by Doug Pearson | Jul 18, 2019 | PTAB News
By Doug Pearson The institution rate for post-grant challenges in current FY 2019 (Oct. 1, 2018 through May 31, 2019) stands at 63% compared to 60% in the previous fiscal year. Through May FY 2019, 957 IPR petitions, 38 PGR petitions, and 22 CBM petitions have been...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 17, 2019 | PTAB News
By Cathy Chin Eng and Matt Johnson Relying on 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has articulated its reluctance to review “follow-on” petitions challenging the validity of patents that have been previously subjected to inter partes review. As...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 16, 2019 | PTAB News
The USPTO has published a second update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (TPG) containing additional guidance about trial practice before the Board. The USPTO published the original TPG in August 2012, concurrent with the promulgation of the AIA Trial Rules. A first...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 10, 2019 | PTAB News
By Alex Li and Matt Johnson On July 2, 2019, Judge Cote of the Southern District of New York issued an opinion that denied a motion for a preliminary injunction ordering the defendant to withdraw its petitions for inter parties review (“IPR”) at the Patent Trial and...
by Marc S. Blackman | Jul 9, 2019 | Discovery, PTAB News
By Marc S. Blackman The PTAB recently granted a Patent Owner’s motion to take additional discovery of Petitioner’s expert. In particular, the PTAB ordered Petitioner’s expert to produce documents that identify materials he reviewed in preparing his declaration. ...
by David Maiorana | Jul 1, 2019 | PTAB News
By Bobby Karl* and Dave Maiorana In a precedential decision, issued June 14, 2019, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s ruling against the University of Minnesota, declining to dismiss petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”). The court rejected the university’s...
