Emad Mahou

Irwin IP LLP

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Fair Shot at Privity: Director Reverses PTAB on Discovery Ruling

Semiconductor Components Indus., LLC v. Greenthread LLC, IPR2023-01242, -01243, -01244 (USPTO Apr. 30, 2025) - The USPTO Director’s recent decision in Semiconductor Components v. Greenthread squarely addresses a recurring...more

5/14/2025 / Administrative Procedure Act , Claim Construction , Discovery , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Remand , USPTO , Vacated

Published Patent Applications as Prior Art: Filing, Not Publication, is Everything

The Federal Circuit recently addressed a deceptively straightforward question: does a published U.S. patent application qualify as prior art as of the application’s filing date in inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings? ...more

1/28/2025 / Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Patent Applications , Patent Invalidity , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , USPTO

Standing in Limbo: What Platinum Optics v. Viavi Tells Us About IPR Appeals

Platinum Optics Tech. Inc. v. Viavi Solutions Inc., 2024 WL 3836107 (Fed. Cir. 2024) - On August 24, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) dismissed an appeal for lack of standing after a...more

9/10/2024 / CAFC , Corporate Counsel , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Patent Infringement , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents

EVERYBODY VS. PROFITEERS

In Re: Go & Associates, LLC, No. 2022-1961 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 22, 2024) - In an opinion made precedential at the PTAB’s request, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) affirmed a PTAB determination that a...more

2/2/2024 / Intellectual Property Litigation , Intellectual Property Protection , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents

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