Federal Circuit Grants Rehearing and Remands IPR to PTAB post-SAS
By: Geoffrey K. Gavin – The Federal Circuit considers a post-grant rehearing request in view of SAS Institute, where the PTAB’s final written decision addressed only some claims.
Major Patent Offices Meet to Discuss Adoption of AI Tools
By: Carl A. Kukkonen and Matt Johnson – Heads of the IP5, the World’s Five Largest Intellectual Property Offices, meet to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence.
Winner’s Playbook: Behind The Scenes Of The SAS Case
By: Greg Castanias, David Cochran, and John Marlott – Three Jones Day partners explain how they took the SAS Institute case to the Supreme Court and changed the U.S. patent system.
Unsupported Expert Opinion Insufficient To Contradict The Prior Art
By: Tom Ritchie and Matt Johnson – The Federal Circuit considered a PTAB determination that unsupported expert testimony was entitled to sufficient weight to contradict a prior art reference.
Use Caution When Considering Multiple IPRs Against a Single Patent
By: Jason Garr and Dave Cochran – A recent PTAB decision provides a tale of caution to practitioners considering multiple inter partes review petitions against a single patent.