by Matthew Johnson | May 6, 2019 | PTAB News
In this podcast, Jones Day’s Dave Cochran and Matt Johnson discuss recent developments in patent litigation and appeals, including the continuing importance of the PTAB as a jurisdiction of first choice for patent disputes in the United States, and the impact of the...
by Marc S. Blackman | Apr 26, 2019 | PTAB News
By Marc Blackman The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a preliminary injunction barring PTAB proceedings in view of a forum selection clause. Dodocase VR, Inc. v. MerchSource, LLC, 2018-1724 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2019). Dodocase, the owner of patents related to virtual...
by John Kinton | Apr 23, 2019 | PTAB News
By John Kinton Recently, the Federal Circuit breathed life, again, into U.S. Patent No. 7,802,310 (the ’310 patent), which is the subject of one of the longest running inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. In Pers. Web Techs., LLC v. Apple. Inc., ___ F.3d ___ (Fed....
by Matthew Johnson | Apr 22, 2019 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Matt Johnson Institution rates have ticked up while petition filing rates are even over fiscal year 2018. The running rate for institutions through the first six months of FY 2019 is at 64% compared to 60% in the previous year. Through March 2019, 763 IPR...
by Albert Liou | Apr 10, 2019 | PTAB News
By Albert Liou Recently, the PTAB issued its first ever final written decision in a post-AIA derivation proceeding in Andersen Corporation v. GED Integrated Solutions, Inc., Case DER2017-00007, Paper 57 (PTAB Mar. 20, 2019), finding that the Petitioner had not proved...
by Greg Castanias | Mar 6, 2019 | Federal Circuit, PTAB News
By Gregory A. Castanias, Daniel Kazhdan, and Jihong Lou As we wrote previously, the Federal Circuit sitting en banc held that a patent applicant can seek district court review of a PTO rejection of its application without having to pay for the time the PTO’s attorneys...