by Matthew Johnson | Dec 29, 2022 | Joinder, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – The PTAB denied a request for institution and joinder because the petitioner was the petitioner in one other instituted IPR directed to the same patent, and the petitioner did not explain adequately to the PTAB why another...
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....
