by Matthew Johnson | Dec 1, 2022 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Ashvi Patel and Matt Johnson – Patent Owner, IP Bridge, filed a patent infringement suit against Petitioner, Ericsson, for infringement of seven of its patents directed at radio communication between a base station and a mobile station and related apparatuses...
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 23, 2022 | PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Simon Maxell* and Matt Johnson – On March 3, 2021, Via Transportation, Inc. (Plaintiff/Patent Owner) filed an infringement suit against RideCo Inc. (Defendant/Petitioner) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas for infringement of U.S....
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 16, 2022 | Prior Art Issues, Trial Institution
By Matt Modderman,* Robby Breetz, and Matt Johnson – A PTAB panel recently denied IPR institution where one of the asserted prior art references was non-analogous and thus the POSITA would not have made the proposed § 103 combination. The Chamberlain Group, LLC v....
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 10, 2022 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Emily Tait and Jack Graves* – A PTAB panel recently granted a Petitioner’s motion to submit a second expert declaration that directly addressed deficiencies identified by the PTAB’s Institution Decision. While a “close” case, the panel concluded that allowing the...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 19, 2022 | PGR, Trial Institution
By Nicolas Aalberg,* Evan Jones, and Matt Johnson – On June 10, 2022, the PTAB in Apple Inc. v. MemoryWeb LLC denied Apple’s “conditional” IPR petition but instituted review of Apple’s concurrently-filed PGR petition, finding that MemoryWeb’s U.S. Patent No....
by Josh Nightingale | Aug 10, 2022 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Luke Cipolla*, Robby Breetz, and Josh Nightingale – The USPTO released a study in June 2022 that analyzed the prevalence of Fintiv denials occurring between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2021. The Study focused on data illustrating how often patent owners...