Inter Partes Review Proceedings

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Cumulative Art Rejections v. Estoppel: Balancing Competing Interests In IPR Petitions

by Baker Botts on

Inter Partes Review, or IPR, is one of the new procedures implemented through the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act that challenges a patent’s validity at the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent...more

Stays Pending Inter Partes Review - New Strategies For The New Rules

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As the Patent Trials and Appeals Board (“PTAB”) works through the first wave of filings under the new inter partes review (“IPR”) procedures, district courts are addressing an increasing volume of requests for stays pending...more

The First (and Second) Outright Win for the Patent Owner

by Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC on

In a heartening (to patent owners) reminder that invalidation in an IPR is not automatic, in ABB Inc. v. Roy-G-Biv Corp., IPR2013-00062 and IPR-00282, Paper 84 (April 11, 2014), the Board found that ABB failed to show that...more

Pre-AIA Litigation Triggers Time Bar for Inter Partes Review - Apple Inc. v. VirnetX, Inc. and Science Applications International...

by McDermott Will & Emery on

In response to a petitioner’s request for rehearing of a decision denying institution of an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) reiterated that...more

No “Second Bite at the Apple” for Non-Petitioner Defendants Seeking Stay Based on Pending IPR - Evolutionary Intelligence, LLC v....

by McDermott Will & Emery on

Addressing whether a non-petitioner defendant seeking a stay pending inter partes review (IPR) should be bound by the statutory estoppel requirements for an IPR petitioner, a district court granted the defendant’s motion for...more

1000 Petitions!

by Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC on

As of April 4, 2014, more than 1000 petitions for inter partes review have been filed. Since the first day, inter partes reviews have taken off with a steady stream of patent challenges....more

PTAB Terminates IPR Sua Sponte Where Claims Indefinite

by Foley & Lardner LLP on

As dictated by 35 U.S.C. § 311, a petitioner can pursue inter partes review (“IPR”) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “Board”) based on certain grounds of anticipation or obviousness under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102...more

The Board is Hesitant to Stay Proceedings

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In International Securities Exchange, LLC v. Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., CBM2013-00049, CBM2013-00050, and CBM2013-00051, Paper 19, (March 28, 2014), the Board declined to stay there covered business method reviews...more

Successfully Defends Another Patent in Inter Partes Review

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The news has been dreary, to date, for Patent Owners in Inter Partes Review proceedings. In view of that environment, we are proud to announce that Harness Dickey has successfully defended a second patent in an IPR...more

Stays pending inter partes review: the first year

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The America Invents Act, adopted in September 2011, introduced the new inter partes review (IPR) procedure, providing an opportunity to challenge the validity of issued patents at the US Patent and Trademark Office. Thus far,...more

Institution Decisions on March 26, 2014

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Institution Decisions - The Board instituted an inter partes review in Apple Inc. v. PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC., IPR 2013-00596, Paper 9 (March 26, 2014) of claims 24, 32, 70, 81, 82, and 86 (all of the challenged...more

Inter Partes Review Terminated Where PTAB Found That Challenged Claims Were Indefinite

by Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP on

Petitioner, BlackBerry Corporation and BlackBerry Limited ("Blackberry"), filed a petition on October 30, 2012, for an inter partes review ("IPR") of claims 1-12 of US Patent No. 6,871,048 ("the ?048 patent"). On March 18,...more

IPR Update -- The First Biotech IPR Decisions

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on

Earlier this month, on March 6, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") issued three related inter partes review opinions, marking the first set of opinions related to either the Biotech or Pharmaceutical industry. ...more

Institution Decisons on March 24, 2014

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Institution Decisions - In Aker Biomarine AS v. Neptune Technologies and Bioressources Inc., IPR2014-00003, Paper 22 (March 24, 2014) the Board instituted an inter partes review of claims 1-6, 9, 12, 13, 19-29, 32, 35,...more

The Two Front War: Concurrent CBM and IPR

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In comScore, Inc. v. Moat, Inc., IPR2013-00503, Paper 16 (March 17, 2014), the Board considered the parties motion to harmonize this inter partes review with a recently filed covered business method review, CMB2014-00071 on...more

Patent Trials Instituted on March 21, 2014

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Trials Instituted - The Board instituted an inter partes review of claims 1-31 of U.S. Patent No. 8,147,514 in Arthrex v. Bonutti Skeletal innovations LLC, IPR2013-00633, Paper 10 (March 21, 2014)...more

Inter Partes Review -- A Look Back

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on

March 16, 2014, marks the eighteen-month anniversary of the inter partes review ("IPR") system of challenging issued patents at the Patent Office. We thought that this would be an appropriate time to look back at the last...more

IP Newsflash - Indefiniteness of Claim Language Forces Board to Terminate Inter Partes Review Proceeding

by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on

Instead of issuing a final written order regarding patentability, a PTAB panel has terminated an inter partes review proceeding because it was unable to determine the scope of the claims at issue...more

Four More IPR Final Written Decisions Go Against Patent Owners

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On Monday, March 10th, the PTAB issued four additional Final Written Decisions, each of which resulting in total victory for the Petitioner. The first three were all related - Micron Tech., Inc. v. Board of Trustees of the...more

The Board Advises How to Settle an IPR

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In Commscope, Inc, v. Pangrac and Associates, IPR2013-00461, Paper 11 (March 5, 2014), the Board reminded the parties how to settle an IPR. Generally, the Board expects that a proceeding will terminate after the filing of a...more

March 3, 2014

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Institution Decisions - The Board issued an Decision Instituting Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 5,796,411 in Xerox Corp. v. RR Donnelley & Sons Co., IRP2013-00529. IPR was instittued as to claims 2, 4, and 6,...more

Communications Between Experts Discoverable in Inter Partes Review

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Given the rarity of a granted Motion for Additional Discovery, it is worth noting the circumstances of the Board’s decision in Apple Inc. v. Achates Reference Pub., Inc., IPR2013-00080; -00081 (Paper 58), wherein an exchange...more

Idle Free v. Bergstrom - Turning the Tables on Patent-Holders

by Baker Botts on

The “America Invents Act” (“AIA”), signed into law on September 16, 2011, dramatically reformed existing patent laws. One particularly important provision replaced Inter Partes Reexamination, a form of post-grant review, with...more

Arbitration Proceeding Do Not Trigger One-Year SOL for Inter Partes Review - Certain Computers and Computer Peripheral Devices,...

by McDermott Will & Emery on

In response to a patent owner’s post-institution motion to terminate an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding, an expanded panel of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) gave further definition to the triggering events of...more

Declaratory Judgment Dismissed Without Prejudice Does Not Bar Later IPR - Clio USA, Inc. v. The Procter and Gamble Company

by McDermott Will & Emery on

In an institution decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board), the Board made it clear that a prior declaratory judgment action filed by the petitioner, if voluntarily dismissed without prejudice, does not bar a...more

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