examining attorney interviews, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) oral hearings, and other similar in-person...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 10, 2020 | PTAB News
On Monday, the PTAB Bar Association postponed its 2020 annual conference scheduled for this week, stating: The PTAB Bar Association has made the difficult decision to postpone this week’s conference in light of the increasing spread of COVID-19 and the uncertainty...
