The Supreme Court ruled today in Thryv, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP that decisions that an inter partes review petition was timely filed cannot be appealed. In a 7-2 decision penned by Justice Ginsburg, the Court...more
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The Federal Circuit has ruled in Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) practice of permitting petitioners to join themselves as parties to existing reviews and adding...more
Initial Thoughts on Panel Decision in Arthrex - This alert discusses the recent Federal Circuit decision in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., No. 2018-2140 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 31, 2019) (MOORE Reyna Chen) and provides some...more
In April 2018, the Supreme Court issued Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, 138 S. Ct. 1365, and SAS Institute v. Iancu, 138 S. Ct. 1348, a highly anticipated pair of decisions concerning post-grant...more
On August 16, 2018 the en banc Federal Circuit held that a patentee’s initial service of a complaint triggers the one-year period for filing of an IPR petition—even if the complaint was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice...more
Ultratec, Inc. v. CaptionCall, LLC, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2017) (Newman, Linn, MOORE) (PTAB) (4 of 5 stars) -
Fed Cir vacates IPR determination of obviousness/anticipation. The PTAB abused its discretion by...more
Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, No. 16-712 (U.S. cert. granted June 12, 2016) (Fed. Cir.: Per curiam (Moore, O’Malley, Hughes)) (PTAB) (5 of 5 stars).
The Supreme has granted certiorari to...more