The PTAB Digest 2021/2022 provides an overview of PTAB statistics, trends, and updates that impact strategies and business decisions for patent owners and petitioners alike.
Significant developments included the...more
As of 2020, post grant proceedings have been in use for eight years. Designed as an alternative to district court litigation post grant proceedings have offered litigants a faster and more cost effective forum for resolving...more
A recent decision by the International Trade Commission (ITC) to temporarily rescind a seizure and forfeiture order after the Court of International Trade (CIT) granted summary judgment of non-infringement for certain...more
6/22/2020
/ Asset Seizure ,
Court of International Trade ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Forfeiture ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Section 337
President Donald Trump signed the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act or the Act) into law on March 27. The CARES Act aims to offer economic relief to companies and their employees due...more
4/8/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Federal Loans ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Relief Measures ,
SBA ,
SBA Lending Programs ,
Small Business ,
Startups ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
USPTO
In Wasica Finance GmbH v. Schrader International, et al., the US District Court of Delaware found that a defendant’s failed inter partes review (IPR) challenge estopped it from later raising invalidity theories in the...more