The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more
3/3/2020
/ Administrative Patent Judges ,
America Invents Act ,
Estoppel ,
Follow-On Patent Petitions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Discretion ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Motion to Amend ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
USPTO
In a precedential decision Realtime (page 8-9) and a follow-on non-precedential decision Polygroup (page 15), two Federal Circuit panels (with Dyk on each) appear to hold that a single two-reference obviousness Ground, when...more
2/27/2019
/ Alternative Pleadings ,
Appeals ,
Follow-On Patent Petitions ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Precedential Opinion ,
Printed Publications ,
Statement of Grounds
This is the third of a three-part series discussing developments around Section 325(d). Part one appeared in our October 2017 newsletter and part two appeared in our November 2017 newsletter.
As we have noted in each of...more
This is the second of a three-part series discussing developments around Section 325(d). Part one appeared in our October 2017 newsletter and part three will appear in our December 2017 newsletter....more
11/21/2017
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Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Follow-On Patent Petitions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Examinations ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Section 325(d)
The Perspectives on the PTAB Newsletter is designed to be a valuable resource for all stakeholders in the global patent arena throughout the patent life cycle. To that end, articles will provide perspectives from both sides...more
11/17/2017
/ America Invents Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
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Final Written Decisions ,
Follow-On Patent Petitions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
Patent Prosecution ,
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Prior Art ,
SAS Institute Inc v Matal ,
SCOTUS
This is the first of a three-part series discussing developments around Section 325(d). Part two will appear in our November 2017 newsletter and part three will appear in our December 2017 newsletter.
Congress granted the...more