USPTO Holds Webinar to Discuss Supreme Court’s SAS Decision
By: Josh Nightingale and Matt Johnson – The PTAB held a “Chat with the Chief” webinar, during which Chief Judge David Ruschke discussed the SAS decision and PTAB procedures moving forward.
The Supreme Court’s SAS Decision Is Already Affecting Pending Proceedings
By: Dave Maiorana – The Federal Circuits SAS decision is having immediate impact on practice before the PTAB requiring practitioners to pay close attention to future changes.
When is it too late to petition for IPR?
By: Daniel Kazhdan, Jason M. Garr, John Marlott, and Greg Castanias – On remand from the en banc decision in Wi-Fi One, holding the Federal Circuit can review time bar decisions, the Federal Circuit panel considered whether parties in privity with a patent infringement defendant are time barred from challenging the patent in IPR after one year of the infringement complaint.
Change Is Coming (Maybe): Reviewing the AIA Reviews and 101 “Clarity”
By: Tom Koglman, Rich Graham, and S. Christian Platt – Director Iancu of the USPTO elaborates on his efforts to increase clarity and balance in the U.S. patent system following Mayo, Alice, and the AIA.
Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of IPRs
The Supreme Court held that PTAB Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) violate neither Article III nor the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution.