by Greg Castanias | Oct 5, 2017 | Amendment Practice, Federal Circuit
By Greg Castanias, Jaclyn Stahl, John Marlott, and Dave Cochran In yesterday’s decision in Aqua Products, Inc. v. Matal, No. 15-1177 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 4, 2017) (en banc), the Federal Circuit issued five opinions, spanning 148 pages, addressing the question of who bears...
by John Marlott | Sep 1, 2017 | PTAB News
By Christian Damon and John Marlott In a prior post we compared the different standards for claim indefiniteness applied by courts in litigation and by the USPTO during pre-issuance and post-issuance proceedings. Another of our previous posts profiled a real-world...
by Cary Miller | Nov 2, 2018 | Amendment Practice
By Cary Miller, Ph.D. The USPTO has proposed a pilot program intended to make it easier to amend claims before the PTAB. (See the USPTO’s Request for Comments on Motion to Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings under the America Invents Act before the...