by Matthew Johnson | Jun 27, 2023 | Stay, Trial Institution
By Jessica Vedrani*, Misti Blount, and Matt Johnson – Congress implemented the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) to “establish a more efficient and streamlined patent system that [would] improve patent quality and limit unnecessary and counterproductive...
by Emily Tait | Feb 15, 2023 | PTAB News, Stay
By Steve Bradley, Emily Tait, and Marc Blackman – After finding that Apple infringed certain AliveCor patents related to wearable devices capable of monitoring a user’s cardiac activity, the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) entered a limited exclusion...
by Sarah Geers | Oct 22, 2021 | Amendment Practice, Estoppel, PTAB News, Standing, Stay
By Sarah Geers – We recently reported on bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Patrick Leahy (D) and John Cornyn (R) to significantly revamp certain features of the America Invents Act (AIA), ten years after its debut. This proposed legislation,...
by Matthew Johnson | Jan 6, 2021 | Stay
By Alex Li and Matt Johnson – District courts commonly stay patent litigation cases pending inter parties review (IPR) that assesses the validity of the patents-in-suit before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Such stay may be lifted or extended at...
by Gasper LaRosa | Oct 21, 2019 | Other News, Stay
By Gasper LaRosa and Stephanie M. Brooker What happens when patent claims are found unpatentable in inter partes review (“IPR”) and new claims are subsequently added to that patent through ex parte reexamination? The District Court for the Northern District of...
by John Marlott | Oct 1, 2019 | Stay
By John Marlott After SAS, does institution of an IPR make a district court more or less likely to stay a parallel litigation? Maybe, maybe not. In its April 2018 decision in SAS Institute v. Iancu, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the PTAB cannot take a selective,...
