by Matthew Johnson | Mar 3, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Ashvi Patel and Matt Johnson – On Friday, the USPTO rescinded its June 21, 2022, guidance memorandum entitled “Interim Procedure for Discretionary Denials in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings with Parallel District Court Litigation.” That memorandum discussed...
by Lisa Furby | Feb 21, 2025 | Discovery, Evidentiary Issues, PTAB Trial Basics
By Lisa Furby and Jim Twieg – “Because Congress intended inter partes reviews to serve as a faster and more cost-effective alternative to litigating validity in district courts, discovery in inter partes reviews is limited.” See Garmin Int’l, Inc. v....
by Matthew Johnson | Jan 28, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Derek Walker, Evan Tassis, and Matt Johnson – The PTAB recently denied institution of inter partes review of a patent directed to deep packet inspection in software defined networks in Juniper Networks, Inc. v. Orckit Corporation, IPR2024-00895. Applying the...
by Matthew Johnson | Jan 23, 2025 | Federal Circuit, Prior Art Issues, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Adam J. Cook and Michael Oblon – On appeal from an inter partes review (“IPR”), the Federal Circuit held that, under pre-America Invents Act (“pre-AIA”) law, a published patent application is prior art as of its filing date as opposed to its later date of...
by Matthew Johnson | Jan 22, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Pranita Dhungana and Matt Johnson – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently denied institution in an inter partes review (“IPR”) where Petitioner later filed a parallel petition against the same claims of the same patent. Shenzhen Root Tech....
by Carl Kukkonen | Jan 16, 2025 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Carl Kukkonen – The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently released its Fiscal Year 2024 roundup for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) America Invents Act (AIA) proceedings. This comprehensive report provides valuable insights into the...
