Eleventh Amendment Revisited – Board Again Finds Sovereign Immunity Applies to PTAB
By Josh Sallmen and Joe Sauer Less than four months after its decision in Covidien LP v. University of Florida Research Foundation Incorporated, finding that Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity applies to PTAB proceedings, the Board has again dismissed an IPR...
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in SAS Institute to Review Board’s Partial Decision Practice
By Greg Castanias On Monday, May 22, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review the Federal Circuit’s decision in SAS Institute Inc. v. Lee, No. 16-969. The petition for certiorari, which was filed by Jones Day lawyers Greg Castanias, John Marlott, and Dave...
Unmet Garmin Factor 3 Proves Fatal for Additional Discovery Request
By Emily Lamm and Matt Johnson In Polygroup Ltd. v. Willis Electric Co., Ltd., the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied a Patent Owner request for documents already provided in a co-pending lawsuit but restricted from use by a protective order. IPR2016-01610, Paper...
EDTX Interprets Federal Circuit Precedent Narrowly, Recommends Applying §315 Estoppel Broadly
By Geoffrey Gavin and Marlee Hartenstein In Biscotti Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., Magistrate Judge Payne recommended that estoppel under §315(e) apply broadly against Microsoft in an upcoming patent infringement trial scheduled for early June 2017. No....
Secondary Considerations Carry The Day
By Dave Maiorana We have previously reported (on February 1, on March 1, and on March 30) how patent owners have seen a mixed bag of results in trying to convince PTAB panels that secondary considerations of non-obviousness were sufficient to outweigh a prima facie...