In inter partes review proceedings it brought for Austrian cochlear implant maker MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Ges.m.b.H., Haug Partners was successful in challenging all 24 claims of U.S. Patent 8,155,746, a cochlear...more
The rate at which the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “Board”) institutes Petitions for Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) has been in steady decline since the introduction of the IPR procedure in 2013, and is expected to...more
11/19/2020
/ Denial of Institution ,
Final Written Decisions ,
General Plastic Factors ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Parallel Proceedings ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
PTAB Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) ,
Trial Practice Guidance
In an appeal from the Northern District of California, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Security People’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA) suit challenging the constitutionality of inter partes...more
9/1/2020
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Collateral Attack ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Denial of Certiorari ,
Director of the USPTO ,
Due Process ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Review ,
Lack of Authority ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pre-AIA Patents ,
USPTO