Common Sense Prevails -
B/E Aerospace, Inc. appealed a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that found certain claims of B/E's aircraft lavatory-related patents obvious.
B/E contended that...more
Federal Circuit Upholds Invalidity of Video Game Patent Despite Board's Incorrect Claim Construction -
CG Technology Development, LLC (CG Tech) appealed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's Final Written Decision holding...more
Catalog Distributed at Conference (Not "Open to the Public") Is Publicly Accessible -
GoPro, Inc. appealed from final written decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in two inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. In...more
Shapes and Shading of Graphical User Interface Not Enough to Uphold Validity -
In a nonprecedential decision, the Federal Circuit found all challenged claims directed to a graphical user interface of a U.S. Patent obvious...more
On July 27, 2017, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Audatex North America, Inc. v. Mitchell International, Inc., upholding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) decision in which...more
USPTO's Conclusion of Obviousness Rendered Primary Reference Unsatisfactory for Intended Purpose -
In a nonprecedential opinion, the Federal Circuit vacated a decision by the Board and remanded the case on appeal from...more
"Intuitive" to Combine Insufficient to Support Obviousness Rejection -
The Federal Circuit recently issued a decision in an appeal from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board in a case...more
HP Inc. and SAP America, Inc. filed a Petition seeking a covered business method (CBM) patent review of claims 15 and 20–34 of U.S. Patent No. 6,343,275 owned by Big Baboon, Inc. The PTAB, however, determined that the...more
7/21/2016
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Covered Business Method Patents ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Estoppel ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Software Patents
Thomas Steed, Sourav Bhattacharya, and Sandeep Seshadrijois (collectively "Steed") filed a patent application entitled "Web-Integrated On-Line Financial Database System and Method for Debt Recovery," on April 6, 2004, with...more
10/6/2015
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Due Process ,
Evidence ,
Inventors ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Pro Se Litigants ,
Reduction to Practice ,
USPTO ,
Waivers
In This Issue:
- After B&B Hardware, What is the Full Scope of Estoppel Arising From a PTAB Decision in District Court Litigation?
- When You Don’t Know What You Know: The Role of Unappreciated Inherency in the...more
6/3/2015
/ America Invents Act ,
B&B Hardware v Hargis Industries ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Estoppel ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Software ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO