The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented a new pilot program on March 15, 2019 concerning motion-to-amend practice in America Invents Act (AIA) trials, including post-grant review (PGR), inter partes review...more
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has been busy, designating three decisions as precedential on Monday after designating two decisions as precedential earlier this month. Two of the decisions involve the substantive...more
In a widely-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held yesterday that the America Invents Act (AIA) did not change the scope of the on-sale bar to patentability. The unanimous decision, authored by Justice Thomas, held...more
Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys Justin Krieger and Nicki Kennedy recently spoke at the Kilpatrick Townsend Intellectual Property Seminars on the topic of “Helsinn v. Teva: The Status of Secret Prior Art and the On-Sale...more
Earlier today, the United States Patent & Trademark Office published its final rule package changing the claim construction standard used in AIA trials, replacing the broadest reasonable interpretation (“BRI”) claim...more
The PTAB has long been hesitant in granting motions to amend. But a recent review of motion to amend statistics shows that they are being granted with greater frequency—with a notable uptick since February. Although it’s...more
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted Helsinn Healthcare S.A.’s certiorari petition to consider whether, under the America Invents Act (AIA), an inventor’s sale of an invention to a third party that is obligated to keep...more
Kilpatrick Townsend partner Justin Krieger recently spoke at the North Carolina Bar Association’s “2018 Intellectual Property Law Section Annual Meeting and Litigation Section Joint CLE” in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr....more
Consistent with Director Iancu’s goal of providing greater predictability and certainty in the US patent system, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Tuesday proposed a new rule to change the standard for claim...more
Helsinn v. Teva (Fed. Cir. 2017) -
On May 1, 2017, a Federal Circuit panel ruled that the AIA did not change the statutory meaning of “on sale” and that the on-sale bar can be triggered by a sale whose existence is...more
In its majority opinion rendered June 10, 2016 in SAS Institute, Inc., v. ComplementSoft, LLC, __ F. 3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016), the Federal Circuit upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s construction of claim terms and...more
Billions of dollars in losses are attributed to trade secret theft each year. In response, and with vast bipartisan support, Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) on April 27, 2016. The President is expected to...more