

Request for Second Fintiv Preliminary Reply Denied
By Raffaella Faraoni and Carl Kukkonen - On January 19, 2021, Petitioner, 10X Genomics, requested via email authorization to file 1) a five page brief addressing the Board’s institution decision in Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Acorn Semi, LLC, IPR2020-01204, (Jan....

PTAB Greenlights Three Petitions Against One Patent
By Andrea Beathard, Sue Gerber, and Matt Johnson - Although the PTAB had previously stated that it would “rarely” be appropriate for a petitioner to file multiple petitions against the same patent, in Dolby Laboratories, Inc. v. Intertrust Technologies Corp., IPR...

Jones Day’s Fintiv-ITC Developments Tracker
By Michael Oblon, Matt Johnson, and Nick Bagnolo - Although first briefly mentioned as a possibility in the August 2018 Trial Practice Guide Update (page 10), outside of one instance (Bio-Rad Labs. v. 10X Genomics, IPR2019-00567; -00568, August 8, 2019), PTAB...

PTO Publishes Executive Summary Of AIA-Institution Comments
On January 19th, the PTO published an Executive Summary encapsulating stakeholder feedback received from the October 20, 2020 Request for Comments on institution of America Invents Act (AIA) proceedings. The USPTO received 822 comments from a wide range of...

Estoppel Estopped for Remanded Claims
By Marlee Hartenstein and Matt Johnson - In General Access Sols., Ltd. v. Sprint Spectrum, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00007-RWS, ECF No. 128 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 1, 2020), the Eastern District of Texas denied a motion to strike invalidity defenses as barred by IPR estoppel for...