by Matthew Johnson | Oct 24, 2024 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Nicholas D’Andrea and Matt Johnson – On October 10, 2024, the USPTO issued a final rule allowing parties to proceed without backup counsel in AIA proceedings and implementing an automatic admission process for pro hac vice attorneys. Full text of the...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 17, 2024 | PTAB News
By Evan Tassis and Matt Johnson – On September 30, 2024, the USPTO issued a final rule governing the process for Director Review of proceedings under the AIA. This formalized the USPTO’s interim Director Review procedures implemented by the USPTO following the...
by Carl Kukkonen | Oct 9, 2024 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News
By Carl Kukkonen – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in an inter partes review: Keysight Technologies, Inc. and Palo Alto Networks, Inc. v. Centripetal Networks, LLC found a rule set file used by a network security program to be a “printed publication”...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 4, 2024 | PTAB News
By Lauren Kim and Matt Johnson – On June 12, 2024, the USPTO issued a final rule governing the pre-issuance circulation and review of decisions within the PTAB. This formalized current USPTO procedures within the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP4) adopted on...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 3, 2024 | Claim Construction, PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – The PTAB denied institution of inter partes review reasoning that Petitioner did not demonstrate a reasonable likelihood that Petitioner would prevail in establishing the unpatentability of any of the challenged claims. The...
by John Evans, Ph.D. | Sep 27, 2024 | Design Patents, Prior Art Issues, PTAB News
By Connor Scholes and John Evans – On August 6, 2024, the PTAB issued its first written decision applying a new test for obviousness of design patents. In Next Step Group, Inc. v. Deckers Outdoor Corp., IPR2024-00525, Paper 16 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 6, 2024)...
