by John Evans, Ph.D. | Sep 13, 2019 | PTAB News
By Kerry Barrett and John Evans Inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings often arise in the context of high-stakes patent infringement litigation, and district courts frequently stay litigation pending parallel IPRs, which may fully resolve a patent-in-suit’s...
by Albert Liou | Aug 12, 2019 | Claim Construction, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Albert Liou On August 8, 2019, the Patent Trial Appeal Board held a Boardside Chat webinar to discuss the July 2019 changes to the AIA Trial Practice Guide. Vice Chief Administrative Judges Michael Tierney and Tim Fink led the discussion on the various changes...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 25, 2019 | Amendment Practice, Discovery, Joinder, Motions Practice, PTAB News
By Catharina Chin Eng and Matt Johnson Our prior post on the PTAB’s second update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (TPG), published July 15, 2019, highlighted the additional guidance provided for petitions, patent owner preliminary responses and claim construction. ...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 23, 2019 | Amendment Practice, Claim Construction, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Catharina Chin Eng and Matt Johnson On July 15, 2019, the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) published a second update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (TPG) (“2nd Update”), providing additional guidance for trial practice before the Board. The original...
by Carl Kukkonen | Jul 22, 2019 | Evidentiary Issues, PTAB News
By Carl Kukkonen The PTAB panel in Focal Therapeutics, Inc. v. SenoRx, Inc., Case IPR2014-00116 (PTAB July 21, 2014) (Paper 19), provided certain clarifications with regard to the ability to confer with witnesses during examination. This clarification was in response...
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...
