by John Marlott | Oct 18, 2018 | Final Written Decisions, Request for Reconsideration, Trial Institution
By T. Kaitlin Crowder, John Marlott, and Dave Cochran The PTAB may institute IPR proceedings only on the basis of certain prior art that is potentially invalidating under § 102 (novelty) or § 103 (obviousness). The PTAB may not institute IPR on any other...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 9, 2018 | Trial Institution
By: Geoffrey K. Gavin and Matthew Johnson Last week, the PTAB denied a rehearing request by a patent owner who asserted that the PTAB’s institution decision failed to comply with PTAB rules, specifically 37 C.F.R. § 42.108, because the institution decision only...
by Jennifer Chheda, Ph.D. | Aug 27, 2018 | Federal Circuit, Trial Institution
By: Jennifer J. Chheda, Ph.D and John D. Kinton The Federal Circuit recently denied Power Integrations, Inc.’s (“PI”) attempt to obtain a writ of mandamus to circumvent the bar in 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) to appeal the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB”) decisions...
by Marc S. Blackman | Jul 28, 2018 | Trial Institution
By: Marc S. Blackman The PTAB recently exercised its discretion to deny institution of an IPR proceeding because a potentially dispositive claim construction issue was pending before the Federal Circuit. Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp v. Vehicle IP, LLC, Case...
by Sue Gerber | Jul 19, 2018 | 325(d) issues, Trial Institution
By: Susan M. Gerber The PTAB has discretion to deny “follow-on” petitions that challenge the validity of a patent that has been previously subjected to inter partes review. See 35 U.S.C. § 314(a); Gen. Plastic Indus. Co. Ltd. v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Case...
by Doug Pearson | Jan 18, 2018 | Estoppel, Trial Institution
By Doug Pearson With institution rates of IPR petitions continuing to slide, and with district courts determining (depending on narrow or broad readings of the Shaw case) how estoppel may or may not apply in district court to noninstituted IPR grounds, a natural...
