Fed. Cir. Rejects PTAB Decision on Mystery Shopper Patent; Returns to Sender
By Carl Kukkonen - The Federal Circuit in AMC Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. Fall Line Patents (Fed. Circ. September 30, 2021, op. 21-1051) held that the PTAB partially abused its discretion when upholding one claim of U.S. Patent No. 9,454,748 for which the patent owner Fall...
Some Conditions May Apply – Fintiv Factor 4 Analysis
By Alison Ibendahl and Albert Liou - In a recent decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board granted institution of inter partes review after accepting the Petitioner Microsoft’s stipulation to forego overlapping challenges in parallel district court proceedings...
Fed. Cir. Rejects New IPR Constitutional Challenges
By: Jennifer J. Chheda - In Mobility Workx, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC, the Federal Circuit in a split decision concluded that Mobility Workx, LLC’s constitutional challenges to structure and funding of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) are without merit,...
Leahy-Corbin Proposals for “Restoring the America Invents Act”
By Sarah Geers - We recently reported on bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Patrick Leahy (D) and John Cornyn (R) to significantly revamp certain features of the America Invents Act (AIA), ten years after its debut. This proposed legislation, entitled the...
Fed. Cir. Directs Dismissal of Ex Parte Reexam
By Jennifer Chheda - On September 29, 2021, the Federal Circuit in In re: Vivint, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2021) held that 35 U.S.C. § 325(d) applies to both inter partes review (IPR) petitions and requests for ex parte reexamination. Accordingly, the Federal Circuit found...