by Matthew Johnson | May 15, 2025 | Estoppel, Prior Art Issues, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Omar Jishi and Matt Johnson – In IOENGINE, LLC v. Ingenico Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2025), the Federal Circuit narrowed the scope of IPR estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2), which precludes an IPR petitioner from asserting in court that a patent claim “is invalid on...
by Carl Kukkonen | May 8, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Carl Kukkonen – In two recent decisions, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied institution of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings sought by Apple Inc. against Haptic, Inc. regarding U.S. Patent No. 9,996,738 B2. These decisions—IPR2024-01475 and...
by David Maiorana | May 7, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By David Linden, Dave Maiorana, and Sue Gerber – On August 22, 2024, Hulu, LLC (“Hulu”) filed two separate petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 11,463,768 (“the ’768 Patent”), assigned to Piranha Media Distribution, LLC (“Piranha”). The...
by Matthew Johnson | Apr 25, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Shane Padilla and Matt Johnson – Recently, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) was persuaded to consider the merits of three out of seven concurrent petitions for an inter partes review of a single patent due to the patent’s complicated claiming...
by Matthew Johnson | Apr 8, 2025 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Ernie Oleksy and Matt Johnson – The PTAB recently provided a pre-AIA priority analysis for reference patents in Roku, Inc. v. Anonymous Media Research Holdings, LLC, No. IPR2024-01057, Paper 10 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 10, 2025). This decision highlights the...
by Matthew Johnson | Apr 3, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Joshua Nightingale and Daniel Sloan – Recent developments at the USPTO suggest a significant shift in favor of the PTAB exercising discretionary denial and uncertainty on behalf of parties to PTAB proceedings. On March 24, 2025, following the February 28,...
