by Lisa Furby | Feb 23, 2024 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Owen Carpenter, Lisa Furby, and Dave Maiorana – Director Vidal recently issued sanctions against OpenSky Industries (“OpenSky”) for attempted extortion during settlement negotiations and abuse of the IPR process for US Patent 7,725,759 and awarded $413,264.15...
by David Maiorana | Jul 20, 2023 | PTAB News
By Alexa Grillis,* David Linden, and Dave Maiorana – On June 2, 2023,the PTAB held the standard enunciated in Astoria Federal Sav. & Loan Ass’n v. Solimino, 501 U.S. 104 (1991) applies to claim preclusion determinations. This was yet another decision in the...
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...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 23, 2023 | PTAB News
By Christian Roberts and Matt Johnson – On December 22, 2022, Director Kathi Vidal issued a pair of decisions in the OpenSky v. VLSI saga, dismissing OpenSky Industries LLC (“OpenSky”) and Patent Quality Assurance LCC (“PQA”) from their respective challenges of...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 20, 2022 | PTAB News
By Anthony Bautista and Matt Johnson – In OpenSky Industries, LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Katherine Vidal, issued a precedential decision regarding OpenSky’s violation of the Director’s express order and...
