by David Cochran | Apr 9, 2018 | Evidentiary Issues, PTAB Trial Basics
By: Rich Graham and Dave Cochran On April 2, 2018, the PTAB issued a final written decision in Fox Factory finding that the petitioner failed to carry its burden in showing the instituted claims were unpatentable as obvious. Fox Factory, Inc. v. SRAM, LLC,...
by John Evans, Ph.D. | Sep 27, 2024 | Design Patents, Prior Art Issues, PTAB News
By Connor Scholes and John Evans – On August 6, 2024, the PTAB issued its first written decision applying a new test for obviousness of design patents. In Next Step Group, Inc. v. Deckers Outdoor Corp., IPR2024-00525, Paper 16 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 6, 2024)...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 19, 2024 | Design Patents, Federal Circuit Appeal, Prior Art Issues
By John Evans, Jesse Wynn, and Erin Bies* – Those following this blog knew change was coming to design patent obviousness in the LKQ v. GM decision by the en banc Federal Circuit. In its May 21, 2024 decision, the court overruled the long-standing Rosen-Durling...
by John Evans, Ph.D. | May 23, 2024 | Design Patents, Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By John Evans and Jesse Wynn – The en banc Federal Circuit has overruled the Rosen-Durling test for design patent obviousness, holding that the Supreme Court’s KSR decision dictated “a more flexible approach . . . for determining non-obviousness.” LKQ v. GM,...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 7, 2023 | Final Written Decisions, PTAB News
By Adam J. Cook,* Christian Roberts, and Matt Johnson – On May 12, 2023, the Intel v. VLSI chronicle continued as the PTAB issued a final written decision holding that all of the challenged claims of VLSI’s U.S. Patent No. 7,725,759 (“the ’759 patent”) were...
