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 2019, post-grant proceedings have been in use for seven 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
While sidestepping the anticipated “article of manufacture” issue for calculating the infringer’s total profits under 35 USC § 289, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a recent precedential opinion overturned a...more
The Federal Circuit recently held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is not constrained by parties’ proposed constructions and may, in fact, adopt an alternative construction that the Board raises for the first time at...more
White House issues an RFI on the legal and governance implications of artificial intelligence.
On June 27, the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a Request For Information on Artificial Intelligence...more
The Federal Circuit vacates a decision by the PTAB for relying on facts raised for the first time at oral argument.
Executive Summary -
On March 15, 2016, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated...more