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The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 2011 aimed at simplifying the U.S. patent system and allowing inventions to be brough to market sooner. The AIA makes significant changes to the patent system, including changing from a first-to-invent scheme to a first-to-file scheme, eliminating interference proceedings and developing post-grant opposition. less -

For CBM Review, Both Aspects of Technology Exception Must Be Addressed

McDermott Will & Emery on 11/5/2019

In an opinion regarding a covered business method (CBM) review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit adopted a new claim construction and found the PTAB’s decision on CBM...more

Federal Circuit Remands CBM Review Decision, Asks PTAB to Explain Meaning of Part One of “Technological Invention” Exception

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/17/2019

The Federal Circuit vacated a PTAB decision invalidating all challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,908,842 (’842 Patent) and ordered the PTAB to reconsider whether the patent should have been disqualified from covered...more

Latest Federal Court Cases - September 2019 #4

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 10/1/2019

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - SIPCO, LLC v. Emerson Electric Co., Appeal No. 2018-1635 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 25, 2019) - In this appeal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) final written decision regarding covered...more

Trial Practice Guide Updates – Multiple Petitions, Claim Construction, and PO Testimonial Evidence

Jones Day on 7/24/2019

On July 15, 2019, the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) published a second update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (TPG) (“2nd Update”), providing additional guidance for trial practice before the Board. The...more

Changes to PTAB’s Claim Construction Standard - Intellectual Property News

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/16/2018

On October 10, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it will issue a final rule changing the claim construction standard for interpreting claims in inter partes review (IPR), post-grant...more

PTAB Adopts Phillips Claim Construction Standard for AIA Challenges

Williams Mullen on 10/15/2018

Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“Patent Office”) published its Final Rule Package modifying the claim construction standard used in challenges before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”), including...more

PTAB Adopts the Phillips Claim Construction Standard in AIA Proceedings

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 10/12/2018

Today the Patent Trial and Appeal Board announced a final rule changing the claim construction standard for interpreting claims in inter partes review (“IPR”), post-grant review (“PGR”), and covered business method patent...more

PTAB Abandons Its Practice Of Broadly Interpreting Claims Of Challenged Patents In Favor Of Phillips Standard Of “Ordinary And...

Troutman Pepper on 10/12/2018

In a final rule published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2018, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) took a remarkable step of acknowledging unfairness in the way its Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has...more

USPTO Changes Claim Construction Standard Used In AIA Trial Proceedings

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 10/12/2018

On October 10, 2018, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) published a final rule that changes the current “broadest reasonable interpretation” or BRI standard used in inter partes review (IPR), post grant...more

Coming Soon: New Claim Construction Standard for Many AIA Trial Proceedings

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 10/11/2018

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today, Octoer 10, 2018, that it is issuing a final rule that will change the claim construction standard applied during many inter partes review (IPR), post-grant review...more

Federal Circuit: Pre-IPR Institution Disclaimer of Claims Insufficient to Avoid Adverse Judgment

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/20/2018

At this point, several cases have examined the appealability of the Board’s institution decisions in inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings. See, e.g., Cuozzo Speed Techs., LLC v. Lee, 136 S. Ct. 2131, 2142 (2015) (holding...more

The USPTO Amends AIA Trial Rules: 4 Changes That You Need To Know

Knobbe Martens on 4/4/2016

On April 1, 2016, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued amended final rules that govern trials under the America Invents Act (AIA), including inter partes review, post-grant review, covered business method...more

Is Inter Partes Review Set for Supreme Court Review?

K&L Gates LLP on 10/19/2015

In re Cuozzo Speed Tech., LLC presented the Federal Circuit with its first opportunity to address important, open questions about how the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) handles its relatively new Inter Partes Review...more

PTAB Prevails in First Appeal of a CBM Review - Versata Development Group, Inc. v. SAP America, Inc.

McDermott Will & Emery on 9/4/2015

In the first appeal of a covered business method (CBM) review, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB or Board) decision, and explained that the eligibility of a...more

Federal Circuit Answers Questions About Covered Business Method Review Proceedings

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/23/2015

In Versata Development Group, Inc. v. SAP America, Inc., the Federal Circuit outlined the permitted extent of judicial review of Covered Business Method (CBM) patent review proceedings conducted by the USPTO Patent Trial and...more

Versata Development Group, Inc. v. SAP America, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2015)

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 7/16/2015

Section 18 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) established a transitional program through which the USPTO conducts post-grant reviews of covered business method (CBM) patents. For the most part, § 18 incorporates...more

Versata: The Federal Circuit Explains the Parameters and Appealability of CBM Proceedings

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/15/2015

On July 9, 2015, the Federal Circuit decided its first appeal of a covered business method (“CBM”) patent review. In Versata Development Group Inc. v. SAP America, Inc. et al., Case No. 14-1194 (Fed. Cir. July 9, 2015)...more

Does the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard Make Sense?

Troutman Pepper on 1/6/2015

Two of the earliest challenges to patents under the new post grant proceedings established by the America Invents Act (AIA) are now on appeal to the Court of the Appeals for the Federal Circuit and both appeals are taking...more

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