by Greg Castanias | Jan 17, 2019 | Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News, Time Limits
By Greg Castanias and Doug Pearson On January 11, 2019, Dex Media filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari seeking review of the Federal Circuit’s decision in Click-To-Call Tech. v. Ingenio, Inc., 899 F.3d 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2018) (en banc in relevant part). ...
by Matthew Johnson | Jan 17, 2019 | PTAB News
Jones Day was recognized by the legal publication Law360 for its 2018 “Practice Groups of the Year” awards in the Intellectual Property and Product Liability categories. Now in their ninth year, the awards “honor the law firms behind the litigation...
by David Maiorana | Jan 9, 2019 | PTAB News, Request for Reconsideration
By Dave Maiorana Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.5(d), communications with a Board member regarding a specific proceeding are not permitted “unless both parties have an opportunity to be involved in the communication.” This prohibition, however, does not extend to “referring to...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 27, 2018 | PTAB News
By Matt Johnson – The PTAB’s November statistics confirmed the expected jump in PTAB filings in November, with many petitioners seeking to file petitions before the changeover from the BRI to Phillips claim construction standard. 212 petitions for IPR,...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 26, 2018 | PTAB News, Stay
By Tom Ritchie and Matt Johnson In Microsoft Corp. v. Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the PTAB refused to stay ten IPRs filed by Microsoft while Patent Owner St. Regis appeals a Federal Circuit decision that tribal sovereign immunity cannot be asserted in an IPR proceeding....
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 24, 2018 | Pharmaceutical, PTAB News
Sen. Orrin Hatch has introduced a bill that would augment the Hatch-Waxman Act, limiting challengers ability to proceed with patent challenges both in court and at the PTAB. Following is the introduction of the “Hatch-Waxman Integrity Act of 2018.” The...