[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski]
Love it or hate it, ignore the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at your peril. The introduction of the PTAB as part of the America Invents Act over ten years ago has forever changed...more
3/7/2022
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You selected your experts – Ms. Boot (an expert for the patent owner, SneakRTech) and Dr. Slipper, PhD (an expert for the Petitioner, BadGuys) - to assist SneakRTech at the PTAB in cases involving aglet patents against...more
7/24/2018
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The Board has moved the 103 target without warning.
As noted in last month’s article on POPR (Patent Owner Preliminary Response) declarations, the Board is using POPR declarations to deny institution for lack of motivation...more
On Friday, March 9, 2018, more than 50 participants at Sterne Kessler’s inaugural Global IP Strategy Conference discussed the PTAB’s reliance on expert declarations at the institution phase. The Board is relying on these...more
The PTAB Strategies and Insights Newsletter is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire patent life cycle in a global portfolio.
This month we tackle three important...more